Key Terms

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Across
  1. 2. combination of rock and soil that makes up Earth's crust
  2. 4. average weather conditions in a region over a period of years
  3. 7. mixture of gases that make up the atmosphere
  4. 9. the control of plants and animals by humans
  5. 10. tasteless colorless natural liquid resource
  6. 11. surface to the atmosphere and back to the surface
  7. 12. natural inorganic substances in or on Earth
  8. 13. movement of water from the
  9. 15. all the water on earth
  10. 17. gaseous layer that encompasses Earth
  11. 18. fuels formed from the remains of dead animal and plant material deposited in a previous geologic time.
Down
  1. 1. resources that cannot be replaced after use.
  2. 3. all the plants and animals that live in the wild
  3. 5. all the interactions between climate, the solid earth, water, and living things.
  4. 6. movement of air
  5. 8. things found in nature, such as forests, mineral deposits, soil, and fresh water, that have economic value.
  6. 14. all the communities of living things on Earth
  7. 16. outer layer of Earth's surface that supports life