Unit 4B vocab fro mustafa alam 5th period

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