Building and Eroding Forces

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Water falling from clouds (4)
  2. 5. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)
  3. 7. The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time (13)
  4. 8. Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos (4)
  5. 9. The breakdown or alteration of rock at or near the surface of the Earth. (10)
  6. 11. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement within the Earth. (10)
  7. 13. A slowly moving mass of ice (plural) (8)
  8. 14. Moving air (4)
  9. 15. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)

Down

  1. 1. Mountain that erupts with lava (7)
  2. 2. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption (7)
  3. 4. Produced by the action of water (11)
  4. 6. Of or relating to ___ (11)
  5. 7. Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten (plural) (6)
  6. 10. A protective covering or structure (6)
  7. 12. A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when (7)