Across
- 3. An area of land that loses more water to the air than it gets through precipitation
- 5. What builds up on top of a fossil and hardens into rock
- 9. The force that slows down objects when they rub against each other
- 11. Continent that holds the world's largest desert is
- 14. The natural features of the earth's surface
- 15. _______ weathering involves changes in the surface of the rock to where it could change shape or color.
- 16. The outer layer of the earth is called
- 18. A large hill that has sides much steeper than the surrounding surface
- 21. ____ is one way that plateaus can be made naturally
- 22. Definition of "the solid earth"
- 23. The movement of weathered rocks by natural forces
- 24. When thermal energy flows through liquids and gases when most of the matter is moving
Down
- 1. A large area of high land that is relatively flat on its top
- 2. A process that breaks down rocks into small pieces
- 4. Huge waves caused by earthquakes
- 6. A medium sized plateau is called...
- 7. the crack in the earth's surface is called
- 8. True or false - wind, rain, and other elements shape the earth
- 10. are the most explosive landforms
- 12. A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides
- 13. A triangle-shaped piece of land that forms at the mouth of a river
- 17. A low area of land between two hills or mountains
- 18. _____ weathering is the process of breaking big rocks into little ones
- 19. A lake made by humans
- 20. One thing that causes weathering