Unit 1 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. geography Focuses on the study on Earth’s features
  2. 5. The condition of the atmosphere in a certain place at a specific time
  3. 9. and Faults When plates squeeze the Earth’s surface and create folds or bends in layers of rock
  4. 14. Location The exact latitude and longitude at which a place is found on the globe
  5. 16. Mapmaking
  6. 19. A community of plants and animals that depend upon one another and their surroundings for survival
  7. 20. shelf The part of a continent that extends underwater
  8. 21. Made up of land
  9. 24. tectonics The movements of the large sections that form the Earth's surface
  10. 26. Made of hot, dense rock
  11. 28. When glacial erosion moves and carries along rocks and soil
Down
  1. 1. of Capricorn The southernmost latitude to receive the Sun's direct rays
  2. 2. Location Describes a place’s location in relation to another place
  3. 3. Made of iron and nickel
  4. 6. Geographers study economics to understand how the location of resources affects the ways people make, use transport or use goods and provide services
  5. 7. The surface of the Earth is about 30% land and 70% water
  6. 8. The study of weather and weather forecasting
  7. 10. When a sea plate collides with and dives beneath a continental plate
  8. 11. Erosion The loosening of rock, sediment, or soil by glacial processes, and the entrainment and sub- sequent transportation of this material by ice or meltwater.
  9. 12. geography Cultural geography; studies human activities and their relationship to the environment
  10. 13. Natural springs and handmade wells allow people to retrieve groundwater
  11. 15. The part of Earth that supports life
  12. 17. Made up of oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water
  13. 18. Human geographers study sociology and anthropology to learn how people have interacted with their environment over time
  14. 20. Made of plates
  15. 21. The Earth’s landforms-physical features of particular shape and elevations-include continents, mountains, hills, plateaus, valleys, and plains
  16. 22. On about June 21st, when the northern Hemisphere had its longest day of sunlight
  17. 23. and Government Geographers study history and geography to understand changes that have taken place over time
  18. 25. of Cancer The northernmost latitude on the Earth to receive the Sun's direct rays
  19. 27. A fertile, yellow-gray soil that can provide mineral rich soil