Across
- 2. The term for the process of breaking down rock on the earth.
- 4. This term refers to elevated land that are generally flat on top.
- 5. The term for the layer of gases above the earth.
- 6. An area of slow water where rivers flatten out as they enter large bodies of water.
- 9. The movement of rock and soil on the surface of the earth.
- 10. The name of the German scientist whose theory developed into plate tectonics.
- 13. The tropic latitude at 23.5 south of the equator.
- 16. The term for cracks that form on the earth's surface.
- 17. An area of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
- 19. The amount of continents on the earth.
- 21. The term for the earth moving around the sun.
- 22. The total amount of oceans on the earth.
Down
- 1. A narrow body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water.
- 3. A narrow area of land that separates 2 large bodies of water.
- 7. The tropic latitude at 23.5 north of the equator.
- 8. The term for the hot molten center of the earth.
- 11. The term for when the sun is directly over the equator.
- 12. A related series of islands.
- 14. The spins on this at 23.5 degrees to the sun.
- 15. An area of low lying generally flat land.
- 18. The term for when the sun is directly over one of the tropics.
- 20. This term refers to the height of a landform in relation to sea level.