Chapter 2 -- The Physical Earth

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Across
  1. 3. the average weather in an area over a long period of time
  2. 4. one of two days of the year when the sun reaches its northernmost or southernmost point
  3. 5. a long, narrow steep-sided cut on the ocean floor
  4. 7. a place where two tectonic plates grind against each other
  5. 10. the water contained inside Earth's crust
  6. 14. a complete trip of Earth around the sun
  7. 17. one of two days each year when the sun is directly overhead at the Equator
  8. 18. a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
  9. 21. the process of which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind, or ice
  10. 22. one of the 16 pieces of Earth's crust
  11. 24. rain that contains harmful amounts of poisons due to pollution
  12. 26. a long, narrow band of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific rim
  13. 28. the change of liquid water to water vapor
  14. 29. a large expanse of land that can be flat or have a gentle roll
  15. 30. the process by which Earth's surface is worn away by natural forces
Down
  1. 1. a large body of ice that moves slowly across land
  2. 2. a process that makes salt water safe to drink
  3. 6. a large, unbroken mass of land
  4. 8. a giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruption or movement of the earth under he ocean floor
  5. 9. an event in which the ground shakes that is brought about by the collision of tectonic plates
  6. 11. an area that receives reduced rainfall because it is on the side of a mountain facing away from the ocean
  7. 12. the process in which water is used and reused on Earth including precipitation, collection, evaporation, and condensation
  8. 13. the result of water vapor changing to a liquid or a solid state
  9. 15. the layer of gases that surround the Earth
  10. 16. the water that falls on the ground as a rain, snow, sleet, halt, or mist
  11. 19. an imaginary line that runs through Earth's center from the North pole to the South pole
  12. 20. the part of the continent that extends into the ocean in a plateau, then drops to the ocean floor
  13. 23. a flat area that rises above the surrounding ground
  14. 25. a area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of the river
  15. 27. to circle around something