Geography Ch.2
Across
- 2. One of Earth's large landmasses (9 letters)
- 4. An area drained by a river and its tributaries (13 letters)
- 6. A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur (12 letters)
- 8. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area (10 letters)
- 9. The upper level of underground water (10 letters)
- 11. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance (7 letters)
- 14. Molten rock that erupts from a volcano (4 letters)
- 15. A natural feature of the Earth's surface (8 letters)
- 16. The Earth's outermost solid shell (5 letters)
- 18. An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes (11 letters)
- 19. All life on Earth and the parts of Earth where life exists (9 letters)
- 20. The collection of planets and other bodies orbiting the Sun (11 letters)
- 21. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface (5 letters)
- 22. The Earth's innermost layer (4 letters)
- 23. The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth (16 letters)
- 26. All the water on Earth (11 letters)
- 27. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core (6 letters)
- 28. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground (10 letters)
Down
- 1. The slow movement of the Earth's continents over geological time (16 letters)
- 3. The layer of gases surrounding the Earth (10 letters)
- 5. A rupture in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape (7 letters)
- 7. The submerged landmass extending from a continent (16 letters)
- 10. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle (12 letters)
- 12. A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere1 (13 letters)
- 13. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock (5 letters)
- 17. A numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake (12 letters)
- 24. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake (9 letters)
- 25. The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area (6 letters)