Across
- 3. circular reef with a lagoon in the center
- 4. a person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit
- 6. a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land
- 8. the rising air creates a zone of windless low pressure
- 10. reproducing by extending buds
- 11. a coming into existence or use; beginning; root
- 12. a mental partiality or prejudice
- 13. the study of living things
- 17. a voyage, journey, or march for some definite purpose
- 19. the act of traveling around the Earth
- 20. the power to impress or influence , especially due to success, wealth, ownership of land
- 21. a permanent resident
- 23. a submarine mountain rising above sea floor
- 24. to explain the meaning of something
- 28. the small organisms that float
Down
- 1. a very small village
- 2. social status or position conferred by a system based on class
- 3. family descent or lineage
- 5. to eat into; wear away
- 7. islands in the Pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- 9. being under the control of something else; conquered
- 14. an imaginary line north or south of the earth's equator and parallel to it
- 15. ratio of deaths in an area
- 16. to make use of or utilize productively
- 18. living on or near the surface of the open sea or ocean at some distance from land
- 21. showing lack of favoritism
- 22. the amount of moisture or water vapor in the atmosphere
- 25. the study of structure, formation, and history of the Earth
- 26. move made to gain a tactical end
- 27. the purposeful use of a tool