Mountains

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A series of hills or mountains (5)
  2. 7. Flat tableland with steep edges (4)
  3. 8. A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain (9)
  4. 9. Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos (4)
  5. 10. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)
  6. 11. A relatively flat highland (7)
  7. 12. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time (7)

Down

  1. 1. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings (8)
  2. 2. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence (7)
  3. 3. A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain (plural) (9)
  4. 5. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  5. 6. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river (6)