1-20 Science Vocabulary
Across
- 2. a physical feature, such as a plain, mountain, hill, valley, or plateau.
- 5. level the level of the surface of the ocean.
- 6. the part of a body of water flowing in a certain direction.
- 8. a long period with little or no rain.
- 9. a cold, dry region where trees cannot grow.
- 11. the kind of weather a place has most often, year after year.
- 12. low, bowl shaped land with higher ground all around it.
- 14. the amount of moisture in the air.
- 15. an opening in Earth, often on a hill or mountain, through which hot lava, gases ash,and rocks may pour out.
- 17. an area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water.
- 19. the driest side of the mountain.
- 20. line a place where the elevation of the land drops sharply causing rivers to form waterfalls or rapids.
Down
- 1. a broad area of high, mostly flat land.
- 3. an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses.
- 4. range a group of connected mountains.
- 7. the regular rise and fall of the ocean and of the bodies of water connected to it.
- 10. An area at or near the foot of a mountain.
- 13. a kind of grassland that has areas with a few scattered trees
- 16. dry
- 18. vegetation the plant life that grows naturally in a place.