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