Across
- 3. This is what is created on the leeward side of a mountain due to the dry air and warm temperatures.
- 4. This system of earth includes the layers of gas that surround the planet.
- 8. This is the side of a mountain that faces the wind off the ocean as part of the rain shadow effect.
- 11. The side of the mountain that faces away from the wind, or the rain shadow side.
- 12. This system of earth contains all the crust and mantle.
- 13. This is the layer of earth the sits just below the crust and is made of magma.
Down
- 1. This system of earth includes any place an organism can live.
- 2. Water that does not infiltrate as part of the water cycle, might do this instead.
- 5. The windward side of the mountain receives far more of this than the leeward side does.
- 6. This system of earth includes all the water on the planet.
- 7. This is the process when plants give off moisture into the air.
- 9. This is the layer of earth that we live on.
- 10. Solar _______________ is needed to heat water in lakes and oceans and cause it to evaporate.
- 12. You see more of this color on the windward side of a mountain.