Across
- 2. scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them.
- 10. the largest layer of Earth that is composed of iron, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen.
- 11. the innermost layer which is separated into the liquid outer core and the solid inner core.
- 12. Landforms that are controlled by geological processes that form them and continually act on them after their formation.
- 14. The study of the current terrain features of a region and the graphic representation of a particular landform on a map.
- 15. Covers a smaller amount of area when compared to a mesa.
- 16. a highly viscous, hotter, and ductile region of the upper mantle.
- 17. formed by the chemical and mechanical action of the wind.
- 18. They are refracted and their speed gave vital information on the composition of the different layers of Earth.
- 20. effect circulating current
Down
- 1. outermost layer of Earth.
- 3. Protects us from the harmful rays emitted by the sun.
- 4. The study of the flow of matter primarily in the liquid state.
- 5. Elevated portions of lands that are formed by geologic activities such as faulting.
- 6. Is a piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected to the mainland by an isthmus.
- 7. separates the crust from the mantle
- 8. outer solid part of the planet
- 9. Low-lying triangular area located at the mouth of rivers where it meets an ocean, seas, or estuaries.
- 13. Formed by the accumulation of windblown dust.
- 19. It is formed when moving water in a stream erodes the out banks then widens its valley.
