Topic 3 vocab

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Across
  1. 4. An increase or decrease in the amount of something.
  2. 6. The water contained inside Earth's crust
  3. 10. The process by which weathered rocks are moved by water, wind and ice.
  4. 13. Outer layer of Earth, a hard rocky shell.
  5. 14. A path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by volcanoes and earthquakes.
  6. 15. Rain that contains harmful amounts of poisons due to pollution.
  7. 16. Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time.
  8. 18. Melted rock on the Earth's surface.
  9. 19. The process in which water is used and reused on Earth
  10. 22. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
  11. 23. An event in which the ground shakes or trembles.
  12. 25. A process that makes salt water safe to drink.
  13. 26. A long, narrow, steep-sided cut on the ocean.
  14. 27. A portion of land nearly surrounded by water.
  15. 28. One of the large pieces of Earth's Crust
  16. 29. The innermost layer of Earth.
Down
  1. 1. An area that receives reduced rainfall due to being on the side of a mountain.
  2. 2. Melted rock below the Earth's surface.
  3. 3. A thick layer of hot, dense rock surrounding the Earth's core
  4. 4. Large body of ice that is slowly moving.
  5. 5. A sea wave caused by an under earthquake
  6. 7. The height of a land surface above the level of the sea
  7. 8. The process of wearing away or breaking down rocks into smaller pieces.
  8. 9. An extended break in a body of Rock marked by movement of rock.
  9. 11. Permanently frozen layer of soil.
  10. 12. Weather pattern over a long period of time.
  11. 17. An imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth.
  12. 20. A type of large ecosystem with similar life- forms and climates
  13. 21. The part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean and is fairly flat.
  14. 24. A day where the sun reaches its northernmost or southernmost point.