Unit 1 Crossword Puzzle

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