How the Earth Works: 60 Fun Activities for Exploring Volcanoes, Fossils, Earthquakes, and More

How the Earth Works: 60 Fun Activities for Exploring Volcanoes, Fossils, Earthquakes, and More — page 9
10 Baking Mountains and Valleys How does a baked apple resemble Earth Bake your own apple and watch how it changes page 30 11 Fold a Mountain Flip to page 32 and fold a towel mountain to learn how many magnificent mountains are formed 12 Fold Dome Block and Volcano Mold four different types of mountains page 34 13 Match Up What s That Continent Can you name all the continents Test your knowl edge as you try to make a bingo on page 37 Wonderful Words from How Earth Is Put Together Block Mountains Block mountains are formed when pressure from deep inside Earth lifts a block of land up from between cracks faults in Earth's crust Continents Today's continents are seven huge areas of land that slowly move on top of Earth's plates They are Africa Antarctica Asia Australia Europe North America and South America Crust This is the thin layer of rock that covers Earth's outer surface Continental crust is the thickest part of Earth's crust Oceanic crust is the thinnest part of