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