Across
- 2. -a stream of water that falls from a higher area to a lower one
- 3. -where land and water meet
- 5. -frozen water
- 7. -part of the plant bearing seeds
- 12. -comes from the old Dutch word mere, for sea, and it means land that is sea-ish
- 13. -a hill's big brother
- 15. -covers much of the earth broadly
- 18. -a luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas
- 19. -arid land with usually sparse vegetation especially
- 22. -vast expansion of saltwater
- 23. -natural features of any landscape like trees and flowers
- 31. -the area around you like plants, animals, and people
- 32. -an area of low land between mountains or hills
- 33. -precipitation that falls from sky in droplets
- 34. -when an area is unnaturally submerged in water
- 36. -rural land and scenery.
- 38. -also called the celestial sphere
- 39. -frozen water that comes down in flakes
- 40. -small invertebrate animal with over six legs and wings
Down
- 1. - collective word for animals in the wild
- 4. -rocky edge at the sea or ocean.
- 6. -short plants that grow in yards and pastures
- 8. -the Earth’s surface that does not have water on it
- 9. -woody plants that typically have only one trunk
- 10. -soil that is saturated with water
- 11. -natural or unnatural chamber underground
- 12. -the natural satellite that orbits Earth
- 14. -body of water which curves as it breaks the shore
- 16. -polar region
- 17. -an area of land that is slightly raised
- 20. -the rays of light and heat that come from the sun
- 21. -edge of land near sea or ocean.
- 24. -very long natural stream of water that goes into the sea
- 25. -loose material that covers some beaches and deserts
- 26. -visible condensed water vapor in the sky
- 27. -an open area of land
- 28. -the intensity of heat in the atmosphere or an object
- 29. -balls of gas visible in the night sky
- 30. -the shaking of the surface of the Earth
- 35. -mountain or hill with a crater that erupts lava and hot vapor
- 37. -the four divisions of the year