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Mountains Crossword

Riley Starr
Across
This is the tectonic plates beneath the ocean. This is made of basalt.
This formed when magma rises out of the Earths interior and builds up.
This is where two tectonic plates pull away from each other.
The downward folds in a fold mountain.
These are made when tectonic plates put stress on the bedrock breaking it. The pieces then push one block up and one down.
This continent has the largest number of mountains in the world with over 130.
The largest mountain in the world above sea-level at a elevation of 29,029 ft. This mountain was formed by the Eurasia plate colliding with the Indian plate.
This is the largest mountain range in the world above sea-level at 7000km long, 200km to 700km wide, and on average about 4000km tall.
The location ringing the pacific ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.
The pieces of the lithosphere moving beneath the Earths crust.
Down
This is the molten rock that is most commonly expelled from a volcano.
The oceanic crust is made of this.
This is the most common kind formed by a convergent boundary.
This is where two tectonic plates collide.
This is the tectonic plates beneath the land.
This is where oceanic crust collides with continental crust and the less dense oceanic crust sinks under the more dense continental crust.
A chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone.
This is the upward fold in a fold mountain.
The continental crust is made of this.
This is the molten rock in the earth. When a crack forms this comes out and forms a volcano.