Topic 5: Introduction to Earth's Systems
Across
- 1. solid metal inner core, the liquid metal outer core, rocky mantel and crust
- 3. all water forms: snow, sleet, hail, rain
- 7. the process of water changing from a liquid to a gas
- 9. the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water
- 11. features of land including coastlines, dunes, and mountains
- 12. the buildup of sediment along a body of water that makes a landforms
- 15. all of the Earth's water, including the water that cycles through the atmosphere
- 17. layers of rock that hold water located below the saturation zone
- 19. when water exists the leaves of plants into the atmosphere
- 20. land area that supplies water to the river system
- 21. natural stream of water that flows into another body of water
Down
- 2. measuring distances and elevations using instruments
- 4. landform with both high elevation and high relief
- 5. hill of sand piled up by the wind
- 6. frozen component of the hydrosphere including ice and snow and sea and lake ice
- 8. thin envelope of gases that forms the Earth's outermost layer
- 10. parts of the Earth that contain all the living organisms
- 13. shape of the land described as elevation, relief, and landforms
- 14. a boundary between the land and the ocean or lake
- 16. continuous cycle in which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere
- 18. ability to do work