Earth Science Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 2. Ice that moves slowly and erodes land to create u valleys
  2. 4. created from molten lava, ash and gas that erupts through a crack in the Earth's surface
  3. 7. Small pieces of rock that have been broken down
  4. 10. are hills formed by the wind blowing sand
  5. 12. is to rot and breakdown into smaller pieces
  6. 14. Features on the surface of the Earth such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans
  7. 16. Sudden release of energy under the Earth's surface that makes the ground shake or crack
  8. 19. Rain, Snow, Sleet and Ice
  9. 21. movement or carrying away of weathered material by wind, water or ice
  10. 22. Energy that comes from changing the power of moving air into a useful form
  11. 23. A preserved part of trace of an animal or plant that lived in the past
  12. 24. fuel made from plants, animals or waste
Down
  1. 1. The buildup of land by placing or depositing sediment and soil in a new location
  2. 3. Resources that cannot be replaced within a human lifetime
  3. 5. A line, real or imaginary, around which something spins
  4. 6. is the amount of water vapor in the air
  5. 8. Only planet to be known to have life
  6. 9. Condition outside such as temperature, cloud cover, humidity, and wind speed
  7. 10. Dark area caused when an object blocks light falling on a surface
  8. 11. Average weather condition year after year
  9. 13. Deep gorge in the surface of the Earth formed by erosion of moving water
  10. 15. A triangle-shaped landform at the mouth of a river as it empties in another body of water
  11. 17. Resources that can be replaced in a short period of time (Ex. trees and animals)
  12. 18. To move in a circular path or orbit
  13. 20. breaking down of rock into smaller pieces from wind, water and ice
  14. 23. can be burned for energy, comes from remains of ancient plants and animals