Across
- 2. melted rock below the Earth’s surface
- 5. the outer layer of Earth, a hard, rocky shell
- 7. cycle the process in which water is used and reused on Earth, including precipitation, collection, evaporation, and condensation
- 8. a portion of land nearly surrounded by water
- 11. a series of actions that produce something
- 12. a process that makes salt water safe to drink
- 13. shelf a part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean and is fairly flat, but then drops sharply to the ocean floor
Down
- 1. the water contained inside the earth’s crust
- 2. a thick layer of hot, dense rock surrounding the Earth’s core
- 3. the innermost layer of the earth
- 4. a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
- 6. melted rock on the Earth’s surface
- 9. the height of a land surface above the level of the sea
- 10. an increase or decrease in the amount of something
