Landforms

6. bending of deeply buried rocks that are heated and compressed over a long period.
7. hot liquid rock that comes out of the earth through a volcano.
8. Elevated landforms that rise prominently above their surroundings.
9. Smaller than mountains, they are elevated areas of land.
12. igneous rock formed on the surface of the Earth.
14. vast sections of Earth’s crust.
15. most common rocks exposed on Earth’s surface formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms.
17. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
18. shape of a region or land
20. a layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground.
21. an opening in the earth’s crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape.
22. thick outer shell of rock less than one percent of the earth's radius and volume.
23. igneous rock formed inside the Earth.

1. gases surrounding the earth.
2. rock formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
3. the regions of the earth occupied by living organisms.
4. hot fluid rock below the earth's crust from which igneous rock is formed on cooling.
5. the decay and disintegration of rocks over time.
10. mountains, hills, plains, plateaus
11. cycle or pattern where rocks are forming and being destroyed (movement of plates)
13. rocks Formed from igneous or sedimentary rocks altered due to high heat & pressure.
16. cracks in the Earth’s crust
19. Flat, broad areas of land with few changes in elevation.