Across
- 3. the breakdown of rocks by water, roots, acids, temperatures, etc
- 5. this zone consistently has very warm temperatures, located in the low latitudes between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
- 7. a violent upheaval or change in the earth's crust
- 10. one way mountains are formed through earthquakes (the Alps are an example)
- 13. this is a cold region near the poles that can only support limited vegetation (frozen almost all year)
- 14. a position that says the surface of the earth was gradually shaped by observable processes over vast spans of time
- 16. Wide areas of flat land that rise abruptly above surrounding land
- 18. this effect explains why we feel like the wind is blowing east and west when in fact it almost always blows north and south
- 19. the natural removal of small pieces of rock or soil
Down
- 1. a river that "feeds" other rivers
- 2. this is soil that is frozen all year long
- 4. a large mass of moving ice and snow
- 6. the typical weather in a region over a long period of time (there are 5 broad categories of them)
- 8. an area where distinct populations of plants and animals live together
- 9. This cycle is the process of evaporation condensation, and precipitation
- 11. one way mountains are formed through earthquakes (Sierra Nevadas are an example)
- 12. a variation in the landscape (mountains, plains, and plateaus are the major ones)
- 15. wide areas of level land
- 17. arms of the ocean partially enclosed by land