GEOGRAPHY 2B

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Across
  1. 1. THEORY THAT THE EARTH'S CRUST IS BROKEN INTO PIECES THAT CRASH INTO AND PULL APART FROM ONE ANOTHER, RELEASING ENERGY AND CAUSING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
  2. 6. WHEN LIQUID WATER ABSORBS THERMAL ENERGY AND CHANGES INTO WATER VAPOR
  3. 11. THEORY THAT THE CONTINENTS WERE ONCE ONE LANDMASS CALLED PANGAEA
  4. 12. THE BREAKDOWN OF ROCKS BY ROOTS, WATER, TEMPERATURE CHANGES, AND THE FORMATION OF ICE AND MINERAL CRYSTALS
  5. 13. THE USUALLY DRY AREA OPPOSITE THE WINDWARD SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN
  6. 14. TEMPERATURE AT WHICH WATER BEGINS TO CONDENSE
  7. 16. PRECIPITATION PRODUCED WHEN A WARM MASS OF HUMID AIR RISES AND COOLS AS IT PASSES OVER A MOUNTAINOUS AREA
  8. 17. WATER FALLING TO THE EARTH AS RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, OR HAIL
Down
  1. 2. THE REMOVAL/TRANSPORT OF SEDIMENT BY WIND, WAVES, GLACIERS, AND RUNNING WATER
  2. 3. THE RISE OF WARM AIR OVER A HOT SURFACE
  3. 4. A LARGE AREA OF MOVING AIR HAVING MOSTLY UNIFORM TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, AND PRESSURE
  4. 5. A BEND IN THE EARTH'S CRUST CAUSED BY PRESSURE
  5. 7. THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR
  6. 8. DEEP CRACKS IN THE EARTH'S SURFACE WHERE TWO PIECES OF LAND HAVE MOVED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
  7. 9. HOW THE EARTH'S ROTATION INFLUENCES WIND DIRECTION
  8. 10. WHEN WATER VAPOR LOSES THERMAL ENERGY AND CHANGES TO LIQUID
  9. 15. THE LINE WHERE TWO DIFFERENT AIR MASSES MEET