World Mountains Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The distance above sea level of a spot on Earth's surface
  2. 5. Having died out completely
  3. 6. A low place in the mountains, often created by a river
  4. 8. Melted rock from inside Earth's crust
  5. 11. A colorless or lightly colored hard mineral
  6. 13. The breaking up of Earth's materials into smaller pieces
  7. 15. To build level surfaces on a mountainside
  8. 19. A place in the mountains that is lower than the surrounding peaks and that people use as a path through the mountains
  9. 20. A large area of high, flat ground
  10. 21. A business that manufactures a product or provides a service
  11. 22. A place that uses the force of moving water to power generators that make electricity
  12. 25. A line of wagons traveling west in the United States in the 1800s
  13. 26. Magma, or melted rock, that reaches Earth's surface
  14. 27. Not likely to fall
Down
  1. 1. The imaginary east/west line on a globe or map that is an equal distance from the North and South Poles; 0° latitude
  2. 2. A naturally-occurring substance found in Earth's crust
  3. 4. Something that blocks movement
  4. 7. To stay alive
  5. 9. an idea or story that many people believe but that is not true
  6. 10. To go into a sleeplike state during winter and live off body fat
  7. 12. A wall used to stop the flow of water
  8. 14. The carrying away of soil and rock by water, ice, or wind
  9. 16. A large section of Earth's crust that is able to move
  10. 17. An animal similar to an ox that lives in Asia
  11. 18. A machine that makes electricity
  12. 23. A passage through or under a natural feature such as a mountain
  13. 24. The highest point on a mountain