Across
- 3. 2D, or flat, representation of earth's surface or portion of it
- 5. Composed of non-living or inorganic matter
- 9. sustainable management of a natural resource
- 10. location of a place relative to another
- 11. science of making maps
- 13. all living organisms on earth
- 17. rapid wide-spread diffusion
- 20. spread of a feature or trend from one place to another
- 21. all water on or near earth's surface
- 23. used to indicate location of prime meridians
- 25. composed of living organisms
- 27. frequency with which something exists within an area
- 28. group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact
- 31. land created by the Dutch by draining water from land
- 32. physical character of a place
- 33. specific point on earth distinguished by a particular characteristic
Down
- 1. thin layer of gases surrounding the earth
- 2. customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits together
- 4. the physical gap or interval between two objects
- 6. spread of something over a given area
- 7. circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator
- 8. actions or process that involve the entire world
- 11. relationships among people and objects all over
- 12. area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features
- 14. geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area
- 15. rapid increase in the value of houses, followed by sharp decline
- 16. arrangement of something across earth's surface
- 18. the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole
- 19. arc drawn on a map between North and South poles
- 21. the region from which innovation ideas originate
- 22. system used to transfer locations form earth's surface to a flat map
- 23. used to indicate location of parallels
- 24. name give to a portion of earth's surface
- 26. chain of communication that connects places
- 29. long-term average weather condition at a certain location
- 30. scientific study of ecosystems