Across
- 5. projection, a way to draw the curved areas of the Earth on a flat surface
- 7. projection, shows only a small amount of distortion (used in geography books)
- 9. takes 24 hours for Earth to do this once
- 11. a flat landform
- 12. the wearing away of Earth's surface by wind or water
- 13. center of the Earth
- 14. wind ice and flowing water break down rocks
- 16. resource, a resource that cannot be replaced by natural resources or is replaced extremely slowly
- 17. a flat sandy area where a river enters an ocean
- 18. related to regions near the equator
- 19. a huge moving mass of ice
Down
- 1. projection, shows the true shapes of continents and islands
- 2. thick layer of rock under "Earth's skin"
- 3. outer layer of Earth 3 to 30 miles thick
- 4. fuel, coal oil or natural gas that formed over millions of years from the remains of plants and tiny animals
- 6. a high flat landform
- 8. one year for Earth to travel around the sun
- 10. layer, a form of oxygen high in the atmosphere
- 15. resource, a resource that can be replaced as it is used
- 20. what Earth spins on