Ch.2 Crossword puzzle
Across
- 3. a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater
- 5. The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur
- 6. process in which cracking that occurs when land can't fold or be bent anymore
- 9. the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean. The continental shelf is geologically part of the continental crust
- 12. being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
- 13. being eroded by water
- 15. wear away or change the appearance
- 17. isthmus located in panama city
- 19. All water on earth
- 20. a slowly moving mass or river of ice
- 21. All land on earth
Down
- 1. Process in which sea plate goes under continental plate
- 2. the process of growth or increase
- 4. water held underground in the soil
- 7. She stood in the windows spreading her arms
- 8. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
- 10. a line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault
- 11. All life on earth
- 14. Layer of gas around earth
- 16. bend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it covers another
- 18. deepest known part of the world's oceans