World Geography Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel
  2. 4. the removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming
  3. 6. molten rock that is located below Earth's surface
  4. 10. a plausible general principle offered to explain observed facts
  5. 11. the movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water
  6. 16. thick middle layer of the Earth's interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible
  7. 17. a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
  8. 18. part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean
  9. 22. a large body of ice that moves across the surface of the Eart
  10. 24. water located underground within the Earth that supplies wells and springs
  11. 25. the process of excess water vapor changing into liquid water when warm air cools
  12. 26. outer layer of the Earth, a hard rocky shell forming Earth's surface
  13. 28. process of cracking that occurs when the folded land cannot be bent any further
  14. 29. uppermost layer of the Earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
Down
  1. 1. the part of the Earth where life exists
  2. 2. chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
  3. 5. a crack or break in Earth's crust
  4. 7. the process of converting into vapor, or gas
  5. 8. the theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
  6. 9. piles of rocky debris left by melting glaciers
  7. 12. the upper layer of land
  8. 13. innermost layer of the Earth made up of a super-hot but solid inner core and a super-hot liquid outer core
  9. 14. the watery areas of the Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
  10. 15. the term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow, which create many of Earth's physical features
  11. 19. regular movement of Earth's water from ocean to air to ground and back to the ocean
  12. 20. moisture that falls to the Earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow
  13. 21. dive beneath continental plates, often causing mountains to form on land
  14. 23. slow process in which an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow outward
  15. 27. a globe-shaped body