Science Vocabulary: Mountains
Across
- 2. large blocks of rock created by tectonic and localized stresses in the Earth's crust
- 4. a fold of stratified rock in which the strata slopes upward
- 5. a line of mountains connected by high ground.
- 6. a type of fault in the Earth's crust. Where rocks of lower stratigraphic position are pushed up and over higher strata
- 8. a mountain range in South Asia.
Down
- 1. a bend or curvature of strata.
- 3. When parts of the crust are bent into large folds and broken into slices that slide over underlying rocks
- 7. a fold of stratified rock in which the strata slopes downward