Geography Chapter 3 Review

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Across
  1. 3. the breakdown of rocks by water, roots, acids, temperatures, etc
  2. 5. this zone consistently has very warm temperatures, located in the low latitudes between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
  3. 7. a violent upheaval or change in the earth's crust
  4. 10. one way mountains are formed through earthquakes (the Alps are an example)
  5. 13. this is a cold region near the poles that can only support limited vegetation (frozen almost all year)
  6. 14. a position that says the surface of the earth was gradually shaped by observable processes over vast spans of time
  7. 16. Wide areas of flat land that rise abruptly above surrounding land
  8. 18. this effect explains why we feel like the wind is blowing east and west when in fact it almost always blows north and south
  9. 19. the natural removal of small pieces of rock or soil
Down
  1. 1. a river that "feeds" other rivers
  2. 2. this is soil that is frozen all year long
  3. 4. a large mass of moving ice and snow
  4. 6. the typical weather in a region over a long period of time (there are 5 broad categories of them)
  5. 8. an area where distinct populations of plants and animals live together
  6. 9. This cycle is the process of evaporation condensation, and precipitation
  7. 11. one way mountains are formed through earthquakes (Sierra Nevadas are an example)
  8. 12. a variation in the landscape (mountains, plains, and plateaus are the major ones)
  9. 15. wide areas of level land
  10. 17. arms of the ocean partially enclosed by land