Unit 4B Vocabulary: Joanie O'Donnell

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