Geography crossword ch 1/2

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Across
  1. 4. shared characteristics found throughout a place (ex. The Sahara Desert: climate, vegetation, and land use)
  2. 5. location defined by people’s feelings/attitudes about the area, no definitive boundaries (midwest of the US)
  3. 7. run parallel to the equator, locate places north or south of the equator
  4. 10. areas linked by a set of interactions (cities have surrounding suburbs)
  5. 11. center of earth; made or iron and nickel
  6. 13. layer of gases above the earth
  7. 14. up of the water elements on the earth
  8. 17. marks places east and west of the meridian
  9. 18. half of the globe, northern and southern, eastern and western
Down
  1. 1. exact place on earth
  2. 2. lies around the outside of the core, several layers, and contains the majority of the earth’s mass
  3. 3. map maker
  4. 6. comparison to places around it
  5. 8. Study if the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth
  6. 9. portion of earth that is solid rock (uppermost mantle and crust)
  7. 12. visual representations of a portion of the earth
  8. 15. meridian Imaginary lines that divide the earth into eastern and western halves
  9. 16. an imaginary line that divides the northern and southern halves
  10. 19. system consists of one sun and 8 planets that orbit it