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