Across
- 3. a body of water surrounded by water
- 4. a large, level area of grassland with few or no trees
- 6. level of the oceans surface used as a reference point when measuring the height or the depth of the earths surface
- 8. a large ice mass that moves
- 10. broadleaf trees
- 12. natural elevation of earths surface
- 15. level at which the rock is saturated
- 16. a fracture in the earths surface
- 18. the place where a river flows into a lake or an ocean
- 19. subsoil is constantly frozen
- 20. water held in the pores of rock
- 21. a triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river
- 23. a wide flat topped mountain
- 25. nedleleaf trees
- 27. also known as hurricane
- 28. plates collide
- 31. independent community of plants and animals
- 32. a narrow channel connecting two larger bodies of water
- 35. plates moving apart
- 40. an area drained by a major river and its tributaries
- 43. soft, wet, low-lying, grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land
- 44. physical and chemical processes that change the characteristics of rock on or near the earths
- 45. the days and nights are all equal
- 46. plates slide past each other
- 48. alwo known as typhoon
- 49. can detect earthquakes
- 50. a zone surrounded by active volcanoes
- 53. the earths surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean
- 54. the combination of the surface shape and composition of the landforms and their distribution in a region
- 55. an opening in the earth, usually raised, through which gasses and lava escape from the earth interior
- 58. a heavy snowstorm
- 59. the steep almost vertical edge of a hill, mountain, or plain
- 60. weathered material is moved by the action of wind, water, ice, or gravity
Down
- 1. a broad flat area of land higher than the surrounding land
- 2. the point directly above the focus on the earths surface
- 5. a raised, flat area of land with steep cliffs smaller than a mesa
- 7. enormous moving pieces of the earths lithosphere
- 9. naturally formed features on the surface of the earth
- 11. a long period of time without water
- 13. the cycle of water also known as the water cycle.
- 14. a sheltered area of water deep enough for docking ships
- 17. the condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time
- 22. a twister, a powerful funnel shaped column of spiraling air
- 24. a wide treeless grassy plain
- 26. smaller pieces of rock caused by weathering
- 28. when rock is changed in a new substance
- 29. part of an ocean or lake partially enclosed by land
- 30. a lowland region that is saturated by water
- 33. the flat treeless lands forming a ring around the artic ocean
- 34. mostly treeless plains
- 36. ecosystem of a region
- 37. a narrow deep valley with steep sides
- 38. when plates move past each other the earth trembles or shakes
- 39. a spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from wells or underground springs
- 41. lowland between hills or mountains
- 42. the transfer of air
- 47. is the difference in the elevation of landform from its lowest point to its highest point
- 51. located in the tropical zone
- 52. flat land near the edges of rivers formed by mud and silt deposited by floods
- 53. a step like series of waterfalls
- 56. a point of land extending into an ocean or lake
- 57. the amount of air and water in the soil