Chapter 2 Earth's Physical Geography

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Across
  1. 2. imaginary line through Earth between the North and South poles, around which Earth turns
  2. 6. large areas of flat or gently rolling land
  3. 7. the path one body makes as it circles around another
  4. 10. a process that breaks rocks down into small pieces
  5. 11. soft, nearly molten rock
  6. 12. landforms that rise more than 2000 feet above sea level or the surrounding flatlands
  7. 14. is above Earth's surface is a layer of gas that provides oxygen to people and carbon dioxide to plants
  8. 17. hold about 97% of Earth's water
Down
  1. 1. landforms with rounded tops which rise above the surrounding land buy are lower and less steep than mountains
  2. 3. the thin, rocky layer on Earth's surface
  3. 4. large, mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land
  4. 5. the removal of small pieces of rock by water, ice, or wind
  5. 8. huge block of Earth's crust
  6. 9. circular motion
  7. 10. covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface
  8. 11. the thick layer around Earth's core
  9. 13. a complete turn
  10. 15. zones receive long hours of sunlight during summer but have cool temperatures
  11. 16. the sphere of very hot metal at the center of Earth