Unit 1 - 9 Vocabulary review Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. Water located beneath the Earth's surface (11 letters).
- 5. The envelope of gases surrounding the Earth (10 letters).
- 8. Ability of a material to allow fluids to pass through it (12 letters).
- 9. Recharge: Process of replenishing groundwater (15 letters).
- 12. Stream: Narrow, fast-flowing air currents in the atmosphere (9 letters).
- 13. Spot: Area of volcanic activity not on a plate boundary (8 letters).
- 15. Process of wearing away soil or rock (7 letters).
- 16. Wind Patterns: Large-scale air movements (17 letters).
- 18. Layer between the Earth's crust and core (6 letters).
- 20. The rigid outer part of the Earth (11 letters).
- 23. Excessive nutrients in water, causing algal blooms (14 letters).
- 25. Rock: Rock formed from existing rock subjected to heat and pressure (14 letters).
- 26. Continuous, directed movement of ocean water (8 letters).
- 27. Material: The underlying geological material in which soil forms (14 letters).
- 28. Layer of the Earth's atmosphere above the mesosphere (11 letters).
- 29. Plate: Large section of the Earth's lithosphere (13 letters).
- 30. Measure of the void spaces in a material (8 letters).
Down
- 1. Process of water soaking into the ground (12 letters).
- 2. Layer of the Earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere (10 letters).
- 4. Plate Boundary: Where plates collide (23 letters).
- 6. Effect: Influence on wind direction due to Earth's rotation (12 letters).
- 7. Plate Boundary: Where plates move apart (21 letters).
- 10. An underground reservoir of water (7 letters).
- 11. A semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere (12 letters).
- 14. Soil with a balanced mixture of sand, silt, and clay (4 letters).
- 15. Nino (ENSO): Climate pattern characterized by warm ocean temperatures (10 letters).
- 17. Outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere (9 letters).
- 19. Nina: Climate pattern characterized by cool ocean temperatures (7 letters).
- 21. Rock: Rock formed from cooled magma or lava (11 letters).
- 22. Organic material in soil, formed by decomposition (5 letters).
- 24. Arc: Curved chain of volcanic islands (9 letters).
- 26. Cell: Circular movement in the mantle (15 letters).