Across
- 1. Bends or crumples of Earth's crust resulting from compression.
- 3. Points on Earth's surface above rising columns of hot, dense mantle rock where volcanoes, hot springs, and other geothermal features can form.
- 8. The vertical increase in the altitude of an area of Earth's crust through natural geologic processes.
- 10. The process that occurs between plates at a convergent boundary. The edge of the denser plate moves under the edge of the less dense plate and sinks into the mantle.
- 13. A mountain formed by the buildup of lava that erupts through an opening in Earth's crust. This is also called a volcano.
- 14. The type of stress caused by pushing forces acting in opposite directions that point inward toward the center of an object.
- 15. To change the shape or size of an object, such as a portion of Earth's crust, by applying stress.
Down
- 1. A mountain range formed by the folding of rock due to compression.
- 2. The effect of forces that act on an object or body of matter such as an area of Earth's crust.
- 4. Large slabs of solid rock that make up Earth's lithosphere. They are also called lithospheric plates.
- 5. The outer layer of Earth that lies between the mantle and the surface and makes up the continents and the ocean floor.
- 6. A crack in Earth's crust where the rock on one or both sides of the crack has moved.
- 7. The type of stress caused by pulling forces acting in opposite directions that point outward from the center of an object.
- 9. Mountain ranges formed by the faulting of rock due to tension and the movement of blocks of crust along faults.
- 11. The stress caused by parallel forces acting in opposite directions that are also parallel to the surface of an object.
- 12. The movements and interactions of the large slabs of solid rock that make up Earth's lithosphere.