About the Earth

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Across
  1. 3. flat section of land between two mountains
  2. 5. flat dry lands usually covered in grass
  3. 10. very, very dry and flat land with barely any water
  4. 12. violent shaking of earth's crust as built up energy is released
  5. 13. very steep cliff with a closing river at the bottom
  6. 14. destructive force in which pieces of rock are moved from place to place by flowing water, wind, gravity, or ice
  7. 17. earth's natural landforms are mountains, plateaus, river valleys, coastal plains and beaches
  8. 18. similar to a cave, and has really hollow holes in the ground
  9. 19. melted rock below the earth's surface
  10. 20. thick layer of earth's structure just below the earth's crust
Down
  1. 1. earth's innermost structure
  2. 2. magma that was pushed to the earth's surface
  3. 4. when sediments slide down from a steep slope
  4. 6. a mountain that spouts lava, smoke and toxic gasses
  5. 7. destructive force that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
  6. 8. the thin, rocky outer layer of earth that makes up the continents and ocean floor
  7. 9. one plate of earth's crust that crashed into another that raised a part of the land
  8. 11. water flowing or connecting over land that is usually dry
  9. 15. tiny section of land that forms in the sea with trees and sand and surrounded by water
  10. 16. the planet we live on