Across
- 3. tenancy renting farmland from another farmer and paying rent in cash or shares of produce
- 8. the time in MS from its establishment as an American territory in 1978 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861.
- 9. a man-made lake where water is collected and kept in a quantity for use
- 11. soil that was deposited by running water
- 13. a scientist who studies the origin, history, and composition of Earth’s crust
- 17. the water in lakes, ponds, rivers and reservoirs
- 18. the imaginary line that goes around the globe halfway between the North and South poles
- 20. corn
- 21. precise location on the Earth’s surface
- 23. a person who farmed another man’s land for a share of the crop
- 24. the natural vegetation of a region
- 25. a low grade of coal
- 26. the area of land that drains into tributaries and eventually larger rivers
- 27. the animal life of a particular area
Down
- 1. a violent weather pattern that forms in the Atlantic Ocean during the summer and fall with winds 74 mph or higher that extend over several hundred miles and move counter-clockwise around an “eye”
- 2. a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river
- 4. the distance North or South of the equator
- 5. windblown dust that accumulates and forms a ridge of bluffs as it approaches higher elevations
- 6. the distance east or west of the prime meridian
- 7. the height of the land above sea level
- 10. moisture that seeps into the subsurface and accumulates in rock formations called aquifers
- 12. the number of days between the last killing frost in the spring and the first killing frost in the fall
- 14. a dark, funnel-shaped cloud with swirling winds that can measure over 200 miles an hour
- 15. the imaginary line that runs from North Pole to South Pole through Greenwich, England
- 16. the commercial production of freshwater animals, like catfish, and aquatic plants
- 19. something found in nature that is useful to humans
- 22. a vast, long period of time