Topic 5: Introduction to Earth's Systems

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