Across
- 5. theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past adjacent plates. (2 words)
- 8. A landform surrounded on 3 sides by water
- 11. the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group
- 13. Latitude, longitude; coordinates (2 words)
- 14. a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- 16. A type of region that connects 2 or more items (2 words)
- 17. Taking salt out of water
- 18. various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose
- 19. the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves,etc
Down
- 1. weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
- 2. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point.
- 3. is based on the shared feelings and attitudes of the people who live in the area; often based on stereotypes (2 words)
- 4. A region that shows political boundaries (2 words)
- 6. North, south, east, west of somewhere (2 words)
- 7. defined formally by government or other structures, such as cities, states, and mountain ranges
- 9. the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate (3 words)
- 10. the process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another, localized along the juncture of two tectonic plates
- 12. When days and nights are equal
- 15. A type of farming that modifies the environment by cutting into mountains or hills (2 words)