Topic 5: Introduction to Earth's Systems

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Across
  1. 2. continuous cycle in which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere
  2. 6. a boundary between the land and the ocean or lake
  3. 7. natural stream of water that flows into another body of water
  4. 12. layers of rock that hold water located below the saturation zone
  5. 13. hill or sand piled up by the wind
  6. 14. shape of the land described as elevation, relief, and landforms
  7. 15. when water exits the leaves of plants into the atmosphere
  8. 18. measuring distances and elevations using instruments
  9. 19. the buildup of sediment along a body of water that makes a landforms
  10. 20. parts of the Earth that contain the living organisms
Down
  1. 1. the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water
  2. 3. the process of water changing from a liquid to a gas
  3. 4. ability to do work
  4. 5. all water forms: snow, sleet, hail or rain
  5. 6. frozen component of the hydrosphere including ice and snow and sea and lake ice
  6. 8. landform with both high elevation and high relief
  7. 9. all of the Earth's water, including the water that cycles through the atmosphere
  8. 10. features of land including coastlines, dunes, and mountains
  9. 11. solid metal inner core, the liquid metal outer core, rocky mantel and crust
  10. 16. thin envelope of gases that forms the Earth's outermost layer
  11. 17. land area that supplies water to the river system