Unit 4B vocab fro mustafa alam 5th period
Across
- 2. height above sea level
- 4. the process in wich lithospheric plate slides under another;occurs at converging plate boundaries
- 5. outermost layer of earths surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle
- 9. under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earths crust are pushing apart
- 11. mountains formed when rocks move along faults leaving blocks of crust at different elevations
- 12. form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other
- 13. on a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level
Down
- 1. a boundary between two lithosphere plates are sliding past each other
- 3. map that shows the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines,and shows other land feature using symbols
- 6. formed where two sections of earth's crust are colliding
- 7. rock material that makes Up the conrinets; it is less dense and contains a greater about of lighter colored minerals then oceanic crust
- 8. mountains formed by the bending of rocks
- 10. portion of earths crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust