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6th Grade - Chapter 10 Forces Shaping Earth

Teacher: Mrs. Morey
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Across
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Principle stating that Earth's lithosphere floats on a plastic-like upper part of the mantle called the athenosphere
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Solid, innermost layer of Earth's interior that is the hottest part of Earth and experiences the greatest amount of pressure
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Large fracture in rock along which movement occurs
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Sharp, jagged mountains made of huge, tilted blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding rock by faults and form because of pulling forces
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Earth's outermost layer that is thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the mountains and contains all the features of Earth's surface
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Mountain that forms when magma is forced upward and flows on Earth's surface
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Layer of Earth that lies above the inner core and is thought to be made of molten metal
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Rigid layer of Earth about 100 km thick, made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle
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Mountain that forms when forces inside Earth push up the crust
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Mountains that form by the folding of rock layers caused by compressive forces
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A type of plate movement that occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate
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Section of Earth's crust and rigid, upper mantle that moves slowly around on the athenosphere
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Largest layer of Earth's interior that lies above the outer core and is solid but flows slowly