Geography 101 Crossword Puzzle

1234567891011121314151617181920
Across
  1. 9. also known as the Circum-Pacific belt
  2. 10. a biome also known as the northern needleleaf forest
  3. 11. processes that either amplify or reduce climatic trends, toward either warming or cooling
  4. 14. large,stable,terrestrial, or aquatic ecosystem
  5. 16. portions of the crust that are entirely below sea level
  6. 17. technique that uses the atomic structure of chemical elements to determine chemical composition of oceans and ice masses
  7. 19. also known as mechanical weathering
  8. 20. decomposition of a chemical compound by reaction with water
Down
  1. 1. a conceptual model to help understand the theory of habitat fragmentation
  2. 2. species that are introduced to a new environment by humans
  3. 3. most common chemical sedimentary rock
  4. 4. any process that wears away or rearranges landforms
  5. 5. also known as climate forcing
  6. 6. sharp release of energy that occurs at the moment of fracture
  7. 7. structure of Earth's crust containing an opening that magma rises from
  8. 8. weathering by dissolution of limestone landscapes creates this; also known as dolines
  9. 12. processes that operate at Earth's interior, driven by heat and radioactive decay
  10. 13. scientific study of sequences dealing with superposition
  11. 15. theory on how the building mountains and seismic activity causes earthquakes
  12. 18. calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineral deposits that are found in caves and caverns