Chapter 5 Puzzle

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Across
  1. 8. process that strips the land of trees, pollutes streams, causes erosion and flooding
  2. 9. height of land above sea level
  3. 10. distance east and west of the prime meridian
  4. 11. physical features like mountains and plateaus
  5. 13. stream or river that flows into a larger river
  6. 16. line that is halfway between the North and South Pole
  7. 17. identifies precise location on earths surface
  8. 18. day to day conditions and changes in the atmosphere
Down
  1. 1. average weather of a region over a long period of time
  2. 2. where a place is in comparison to other places
  3. 3. long narrow strip of a larger territory
  4. 4. no longer existing
  5. 5. Study of Earth as a home for humans
  6. 6. falls in form of rain, hail, sleet or snow
  7. 7. gradual wearing down of land or rock by wind and water
  8. 12. line running from North Pole to the South Pole
  9. 14. prolong period of dry weather
  10. 15. distance North and South of equator