Cultural Geography Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz

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Across
  1. 6. Degenerative process leading to the reshaping of rocks
  2. 9. Large flat area elevated above surrounding land
  3. 11. A crack in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions
  4. 16. Theory that large portions of the earths crust moves causing earthquakes and volcanos
  5. 17. The area drained by a river system
  6. 19. The whole system of oceans that flow into eachother
Down
  1. 1. All of the water that exists on or around the earth
  2. 2. Portion of the earth's interior lying between the crust and the core
  3. 3. The area of solid matter on the surface of the earth
  4. 4. A river that flows into and feeds another river
  5. 5. Seven primary landmasses of the earth's surface
  6. 7. Layer of gas that surrounds the earth
  7. 8. Tectonic process by which the relatively thin and dense oceanic crust slowly slides down and under the more massive but less dense continental crust
  8. 10. A violent upheaval or change in the earth's crust
  9. 12. Process of heat transfer that occurs in the mantle when particles carry thermal energy as the move from one place to another
  10. 13. Process where glaciers recede and weep away material, creating U-shaped valleys
  11. 14. Natural breaking down and removal of materials on the earth's surface
  12. 15. Central portion of the earth that lies below the mantle
  13. 16. A level expanse with no visible elevation
  14. 18. Molten rock that flows because it is subjected to intense pressure and temperature