Across
- 4. geography Focuses on the study on Earth’s features
- 5. The condition of the atmosphere in a certain place at a specific time
- 9. and Faults When plates squeeze the Earth’s surface and create folds or bends in layers of rock
- 14. Location The exact latitude and longitude at which a place is found on the globe
- 16. Mapmaking
- 19. A community of plants and animals that depend upon one another and their surroundings for survival
- 20. shelf The part of a continent that extends underwater
- 21. Made up of land
- 24. tectonics The movements of the large sections that form the Earth's surface
- 26. Made of hot, dense rock
- 28. When glacial erosion moves and carries along rocks and soil
Down
- 1. of Capricorn The southernmost latitude to receive the Sun's direct rays
- 2. Location Describes a place’s location in relation to another place
- 3. Made of iron and nickel
- 6. Geographers study economics to understand how the location of resources affects the ways people make, use transport or use goods and provide services
- 7. The surface of the Earth is about 30% land and 70% water
- 8. The study of weather and weather forecasting
- 10. When a sea plate collides with and dives beneath a continental plate
- 11. Erosion The loosening of rock, sediment, or soil by glacial processes, and the entrainment and sub- sequent transportation of this material by ice or meltwater.
- 12. geography Cultural geography; studies human activities and their relationship to the environment
- 13. Natural springs and handmade wells allow people to retrieve groundwater
- 15. The part of Earth that supports life
- 17. Made up of oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water
- 18. Human geographers study sociology and anthropology to learn how people have interacted with their environment over time
- 20. Made of plates
- 21. The Earth’s landforms-physical features of particular shape and elevations-include continents, mountains, hills, plateaus, valleys, and plains
- 22. On about June 21st, when the northern Hemisphere had its longest day of sunlight
- 23. and Government Geographers study history and geography to understand changes that have taken place over time
- 25. of Cancer The northernmost latitude on the Earth to receive the Sun's direct rays
- 27. A fertile, yellow-gray soil that can provide mineral rich soil