Unit 4b Vocab by Claire

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Across
  1. 3. map that shows the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines, and shows other land features using symbols
  2. 5. height above sea level
  3. 7. portion of earths crust that lies beneath the ocean; it is thinner than continental crust
  4. 8. formed where two sections of earths crust are colliding
  5. 9. rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored materials than oceanic crust
  6. 11. mountains formed by the bending of rocks
  7. 12. A boundary between two lithospheric plates that are sliding past each other
  8. 13. on a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level
Down
  1. 1. the process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  2. 2. mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations
  3. 4. outermost layer of earths surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle
  4. 6. form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other
  5. 10. under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earths crust are pushing apart