Earth:Land, Water, and Resources
Across
- 1. flat or gently rolling lands that are often less than 1,000 feet above sea level
- 4. the smallest and shallowest ocean; located in the region of the North Pole
- 6. landforms that are generally more rounded, lower, and have less relief than mountains
- 8. fuels that formed from the remains of plants and animals over a long period of time
- 9. America continent in the Western Hemisphere and is connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
- 15. substances from the earth that are not living or made from living things; solid at room temperature
- 16. rock containing valuable minerals
- 17. located most in the Eastern Hemisphere and connected to Asia (forming Eurasia)
- 21. resource that replace themselves naturally or that people can grow or raise in continuous supply
- 24. the "newest" ocean; encircles Antarctica
- 25. elements from the earth that are not made by people but may be used by people
- 28. largest ocean and contains the deepest point on Earth; between the western coast of the Americas and the eastern coasts of Asia and Australia
- 29. the regular movement of water from ocean to air to ground to ocean
- 30. the coldest, driest, and windiest continent; spans across both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere
- 32. a piece of land that extends from a continent and that is mostly surrounded by water
- 34. ocean between the eastern coast of the Americas and the western coasts of Europe and Africa
- 36. the largest continent; it is in the Eastern Hemisphere and is connected to Europe
- 37. water that lies below the surface of the earth and supplies wells and springs
- 39. large areas of flatland that are higher than the surrounding land and that have at least one steep side
- 40. large continuous body of water
- 41. artificial; made by humans using chemical process
Down
- 2. resources or goods brought into a country from another county
- 3. a narrow piece of land that connects two large land masses
- 5. resources that cannot be replaced
- 7. a natural feature of the earth's surface
- 10. any body of land that is smaller than a continent and that is completely surrounded by water
- 11. the smallest continent; located in the Eastern Hemisphere
- 12. resources or goods that leave a country to go to another
- 13. to protect through proper management
- 14. the changing of water from water into a vapor, or gas
- 18. shallow areas near the coasts of continents
- 19. America continent in the Western Hemisphere and is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
- 20. any body of land that is smaller than a continent and that is completely surrounded by water
- 22. the second-largest continent; it located mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere and is connected to Asia by the Isthmus of Suez
- 23. a gas
- 24. too little or none of something
- 26. a body of water surrounded by land
- 27. landforms that have steep slopes and a peak or summit; the highest landforms
- 31. large, continuous, distinct masses of land
- 33. the warmest ocean; south of India and east of Africa
- 35. underwater mountains with steep sides that rise from the ocean floor
- 38. to use something again