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Across 5. places of significant cultural and spiritual meaning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (two words) 6. the recycling of material in the earth's surface 8. The physical and human forces that work in combination to form and transform the world, e.g. erosion, the water cycle, migration or urbanisation (two words). 11. the accumulation of sediment by the action of erosional agents, such as water and wind 12. an underwater depression created when the edges of oceanic plates are forced down into the earth's mantle (two words). 13. The visible appearance of an area 14. The process by which the surface of the earth is worn and transported away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves. 15. the study of the movement of the earth's plates by currents deep within the earths liquid mantel 17. the thin outer layer of the earth (lithosphere) 21. Degradation occurs through human actions and includes salinity, accelerated soil erosion, the spread of weeds, loss of biodiversity and habitats and water pollution (two words) 24. Cause and effect, how one affects and changes the other 26. the areas where the earth's plates meet (two words) 27. The physical or chemical breakdown of materials into smaller materials

Down 1. Hazards that originate from the lithosphere including volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides and avalanches (two words) 2. an underwater ridge formed when continental plates move apart, allowing molten material to fill the gap created (three words) 3. an opening in the earth's surface through with molten rock, lava and ash erupt 4. the fracturing of rock along lines of physical weakness 7. the separation of oceanic plates (two words) 9. The arrangement of particular phenomena or activities across the surface of the Earth (two words) 10. the value of a landscape based on its beauty or attractiveness (two words) 16. a large, elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward movement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults (two words). 18. The individual surface features of the Earth identified by their shape 19. the layer between the earth's core and its crust 20. a sudden movement of the earth's crust 22. the buckling of rock due to pressure 23. a segment of the earth's crust that is slowly moving due to convection currents in the mantle 25. A geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or column of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by