Our Changing Earth

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Across
  1. 2. Deposition of layers of fine soil along the bank of rivers forms -- plains
  2. 5. A massive earthquake hit -- town on 26th January 2001
  3. 6. River of ice
  4. 7. the earthquake is measured on the -- scale
  5. 10. The highest waterfall is
  6. 11. In which continent is the highest waterfall ‘Angel Falls of Venezuela’ located?
  7. 14. When the river tumbles at steep angle over very hard rocks or down a steep valley side it forms a
  8. 15. In deserts you can see rocks in the shape of a mushroom, commonly called -- rocks
  9. 16. The forces which act in the interior of the earth are called as -- forces
  10. 20. The place in the crust where the movement starts is called the
  11. 22. Two types of forces are Endogenic forces and -- forces
  12. 24. The earth movements are divided on the basis of the-- which cause them to move
  13. 25. -- falls located on the border between Canada and USA
  14. 26. Large deposits of loess is found in
  15. 27. Wearing away of landscape
Down
  1. 1. The earth’s crust is broken into a number of huge parts. They are called -- plates
  2. 3. The triangular collection of sediments at the mouth of a river forms
  3. 4. An earthquake is measured with a machine called a
  4. 8. When the wind blows, it lifts and transports sand from one place to another. When it stops blowing the sand falls and gets deposited in low hill like structures. These are called
  5. 9. Magma inside the earth moves in a -- motion
  6. 11. The steep rocky coast rising almost vertically above sea water is called
  7. 12. Natural cavity of weak rocks formed by action of waves
  8. 13. Sand deposits over larger areas are called
  9. 17. The place on the surface above the focus is called the
  10. 18. It is a vent in the earth's crust through which molten material erupts suddenly
  11. 19. an example of a glacier
  12. 21. -- movements like earthquakes and volcanoes cause mass destruction over the surface of the earth.
  13. 23. Sudden movements in the earth are called