What is Elevation?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What are Contour lines?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What is Lithosphere?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What is a Continental Crust?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What is a Oceanic crust?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What is a Convergent boundary?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What is Subduction?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What is a Divergent boundary?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What are Mid-ocean ridges?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What is a Transform boundary?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What are Folded mountains?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
What are Fault block mountains?
Outermost layer of earth’s surface, which is rocky and solid; includes the crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle.
Under sea mountain range that forms where two parts of earth’s crust are pushing apart.
Rocky material that makes up the continents; it is less dense and contains a greater amount of lighter colored minerals than oceanic crust.
Portion of earth’s crust that lies beneath the oceans; it is thinner than continental crust.
Mountains formed when rocks move along faults, leaving blocks of crust at different elevations.
Form where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
The process in which one lithospheric plate slides under another; occurs at converging plate boundaries.
A boundary between two lithospheric plates are sliding past each other.
On a map, a line that connects points of equal elevation above sea level.
Formed where two sections of earth’s crust are colliding.
Height above sea level.
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