Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a long narrow island close to the mainland that protects it from erosion and storms from
  2. 3. Carbon dissolving in water that weather rocks
  3. 9. the winding curve or bend of a river
  4. 13. process that breaks down rocks and other substances
  5. 16. rocks are physically broken into small pieces
  6. 17. eroded rock particles dumped off in a new location
  7. 18. the solid part of Earth
  8. 19. wearing away of rocks by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind or gravity
  9. 20. all the bodies of water on Earth
  10. 23. all the frozen areas on Earth
  11. 24. the upper layer of the thermosphere where satellites orbit
  12. 25. weathered rock particles are carried away
  13. 26. the area where weather occurs or lowest layer of atmosphere
  14. 27. rocks are broken down through chemical changes
Down
  1. 1. where the ozone layer is in atmosphere and jets fly in
  2. 4. all the living organisms on Earth
  3. 5. a slow moving mass or fiver of ice found near poles or on mountains
  4. 6. coldest region of atmosphere and meteors burn in
  5. 7. One of the most abundant greenhouse gases
  6. 8. a chemical species gains oxygen or loses hydrogen occurs in weathering
  7. 10. all the gases that surround Earth
  8. 11. where rivers deposit sediments into the ocean
  9. 12. a cavity in the ground caused by water erosion
  10. 14. part of the thermosphere where radio waves bounce
  11. 15. warmest layer of atmosphere and auroras occur
  12. 18. process where the atmosphere keeps Earth's surface warm
  13. 21. a mound or ridge of sand formed by wind
  14. 22. made of 3 oxygen atoms where some harmful radiation from the sun