4b vocabulary

2. under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing parts
5. height above sea level
7. on a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level
9. form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other
11. rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust
13. portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust
14. outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle

1. the process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries
3. formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding
4. a boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other
6. mountains formed by the bending of rocks
8. different elevations
10. mountains mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust
12. maps map that shows the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines, and shows other land features using symbols