Across
- 3. Huge sheets of moving ice
- 5. Region where certain characteristics are found throughout the area
- 7. The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points
- 9. Large landmasses in the oceans
- 10. Once a "supercontinent", Continental _____ Theory
- 12. Geographic Information System
- 13. Soil, rocks, landforms and other surface features
- 15. Rocky surface layer
- 16. Layer of air, water and other substances above the surface
- 18. Halves of the globe
- 23. World of plants, animals and other living things
- 24. Weathering that alters the make up by changing the minerals
- 25. Region defined by people's feelings and attitudes about areas
Down
- 1. Exact position on the globe, ________location
- 2. Village pictured on page 41
- 4. Center
- 5. Region with a central place and the surrounding places affected by it
- 6. The study of where people, places and things are located
- 7. The circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
- 8. Ridgelike piles of rocks and debris
- 11. Breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface
- 14. The earth's outer shell is not one solid sheet of rock
- 17. Weathering occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically
- 18. Consists of water in oceans, lakes and rivers
- 19. Small particles of soil, sand and gravel
- 20. Chemicals in the polluted air combine with water vapor and fall back to the earth
- 21. Thick layer of rock
- 22. Windblown deposits of mineral rich dust and silt
- 26. Place compared to other areas, _______ location