Across
- 9. also known as the Circum-Pacific belt
- 10. a biome also known as the northern needleleaf forest
- 11. processes that either amplify or reduce climatic trends, toward either warming or cooling
- 14. large,stable,terrestrial, or aquatic ecosystem
- 16. portions of the crust that are entirely below sea level
- 17. technique that uses the atomic structure of chemical elements to determine chemical composition of oceans and ice masses
- 19. also known as mechanical weathering
- 20. decomposition of a chemical compound by reaction with water
Down
- 1. a conceptual model to help understand the theory of habitat fragmentation
- 2. species that are introduced to a new environment by humans
- 3. most common chemical sedimentary rock
- 4. any process that wears away or rearranges landforms
- 5. also known as climate forcing
- 6. sharp release of energy that occurs at the moment of fracture
- 7. structure of Earth's crust containing an opening that magma rises from
- 8. weathering by dissolution of limestone landscapes creates this; also known as dolines
- 12. processes that operate at Earth's interior, driven by heat and radioactive decay
- 13. scientific study of sequences dealing with superposition
- 15. theory on how the building mountains and seismic activity causes earthquakes
- 18. calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineral deposits that are found in caves and caverns