Across
- 6. the study of rocks and soil and the physical structure of the Earth
- 9. extremely bad; not kind or gentle
- 11. an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits
- 13. to keep and protect from waste, loss, or damage
- 16. a sudden movement of the Earth’s surface
- 19. something that causes a lot of harm or damage
- 20. the gases around the Earth; the feeling of a place or situation
- 21. to change a solid substance into a liquid
- 22. an area where a particular thing happens
- 23. a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die
- 25. a particular area in a country or the world
- 26. not far away
- 28. one of the large areas of salt water that cover most of the Earth
- 29. how hot or cold something is; how hot or cold someone’s body is
- 30. one of the great divisions of land on the Earth
Down
- 1. a unit for measuring temperature and angles
- 2. a series of events that are repeated in the same order
- 3. to become solid or turn into ice at a very low temperature
- 4. the weather conditions that an area usually has
- 5. to say what you expect to happen in the future
- 7. to gradually become bad or weak or be destroyed
- 8. a mountain with a large hole at the top, which sometimes explodes
- 10. to point out something; to show something
- 12. including many different types
- 14. individual or special; unusual
- 15. the imaginary line around the Earth that divides it into equal north and south parts
- 17. existing in the hottest parts of the Earth
- 18. the study of the earth, its people, climate, and natural resources
- 24. violent or angry; very strong or powerful
- 27. the amount of rain that falls in a particular place at a particular time