Geography Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. It takes the moon about this much time to revolve around the Earth one time.
  2. 6. This branch of geography studies human activities and their relationship to the environment.
  3. 8. The percentage of the Earth that is water.
  4. 9. This branch of geography focuses on the study of Earth's physical features.
  5. 13. When a sea plate collides with and dives beneath a continental plate.
  6. 14. Land makes up this region of the Earth.
  7. 16. A fertile, yellow-gray soil that can provide mineral rich soil.
  8. 19. Describes a place's location in relation to another place.
  9. 21. Part of the continent that extends underwater.
  10. 23. Study of weather and weather forecasting.
  11. 25. The movement of plates in the Earth's crust.
  12. 28. The theory that all the continents were once joined and have broken apart.
  13. 29. A community of plants and animals that depend on one another and their surroundings for survival.
  14. 30. This layer of the Earth is made of plates.
Down
  1. 1. The study of humans throughout time.
  2. 3. 21 percent of the atmosphere is made of this gas.
  3. 4. Geographers study this to understand how the location of resources affects the ways people make, transport, and use goods and provide services.
  4. 5. These systems shape the earth's surface.
  5. 7. This layer of the Earth is made of hot, dense rock.
  6. 10. The exact latitude and longitude at which a place is found on a globe.
  7. 11. Oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water make up this part of the Earth.
  8. 12. Mapmaking.
  9. 15. These are formed when the layers grind or slide past each other in the Earth's crust.
  10. 17. This layer of the Earth is made of iron and nickel.
  11. 18. The study of groups.
  12. 20. 78 percent of the atmosphere is made of this element.
  13. 22. This process occurs when large masses of rock are broken down into smaller pieces.
  14. 24. advanced technology geographers use to study the environment, weather, and human settlement patterns.
  15. 26. The percentage of Earth that is land.
  16. 27. The part of the Earth that supports life.