Across
- 3. a way of learning about the world
- 4. a land form made of sediment where a river flows into an ocean
- 5. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- 8. the smallest particle of an element
- 10. dissolved mineral crystallize and glue sediments into mass
- 11. stress that stretches rock
- 13. a place where ground water flows to the surface
- 14. The region of the interior of the Earth between the core and the crust
- 15. the point on Earth's surface
- 16. one of 3 long units of geologic time
- 17. the layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
- 18. the process by which water, ice, or wind move rock or soil
- 20. a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus
- 21. the daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on it's coastlines
- 22. a thick mass of grass
Down
- 1. the sediments deposited directly by a glacier
- 2. small solid pieces of material that come from rocks
- 3. a beach formed by lake shore drift
- 6. the soft layer of mantle
- 7. a group of related parts that work together
- 9. a stream or small river that feeds into a main river
- 12. a fountain of water that builds pressure underground
- 15. a volcano that is no longer active
- 19. a piece of land surrounded by water