clay rich soil crossword Crossword Puzzles
The Early Times 2016-01-05
Across
- A wedge shaped writing.
- Is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape.
- The artificial application of water to the land or soil.
- A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
- A city surrounded by farmland.
- Believing in more than one god.
- A climate or place that is partially arid.
- Something that discourages or is intended to.
- Is the person who rules an empire.
- A worker who works in a skilled trade.
- Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water.
- The tool used to write on clay tablets.
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- Is ruled by an emperor.
- The area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system.
- Emperor Hammurabi made one.
- A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase.
- An area of low-lying ground next to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding.
- Human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.
- A division of a society based on social status.
- When you have more than you need.
- Is a person who writes books or documents by hand.
21 Clues: Is ruled by an emperor. • A wedge shaped writing. • Emperor Hammurabi made one. • A city surrounded by farmland. • Believing in more than one god. • When you have more than you need. • Is the person who rules an empire. • A worker who works in a skilled trade. • The tool used to write on clay tablets. • A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. • ...
The Early Times 2016-01-05
Across
- A wedge shaped writing.
- Is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape.
- The artificial application of water to the land or soil.
- A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
- A city surrounded by farmland.
- Believing in more than one god.
- A climate or place that is partially arid.
- Something that discourages or is intended to.
- Is the person who rules an empire.
- A worker who works in a skilled trade.
- Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water.
- The tool used to write on clay tablets.
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- Is ruled by an emperor.
- The area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system.
- Emperor Hammurabi made one.
- A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase.
- An area of low-lying ground next to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding.
- Human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.
- A division of a society based on social status.
- When you have more than you need.
- Is a person who writes books or documents by hand.
21 Clues: Is ruled by an emperor. • A wedge shaped writing. • Emperor Hammurabi made one. • A city surrounded by farmland. • Believing in more than one god. • When you have more than you need. • Is the person who rules an empire. • A worker who works in a skilled trade. • The tool used to write on clay tablets. • A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. • ...
Soil Origins 2021-11-04
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- the linkage of predator and prey
- area of land that have been built up as a result of soils that have been deposited by water
- soils formed from materials that were once living
- soils formed from materials other than those that were once living
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- soils formed from receding ocean shores
- the land area along streams that are covered by periodic floods
- the mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland plants
- soil deposited on the bottom of a lake
- soil formed by action of the wind usually coarse particles such as sand
- soils formed from wind deposits of fine silt and clay
10 Clues: the linkage of predator and prey • soil deposited on the bottom of a lake • soils formed from receding ocean shores • soils formed from materials that were once living • soils formed from wind deposits of fine silt and clay • the land area along streams that are covered by periodic floods • soils formed from materials other than those that were once living • ...
Soil Formation Vocabulary 2024-12-16
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- A component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains; has a rough and gritty texture
- The breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice
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- A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)
- To rot and break down the remains of plants and animals into smaller parts
- A component of soil made of very tiny grains; sticky and soft when wet but turns hard when dry
- A solid piece of Earth’s surface
6 Clues: A solid piece of Earth’s surface • A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains) • To rot and break down the remains of plants and animals into smaller parts • The breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice • ...
Layers of Earth 2021-01-07
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- Heat, cold, ice and water contribute to this process
- Water, ice, wind, or gravity carries rock particles and causes the wearing away of rock
- Consists of remains of plants and animals or pieces of rock or soil
- Something used to make plastics,medicines,paints,and cosmetics
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- Solid layer of rock beneath the soil
- This is the process of wearing down and carrying away rocks
- resource Anything in the environment used by humans
- A reason some rocks may weather more easily
- Soil that is a mixture of clay, humus, and other minerals, it is crumbly and dark brown
- Rotation Alternating crops in a field each year
10 Clues: Solid layer of rock beneath the soil • A reason some rocks may weather more easily • Rotation Alternating crops in a field each year • resource Anything in the environment used by humans • Heat, cold, ice and water contribute to this process • This is the process of wearing down and carrying away rocks • Something used to make plastics,medicines,paints,and cosmetics • ...
Native Americans 2021-10-13
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- to change someones beliefs
- corn
- a strong fence set up for protection
- bricks of clay
- crops grown for profit
- a big farm with crops like sugarcane
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- an area that is owned by another country
- a tent shaped like a cone
- exchanges made without money
- a flat mountain
- grass covered in soil with roots holding it
- volcanic rock that is normally black
- a spanish conquerer in America
- beads used as money to natives
14 Clues: corn • bricks of clay • a flat mountain • crops grown for profit • a tent shaped like a cone • to change someones beliefs • exchanges made without money • a spanish conquerer in America • beads used as money to natives • a strong fence set up for protection • volcanic rock that is normally black • a big farm with crops like sugarcane • an area that is owned by another country • ...
Ceramics Puzzle 2025-05-28
Across
- saddle clay, anyone?
- demonstrate this in your pottery at all times
- avoid breathing this
- spins spins spins that clay!
- holds more water
- non-stick you say?
- it will vaporize your pizza
- holds water
- they're all Greek to me
- makes clay plastic
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- mineral concoction that melts to color on pottery
- not moist but not fired either
- tool near to your heart
- a most useful clay tool
- glue and scratch
- blow up because you are this
- extrude these
- work, measured by temperature AND time
- what you need to do to the bag!
- earth
20 Clues: earth • holds water • extrude these • glue and scratch • holds more water • non-stick you say? • makes clay plastic • saddle clay, anyone? • avoid breathing this • tool near to your heart • a most useful clay tool • they're all Greek to me • it will vaporize your pizza • blow up because you are this • spins spins spins that clay! • not moist but not fired either • what you need to do to the bag! • ...
Compost 2024-09-24
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- nutrient plants need (P)
- something that should not be added to compost
- nitrogen-rich items to add to the compost (example: kitchen scraps)
- adding organic material to a pile to decompose create nutrient-rich soil for a garden
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- to break down
- carbon-rich items to add to the compost (example: hay, dry leaves)
- the place you would put the end result of compost
- the animal added to vermicomposts
- nutrient plants need (K)
- the part of the plant that goes in the ground to absorb water and nutrients
- nutrient plants need (N)
- you should do this to the compost pile regularly to mix the items to gether
12 Clues: to break down • nutrient plants need (P) • nutrient plants need (K) • nutrient plants need (N) • the animal added to vermicomposts • something that should not be added to compost • the place you would put the end result of compost • carbon-rich items to add to the compost (example: hay, dry leaves) • nitrogen-rich items to add to the compost (example: kitchen scraps) • ...
stuffs 2025-08-22
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- Liquid Clay slip with coloring oxides and chemicals used to apply color and designs to a ceramic piece
- Thrown A piece clay placed on a pottery wheel. It is shaped by compression during motion.
- Footing Glaze removed before firing
- Hard Damp condition of the clay that isn't damp but in a dry state
- Low fired clay, Porous and not be waterproof. To be used, it must be glazed.
- Clay that has been fired once, but at a low temperature.
- A high grade of clay, that was used in 960AD China and Korea.
- A triangular support
- Heating clay to make it solid
- A white or colaelmadethisored thin layer of clay
- Contrasting colored slip incased inlayed into incised lines
- Glaze A dull coating to make it look matte
- Scratched through
- inadequate o2 China did this
- Cotta A brownish orange earthenware clay body commonly used for ceramic scuplture
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- A fine network of cracks that occurs on glazes
- Wash A mixture of China clay and flint in water solution used to coat kiln shelves to protect them from dripping glaze
- Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing
- Glaze Minute decorative cracks accentuated by rubbed in coloring material
- Instrument used to record the exact temperature of the kiln.
- Stage Stage where clay can be easily bent
- Fired normally then taken out when red hot and the glaze molten.
- supports Thick Posts used to hold shelves inside a kiln.
- Dry like those skeletons in mario who can move but like if you crushed them they fall apart
- Built Slabs are cut out and joined together using scoring and wet clay. Slabs can be draped over or into forms, rolled around cylinders or built into geometric forms.
- liquid form of clay applied to the surface of a vessel prior to firing
- Shelves Shelves inside kiln that greenware is stacked on, in the kiln/
- Cones Slender pyramids of ceramic material made in a graded series to melt and indicate when a firing is nearly completed.
- Coils of high temperature
- coating you add to pottery to make it painted pretty :)
- Objects made of clay and fired at 1550*F to make a chemical change to become solidified
- Device used to fire ceramics
- Pottery Oldest form of forming pottery.
- High Fired clay. It's water proof, even without glaze resulting in a structure sturdier than earthenware
- Pots Starting with a ball of clay, it is pinched and stroked into making a bowl shape. Many coil pieces are constructed on top of a pinched bottom.
- Glassy non-pororus state caused by heat or fission.
36 Clues: Scratched through • A triangular support • Coils of high temperature • Device used to fire ceramics • inadequate o2 China did this • Heating clay to make it solid • Footing Glaze removed before firing • Pottery Oldest form of forming pottery. • Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing • A fine network of cracks that occurs on glazes • ...
ceramics 2021-05-29
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- different repetitive designs
- moldable substance
- glue for clay
- base for all pottery work
- used to wipe clean or smooth out clay
- heater that hardens/forms clay
- flowy volumed substance
- done with a brush - similar to glaze
- shades and variety of glaze
- a certain way of completing a task
- varying angles
- ornamentation
Down
- get rid of
- tape used in art
- tube with nozzle
- the craft of making pottery
- the different consistency of surfaces
- separates textile fibers
- enhancing design
- used to glaze or paint
- paint for clay
21 Clues: get rid of • glue for clay • ornamentation • varying angles • paint for clay • tape used in art • tube with nozzle • enhancing design • moldable substance • used to glaze or paint • flowy volumed substance • separates textile fibers • base for all pottery work • the craft of making pottery • shades and variety of glaze • different repetitive designs • heater that hardens/forms clay • ...
ceramics 2021-05-29
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- done with a brush - similar to glaze
- different repetitive designs
- tape used in art
- used to wipe clean or smooth out clay
- separates textile fibers
- the craft of making pottery
- shades and variety of glaze
- flowy volumed substance
- varying angles
- the different consistency of surfaces
Down
- enhancing design
- get rid of
- tube with nozzle
- paint for clay
- moldable substance
- heater that hardens/forms clay
- ornamentation
- glue for clay
- a certain way of completing a task
- used to glaze or paint
- base for all pottery work
21 Clues: get rid of • ornamentation • glue for clay • paint for clay • varying angles • enhancing design • tube with nozzle • tape used in art • moldable substance • used to glaze or paint • flowy volumed substance • separates textile fibers • base for all pottery work • the craft of making pottery • shades and variety of glaze • different repetitive designs • heater that hardens/forms clay • ...
coil clay 2023-09-19
Across
- clay is fired in this
- a living working artist
- goes over clay to seal and decorate vessel
- action to align clay particles getting out air bubbles
- used to cut clay
- water socked clay acts like glue
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- dry unfired clay
- scratching onto pieces of clay to slip and stick together
- clay can still move a little but not too much
- flat even piece of clay
- used to construct off of
- made by mixing silica alumina and water
- used to lightly scratch into clay
- even log of clay
14 Clues: dry unfired clay • even log of clay • used to cut clay • clay is fired in this • flat even piece of clay • a living working artist • used to construct off of • water socked clay acts like glue • used to lightly scratch into clay • made by mixing silica alumina and water • goes over clay to seal and decorate vessel • clay can still move a little but not too much • ...
Tennis, working out and Pascale 2021-05-14
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- English for "accueil"
- Swiss tennis legend
- When something arrives by post
- Country you visited in Asia
- Sponsor for RG
- Exercise session
- Used to hit a tennis ball
- "Fit as a _____ dog."
- French crocodile
- Dish from Madagascar
- Stretches around the court
- Venus's sister
- Lift them during a workout
- You do this nearly every day
- Tennis tournament in London
- King of clay
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- "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!"
- Your daughter's daughter
- Wimbledon, RG, US Open, Australian Open
- Your arrondissement
- Long part of an elephant
- When you stop working
- A little something to eat
- Period of rest from work
- When you have lots of muscles
- Dish from Madagascar
- Word puzzle
- Second biggest court
- You hate doing this
- Another word for running
- Home country of Djokovic
31 Clues: Word puzzle • King of clay • Sponsor for RG • Venus's sister • Exercise session • French crocodile • Swiss tennis legend • Your arrondissement • You hate doing this • Dish from Madagascar • Second biggest court • Dish from Madagascar • English for "accueil" • When you stop working • "Fit as a _____ dog." • "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!" • Your daughter's daughter • Long part of an elephant • ...
Tennis, working out and Pascale 2021-05-14
Across
- English for "accueil"
- Swiss tennis legend
- When something arrives by post
- Country you visited in Asia
- Sponsor for RG
- Exercise session
- Used to hit a tennis ball
- "Fit as a _____ dog."
- French crocodile
- Dish from Madagascar
- Stretches around the court
- Venus's sister
- Lift them during a workout
- You do this nearly every day
- Tennis tournament in London
- King of clay
Down
- "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!"
- Your daughter's daughter
- Wimbledon, RG, US Open, Australian Open
- Your arrondissement
- Long part of an elephant
- When you stop working
- A little something to eat
- Period of rest from work
- When you have lots of muscles
- Dish from Madagascar
- Word puzzle
- Second biggest court
- You hate doing this
- Another word for running
- Home country of Djokovic
31 Clues: Word puzzle • King of clay • Sponsor for RG • Venus's sister • Exercise session • French crocodile • Swiss tennis legend • Your arrondissement • You hate doing this • Dish from Madagascar • Second biggest court • Dish from Madagascar • English for "accueil" • When you stop working • "Fit as a _____ dog." • "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!" • Your daughter's daughter • Long part of an elephant • ...
Chapter 9 Review Crossword 2025-01-20
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- One of our sources of fresh water
- Gives the Earth heat and light
- They go up to space for missions to the moon
- One of the two types of land, loamy, sandy, clay
- A model of the Earth, a round map
- One of the two types of land, igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
- Where the Earth, Sun, and other planets are
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- Covers 71% of the Earth, blue on a map
- Scientist who studies the Earth
- Our planet in the solar system
- Made up of rocks and soul, what we live on
- One of our sources of water, frozen in the Artic
- A type of rock made from lava
- A type of soil, used to grow fruits and veggies
- One of the places we can find water, salt water
15 Clues: A type of rock made from lava • Our planet in the solar system • Gives the Earth heat and light • Scientist who studies the Earth • One of our sources of fresh water • A model of the Earth, a round map • Covers 71% of the Earth, blue on a map • Made up of rocks and soul, what we live on • Where the Earth, Sun, and other planets are • ...
All about Clay 2022-01-26
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- Colors that can be painted on bisque or greenware.
- pinching a ball of clay until it forms a ball
- First Firing of clay
- Clay diluted with water
- Making marks on two pieces of clay before joining with slip.
- Making clay structures permanent
- Clay in an unfired state
- Unfired Clay
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- Unfired clay that isn't quite dry yet
- Clay that is cool to the touch
- A method of creating pots by building with coils
- electric gas or wood-fired oven.
- Kneaded moist clay to eliminate air bubbles
- Clay evenly rolled flat
14 Clues: Unfired Clay • First Firing of clay • Clay diluted with water • Clay evenly rolled flat • Clay in an unfired state • Clay that is cool to the touch • electric gas or wood-fired oven. • Making clay structures permanent • Unfired clay that isn't quite dry yet • Kneaded moist clay to eliminate air bubbles • pinching a ball of clay until it forms a ball • ...
Arty words 2024-08-20
Across
- heating the dry clay to a temperature where it drys the clay
- Old rock.
- using your hands to knead out air pockets in clay.
- dry when the clay is as dry as it gets, it has no moisture left.
- hard a stage of clay when the clay still has a little bit of moisture but is hard.
- where you use cross hatching to attach bits of clay
- the liquid used to moisturise the clay and stick it together.
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- the oven used to cook clay
- technique a hand building technique to make pots.
- the glossy coat put on after the clay has cooked
- firing a slow process of heating ceramic clay
- a hand technique used to roll out a rope shape in clay.
- ground where the clay comes from.
- technique used to smooth the join line of clay
14 Clues: Old rock. • the oven used to cook clay • ground where the clay comes from. • firing a slow process of heating ceramic clay • technique used to smooth the join line of clay • the glossy coat put on after the clay has cooked • technique a hand building technique to make pots. • using your hands to knead out air pockets in clay. • ...
Stages of Clay 2026-01-12
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- First stage clay cannot be recycled
- Clay that has been rolled out to be cut and constructed into various forms
- Process for joining clay together
- Manual process to remove air pockets and distribute moisture in clay
- Fabric material to create nonstick work surface for clay
- dry Clay is most fragile in this stage
- Shredding tool to remove and change form of leather hard clay
- Best stage for carving
- Used for smoothing surface of clay
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- Glaze that can be applied before first firing, used for sgraffito
- Ready to use as functional piece
- Method to form pinch pot
- Oven in which ceramic pieces are fired
- Best stage for sculpting, forming, or throwing
- Potter's glue
- tool Used to cut slay, make holes, sketch lines into clay
- Form of design made by carving a surface to reveal a lower layer of contrasting color
17 Clues: Potter's glue • Best stage for carving • Method to form pinch pot • Ready to use as functional piece • Process for joining clay together • Used for smoothing surface of clay • First stage clay cannot be recycled • Oven in which ceramic pieces are fired • dry Clay is most fragile in this stage • Best stage for sculpting, forming, or throwing • ...
BIOL 2210 Exam 4 Extra Credit Crossword Puzzle 2023-11-27
Across
- energy type that uses naturally heated water or steam to heat buildings or drive turbogenerators
- soils that contain a buildup of undecayed vegetation
- soils found in wetlands
- this soil horizon consists of dead organic matter
- reduction in the capacity of soil to support plant life and to perform ecosystem functions
- the relative proportions of each type of particle in a given soil
- soils found in drylands
- parent material soil horizon
- an array of sun-tracking mirrors that focuses the sunlight falling on several acres of land onto a receiver mounted on a tower in the center of the area
- soils of tropical and subtropical rainforests
- this soil horizon is also called topsoil
- accumulation of salts
- diffusion of oxygen into and carbon dioxide out of the spaces in soil
- an interface between the solar PV modules and the electric grid or batteries
- the ease with which a soil can be cultivated
- sediment particles that range from .063-.004mm in size
- water and wind pick up particles of soil and carry them away
- water is constantly absorbed by the roots of plants, passing up through the plant and exiting as water vapor through microscopic pores in the leaves
- soil horizon characterized by the deposition of minerals that have leached from the A & E horizons
- energy that can be used in the form in which they are found in nature
- symbiotic relationship between roots of some plants and certain fungi
- fertile, dark soils found in temperate grasslands
- a solar cell
- erosion of topsoil diminishes a soil’s capacity to retain water and nutrients, drylands become deserts, both ecologically and from the standpoint of agricultural production
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- amount of work done by an electric current over a given time
- energy derived from present-day photosynthesis
- large numbers of animals raised in confinement facilities
- widespread, moderately weathered forest soils
- energy that needs to be made from primary sources
- “where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental dedgredation”
- gradual physical and chemical breakdown
- sediment particles that range from 2.0-.063mm in size
- soils ability to support plant growth
- sediment particles finer than .004mm
- horizontal gradient of soil layers
- mineral material of soil
- this is the eluviated soil horizon
- lack of essential nutrients
- fine sedimentary rock containing a mixture of solid, waxlike hydrocarbons called kerogen
- transfers energy from a primary energy source to its point of use
- lack of adequate food energy
- packing of soil
- sophisticated paddle-wheel coupled to a generator
- a group of perennial plants of different species grown together that produce food or fuel
- fuels derived from agricultural crops
- device that turns turbine exhaust steam into water
46 Clues: a solar cell • packing of soil • accumulation of salts • soils found in wetlands • soils found in drylands • mineral material of soil • lack of essential nutrients • parent material soil horizon • lack of adequate food energy • horizontal gradient of soil layers • this is the eluviated soil horizon • sediment particles finer than .004mm • soils ability to support plant growth • ...
4.1 Starting from the Ground Up 2023-02-21
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- The mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland plants. It has been (and is being) formed by the active factors of climate and biosphere exerting their influence on passive parent material and topography over neutral time.
- Small, mineral, soil particle, ranging in diameter from 0.5 to 0.002 millimeters.
- To gather or collect.
- Mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable quantities in nature.
- A group of textural classes in which the particles are finer than gravel but coarser than silt, ranging in size from 2.00 to 0.5 millimeters in diameter.
- The group of processes whereby earthy or rock material is worn away, loosened, or dissolved and removed from any part of the earth’s surface.
- soil Soil whose properties are dominated by soil minerals, usually containing less than 20 percent organic matter.
- A size term denoting particles, regardless of mineral composition, with diameter less than 2 microns.
- The long-term average weather conditions.
- The addition of sediment, as by flowing water.
- Decrease in volume of sediments, as a result of compressive stress, usually resulting from continued deposition above them.
- Unweathered hard rock that lies directly beneath the soil layers or beneath superficial geological deposits, such as glacial drift.
- Color difference on a mass of moderately poorly drained soil.
- Slope of the land and the position on the landscape, such as the top of a hill, a hillside, or the foot of a slope.
- cover Any vegetation that grows close to the ground, producing protection for the soil.
- Atmospheric action on rock surfaces producing decomposition, disintegration, or alteration of rocks at or close to the earth’s surface.
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- The artificial application of water to soil for the purpose of increasing plant production.
- The removal of soluble constituents from soils or other materials by percolating water.
- Change in form, appearance, nature, or character.
- An elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains.
- An organism so small that it cannot be seen clearly without the use of a microscope; a microscopic or submicroscopic organism.
- Designating the inorganic nature of a substance.
- Refers to the extent of voids or openings in the soil that exist between soil particles and soil peds or clods. These pores hold water and air for absorption by plant roots.
- Process of removing soil from the surface.
- To move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace.
- matter Matter found in, or produced by, living animals and plants, which contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and often nitrogen and sulfur.
- Process of soil deposited due to erosion.
- material The horizon of weathered rock or partially weathered soil material from which the soil is formed.
- Any living individual whether plant or animal.
- Accumulation of water-worn pebbles larger than two millimeters in diameter.
30 Clues: To gather or collect. • The long-term average weather conditions. • Process of soil deposited due to erosion. • Process of removing soil from the surface. • The addition of sediment, as by flowing water. • Any living individual whether plant or animal. • Designating the inorganic nature of a substance. • Change in form, appearance, nature, or character. • ...
Lesson 4.1 2022-11-04
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- – The mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland plants. It has been (and is being) formed by the active factors of climate and biosphere exerting their influence on passive parent material and topography over neutral time.
- – Small, mineral, soil particle, ranging in diameter from 0.5 to 0.002 millimeters.
- – To gather or collect.
- – Mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable quantities in nature.
- – A group of textural classes in which the particles are finer than gravel but coarser than silt, ranging in size from 2.00 to 0.5 millimeters in diameter.
- – The group of processes whereby earthy or rock material is worn away, loosened, or dissolved and removed from any part of the earth’s surface.
- soil – Soil whose properties are dominated by soil minerals, usually containing less than 20 percent organic matter.
- – A size term denoting particles, regardless of mineral composition, with diameter less than 2 microns.
- – The long-term average weather conditions.
- – The addition of sediment, as by flowing water.
- – Decrease in volume of sediments, as a result of compressive stress, usually resulting from continued deposition above them.
- – Unweathered hard rock that lies directly beneath the soil layers or beneath superficial geological deposits, such as glacial drift.
- – Color difference on a mass of moderately poorly drained soil.
- – Slope of the land and the position on the landscape, such as the top of a hill, a hillside, or the foot of a slope.
- cover – Any vegetation that grows close to the ground, producing protection for the soil.
- – Atmospheric action on rock surfaces producing decomposition, disintegration, or alteration of rocks at or close to the earth’s surface.
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- – The artificial application of water to soil for the purpose of increasing plant production.L
- – The removal of soluble constituents from soils or other materials by percolating water.
- – Change in form, appearance, nature, or character.
- – An elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains.
- – An organism so small that it cannot be seen clearly without the use of a microscope; a microscopic or submicroscopic organism.
- – Designating the inorganic nature of a substance.
- – Refers to the extent of voids or openings in the soil that exist between soil particles and soil peds or clods. These pores hold water and air for absorption by plant roots.
- – Process of removing soil from the surface.
- – To move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace.
- matter – Matter found in, or produced by, living animals and plants, which contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and often nitrogen and sulfur.
- – Process of soil deposited due to erosion.
- material – The horizon of weathered rock or partially weathered soil material from which the soil is formed.
- – Any living individual whether plant or animal.
- – Accumulation of water-worn pebbles larger than two millimeters in diameter.
30 Clues: – To gather or collect. • – The long-term average weather conditions. • – Process of soil deposited due to erosion. • – Process of removing soil from the surface. • – The addition of sediment, as by flowing water. • – Any living individual whether plant or animal. • – Designating the inorganic nature of a substance. • – Change in form, appearance, nature, or character. • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2014-10-14
Across
- rich soil
- area of flat land
- ruling family
- the worship of many gods
- groups of people who have a complex society
- defeat of another group
- the worship of only one god
- exchanged goods
- north region
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- way of getting water to crops
- soth region
- land between the rivers
- form of wedged shaped writing
- craftspeople
- professional
- large territory
16 Clues: rich soil • soth region • craftspeople • professional • north region • ruling family • exchanged goods • large territory • area of flat land • land between the rivers • defeat of another group • the worship of many gods • the worship of only one god • way of getting water to crops • form of wedged shaped writing • groups of people who have a complex society
science 2013-03-04
9 Clues: a natural material • aftile soil of clay • the process of eroding • usedas a growing medium • undergone by heat or pressure • an opening in the earthscrust • the building block of minerals • meltedrock formedundereaths crust • spliting along a smooth flat planes
seed to plant 2022-11-10
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- A substance that helps plants grow by giving it extra nutrients. _______________
- The upper layer of Earth where plants grow. _______________
- To notice something using your senses. _______________
- The part of a plant that can grow into new plants. _______________
- Very small grains of rock. _______________
- The part of a plant that contains the seeds. _______________
- A powder found inside flowers that is needed to make new plants. _______________
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- To spread around; move from one place to another. _______________
- Stiff, sticky material found on the Earth’s surface. _______________
- The process of moving pollen from one flower to another. _______________
- The part of a plant that can grow into more plants. _______________
- A combination of sand, clay, minerals and dead or decaying plant material. _______________
12 Clues: Very small grains of rock. _______________ • To notice something using your senses. _______________ • The upper layer of Earth where plants grow. _______________ • The part of a plant that contains the seeds. _______________ • To spread around; move from one place to another. _______________ • The part of a plant that can grow into new plants. _______________ • ...
Clay Review 2025-11-10
Across
- The ______ goes under the sink after use
- The method used when shaping clay to your desired shape
- Where extra clay goes
- The tool you should use to remove dried clay from tables
- To remove air from the clay
- The object used with water to clean your table
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- The tool used to dry your table
- The flat pieces of clay used as a base
- The oven that clay goes into, to be fired
- To add clay glue to pieces of clay to hold it together
- Where you work goes after class
- The snakelike pieces of clay
- Adding texture to clay to hold it together
- The liquid added to dried clay to make slip
- Where your slip cup goes after use
15 Clues: Where extra clay goes • To remove air from the clay • The snakelike pieces of clay • The tool used to dry your table • Where you work goes after class • Where your slip cup goes after use • The flat pieces of clay used as a base • The ______ goes under the sink after use • The oven that clay goes into, to be fired • Adding texture to clay to hold it together • ...
ceramics 2021-05-29
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- different repetitive designs
- moldable substance
- glue for clay
- base for all pottery work
- used to wipe clean or smooth out clay
- heater that hardens/forms clay
- flowy volumed substance
- done with a brush - similar to glaze
- shades and variety of glaze
- a certain way of completing a task
- varying angles
- ornamentation
Down
- get rid of
- tape used in art
- tube with nozzle
- the craft of making pottery
- the different consistency of surfaces
- separates textile fibers
- enhancing design
- used to glaze or paint
- paint for clay
21 Clues: get rid of • glue for clay • ornamentation • varying angles • paint for clay • tape used in art • tube with nozzle • enhancing design • moldable substance • used to glaze or paint • flowy volumed substance • separates textile fibers • base for all pottery work • the craft of making pottery • shades and variety of glaze • different repetitive designs • heater that hardens/forms clay • ...
ceramics 2021-05-29
Across
- different repetitive designs
- moldable substance
- glue for clay
- base for all pottery work
- used to wipe clean or smooth out clay
- heater that hardens/forms clay
- flowy volumed substance
- done with a brush - similar to glaze
- shades and variety of glaze
- a certain way of completing a task
- varying angles
- ornamentation
Down
- get rid of
- tape used in art
- tube with nozzle
- the craft of making pottery
- the different consistency of surfaces
- separates textile fibers
- enhancing design
- used to glaze or paint
- paint for clay
21 Clues: get rid of • glue for clay • ornamentation • varying angles • paint for clay • tape used in art • tube with nozzle • enhancing design • moldable substance • used to glaze or paint • flowy volumed substance • separates textile fibers • base for all pottery work • the craft of making pottery • shades and variety of glaze • different repetitive designs • heater that hardens/forms clay • ...
Vocab review 2021-09-10
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- Act of kneading the clay to rid it of air bubbles
- Unfired Pottery
- The act of taking a ball of clay and pinching it into a ceramic
- Making scratches in the surface of a project to help another piece stick to it.
- The neatness or skill used in a project
- Method of making pottery where clay is piled in a spiral to form a ceramic
- The first firing of a project
- Clay water mixture
- Happens after the project has been glazed
- Method of forming pottery vessels on a potter's wheel
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- Special oven used to cure ceramics and pottery
- Dry Clay that has been dried out completely and is ready to be fired
- Pottery after it has been glazed and fired
- Ancient pottery-making technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel, using the hands, fingers, and simple tools
- A paint like substance that turns to glass when fired
- The outstanding property of clay–water systems
- When the clay has the consistency of leather after drying for a bit
- Technique in which clay is rolled into thin sheets and manipulated into shapes
- Pottery after the first firing that still needs to be glazed
- Shaping mixtures of clay, earthen elements, powders, and into desired forms
20 Clues: Unfired Pottery • Clay water mixture • The first firing of a project • The neatness or skill used in a project • Happens after the project has been glazed • Pottery after it has been glazed and fired • Special oven used to cure ceramics and pottery • The outstanding property of clay–water systems • Act of kneading the clay to rid it of air bubbles • ...
Pottery Vocab Words 2021-09-10
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- dried and hardened enough to be trimmed or decorated with slip but not hard enough to be fired
- clay that has been fired with a glass-like colored material
- pots and other articles made from clay hardened by heat.
- unglazed pottery
- prepares the clay for optimal use
- the technique of shaping round ceramics
- the outstanding property of clay
- the first firing
- pottery-making technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel
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- a skill or dexterity exhibited by a person for creating an artistic work with hands
- firing to temp at which glaze melts to form a glasslike surface
- to scratch hatch marks on it as part of joining clay pieces together
- an impervious layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fused to a ceramic body through firing.
- a special kind of oven for firing pottery
- unfired pottery
- clay that is ready to be fired
- a method of creating pottery
- A construction technique in which the clay is pinched and manipulated with the fingers into the desired shape.
- a technique in which clay is rolled into thin sheets and manipulated into shapes
- a clay slurry used to produce pottery and other ceramic wares
20 Clues: unfired pottery • unglazed pottery • the first firing • a method of creating pottery • clay that is ready to be fired • the outstanding property of clay • prepares the clay for optimal use • the technique of shaping round ceramics • a special kind of oven for firing pottery • pots and other articles made from clay hardened by heat. • ...
3D Design Vocab Terms by Noah Renken 2016-09-08
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- Many motifs together
- No glaze on the bottom of the pot
- Three dimensional art
- A raised design on a slab
- One unit of a pattern
- Lip= opening, Walls= the sides. Foot= the base or bottom
- Type of paint that washes with water
- Glass like coat that can be painted, dipped, or pored on. It fuses to the pot when fired
- To mix up clay with your hands to get air out of the clay
- To apply a finish, then wipe off most of the material applied leaving the finish in the cracks and pores
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- Decorative process to scratch a line through a layer of slip to expose the contrasting clay below
- The roughness or smoothness of a surface
- To view an artwork from all sides
- Working clay on the potter's wheel
- The concentration of clay when it dries. If shrinkage occurs too quickly, the clay will crack
- Forming clay objects by pouring slip into a hollow plaster mold
- Rough up clay surface for joining two pieces of clay
- Using a paddle to smooth or shape the surface of a pot
- Smooth until shiny using a tool
- Wax coat that can be put on stained or painted ceramics
- Substance which causes another to melt. Used in glaze
21 Clues: Many motifs together • Three dimensional art • One unit of a pattern • A raised design on a slab • Smooth until shiny using a tool • To view an artwork from all sides • No glaze on the bottom of the pot • Working clay on the potter's wheel • Type of paint that washes with water • The roughness or smoothness of a surface • Rough up clay surface for joining two pieces of clay • ...
My Side Of The Mountain 2021-10-21
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- calling for immediate attention
- Calling for immediate attention
- To not take care of properly
- to draw something toward
- Human beings;human race
- A group of large people
- A public meeting with discussion
- A steep rugged rock or cliff
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- To present to view
- With hesitation
- Strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events
- Ilegal Movement
- A dig out area of a wall
- Soil consisting of clay, silt and sand
- A valley
15 Clues: A valley • With hesitation • Ilegal Movement • To present to view • Human beings;human race • A group of large people • A dig out area of a wall • to draw something toward • To not take care of properly • A steep rugged rock or cliff • calling for immediate attention • Calling for immediate attention • A public meeting with discussion • Soil consisting of clay, silt and sand • ...
Soil science 2024-01-11
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- Any herbaceous plant not a grass or a sedge.
- The well decomposed, more or less stable part of the organic matter in mineral soils.
- When dry, moderately resistant to pressure; can be broken with difficulty between thumb and forefinger.
- When wet, readily deformed by moderate pressure but can be pressed into a lump; will form a ""wire'' when rolled between thumb and forefinger.
- Waterlogged,spongy ground
- High risk of corrosion to uncoated steel or deterioration of concrete.
- A shallow depression from which all or most of the soil material has been removed by wind
- Hard; little affected by moistening.
- When wet, adheres to other material and tends to stretch somewhat and pull apart rather than to pull free from other material.
- A compact, dense layer in a soil that impedes the movement of water and the growth of roots
- When moist, crushes under moderate pressure between thumb and forefinger, but resistance is distinctly noticeable.
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- Rock fragments larger than 2 feet in diameter.
- The wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, ice, or other geologic agents.
- When moist, crushes easily under gentle pressure between thumb and forefinger and can be pressed together into a lump.
- When dry, breaks into powder or individual grains under very slight pressure.
- Fine grained material, dominantly of silt-sized particles, deposited by wind.
- Water is applied at the upper end of a strip in which the lateral flow of water is controlled by small earth ridges called border dikes, or borders.
- Noncoherent when dry or moist; does not hold together in a mass
- The removal of soluble material from soil or other material by percolating water.
- As a soil separate, the mineral soil particles less than 0.002 millimeter in diameter
- Water is sprayed over the soil surface through pipes or nozzles from a pressure system.
21 Clues: Waterlogged,spongy ground • Hard; little affected by moistening. • Any herbaceous plant not a grass or a sedge. • Rock fragments larger than 2 feet in diameter. • Noncoherent when dry or moist; does not hold together in a mass • High risk of corrosion to uncoated steel or deterioration of concrete. • ...
APES Unit 4 Vocab 2025-12-19
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- A mountain _____ causes high precipitation on the windward side, low precipitation on the leeward side
- breakdown of rock into smaller pieces physically, biologically, or chemically
- bottom layer of atmosphere
- earth's position when it is maximally tilted towards the sun and has the most sunlight hours
- outer layer of the earth, Earth’s surface
- Dense earth layer made of nickel, iron, and radioactive elements that release massive amounts of heat
- What occurs when When stress overcomes the locked fault, plates suddenly release
- Physical earth layer - magma in the mantle, moving
- the proportion of light that is reflected by a surface (shininess)
- ____ circulation connects all of the world’s oceans, mixing salt, nutrients, and temperature throughout
- Physical earth layer - more rigid part of the lower mantle that does not move
- nutrient holding capacity. increases with amount of clay.
- Pressure builds as plates keep sliding, but edges stay stuck
- unequal heating of earth's surface occurs with the most solar energy absorbed at the ___
- can moderate the temperature near coasts
- permeable layer of rock and sediment underneath the soil that have pore spaces that store groundwater
- Causes very warm and rainy conditions in Australia, very dry conditions in south america, very happy fisherpeople in south america
- Made of sediment, organic matter, nutrients, water, air, living organisms
- The ____ cell is a the atmospheric convection current surrounding the equator
- 78% of earth's atmosphere
- soil ____ is the % of sand, silt, and clay in a soil
- Pattern of earthquakes and volcanos all around the Pacific plate
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- winds blow warm surface water away from a land mass, drawing up colder, deeper water to replace it
- A large ocean circ patterns due to global wind which spins opposite directions in opposite hemispheres
- tectonic plates slide past eachother
- oceanic and continental plate collide, oceanic sinks beneath, melts, erupts as volcano
- Order of first letter of atmosphere layers from bottom to top
- the amount of solar (sun) radiation (energy from sun’s rays) reaching an area
- tectonic plates collide
- contains the ozone layer that protects us from harmful solar radiation
- A phenomenon that causes the opposite of normal conditions in the pacific ocean due to reversed trade winds
- Water _______ is how well water is retained by a soil
- What is the order of soil horizons from top to bottom
- Three parts like an oreo cookie. Top - rigid. Middle is magma (hot, soft-bendy rock), which moves through convection, moving plates with it. Bottom is rigid.
- material The rock from which the sediment is weathered
- seasons are caused by earth's _____
- All of the land that drains into a specific body of water
- Soil _____ are empty spaces between particles
- the winds closest to the equator
- how easily water drains through a soil
- ___ cooling is when As air rises, there is less pressure on it, so the volume increases, so the temperature decreases
- Physical earth layer that is rigid rock - crust and upper part of the mantle
- transport of weathered rock away by wind or rain, carried to a new location
- ____ effect is the deflection of an object's path due to the rotation of the earth
44 Clues: tectonic plates collide • 78% of earth's atmosphere • bottom layer of atmosphere • the winds closest to the equator • seasons are caused by earth's _____ • tectonic plates slide past eachother • how easily water drains through a soil • can moderate the temperature near coasts • outer layer of the earth, Earth’s surface • Soil _____ are empty spaces between particles • ...
Fablehaven Crossword Puzzle 2014-05-27
Across
- fairy hunter.
- Queen/Has a shrine.
- to drink in order to see Fablehaven.
- Sorenson/Keeper of Fablehaven.
- into stone.
- to be a naiad.
- little Brother
- turn into a _____ when kept inside the house.
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- of soil, clay, and stone.
- form of the Society of the Evening Star.
- older sister.
- Sorenson gave Kendra some ______.
- pet chicken.
- of fairy exp: a Water _______.
14 Clues: into stone. • pet chicken. • fairy hunter. • older sister. • to be a naiad. • little Brother • Queen/Has a shrine. • of soil, clay, and stone. • Sorenson/Keeper of Fablehaven. • of fairy exp: a Water _______. • Sorenson gave Kendra some ______. • to drink in order to see Fablehaven. • form of the Society of the Evening Star. • turn into a _____ when kept inside the house.
Chapter 18 Vocabulary 2023-01-23
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- waste materials are converted into different products
- not using non-recyclable materials
- facilities where machines and workers separate the mixed waste to recover valuable materials
- materials are recycled into new products of the same type
- waste disposal site; disposed materials are covered with clay
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- households and businesses separating their own trash into recyclable categories
- all recyclable materials collected in one bin
- form of recycling; using bacteria and other decomposers to break down biodegradable organic waste for soil fertility
- fields or holes where garbage is deposited and covered with soil
- reducing the use of non-recyclable materials
- reusing materials in different ways than originally intended
- converting into reusable material
- water that has leaked through the garbage and become contaminated
- reusing materials
14 Clues: reusing materials • converting into reusable material • not using non-recyclable materials • reducing the use of non-recyclable materials • all recyclable materials collected in one bin • waste materials are converted into different products • materials are recycled into new products of the same type • reusing materials in different ways than originally intended • ...
Chapter 4 Pollution 2023-01-13
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- a substance that provides nutrients to help crops grow better
- the situation that arises when more soil nutrients are used than the decomposers can supply
- a material that can be harmful if it is not properly disposed of
- a long period of low precipitation
- a brownish thick haze that is a mixture of ozone and other chemicals formed when pollutants react with sunlight
- a landfill that holds nonhazardous waste such as municipal solid waste, construction debris, and some agricultural and industrial wastes
- the process of restoring land to a more natural, productive state
- pollutants that are released into the air
- the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil
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- a substance that causes pollution
- the advance of desert-like conditions into areas that previously were fertile
- the burning of solid waste
- waste produced in homes, businesses, and schools and in a community
- the process of reclaiming and reusing raw materials
- a condition in which a layer of warm air traps polluted air close to Earth's surface
- rock that makes up the Earth's crust; also the solid rock layer beneath the soil
- the layer of soil below the topsoil that has less plant and animal matter
- the crumbly, topmost layer of soil made up of clay and other minerals and humus
- polluted liquid produced by water passing through and dissolving chemicals from buried wastes in a landfill
- rain or another form of precipitation that is more acidic than normal, caused by the release of molecules of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the air
- capable of being broken down by bacteria and other decomposers
- a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas
- the very top layer of fertile soil made of dead leaves and grass
- a form of oxygen that has 3 oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual 2
24 Clues: the burning of solid waste • a substance that causes pollution • a long period of low precipitation • a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas • pollutants that are released into the air • the process of reclaiming and reusing raw materials • a substance that provides nutrients to help crops grow better • capable of being broken down by bacteria and other decomposers • ...
Module 12 Vocabulary 2025-05-01
Across
- growth response to gravity
- misture of gravel, sand, silt, clay, and organic matter
- living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout the plant
- plant parts involved in reproduction
- The study of life processes
- cells not specialized in a particular function
- chemicals that circulate and regulate cellular processes by interacting with specific cells in multicellular organisms
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- plant parts not involved in reproduction
- process by which organic substances move through the phloem
- growth response to light
- a plant that loses it leaves in winter
- enviromental change that triggers a response
- nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from the roots to the leaves
- growth response to touch
- spaces in the soil that determine amount of water and air in the soil
15 Clues: growth response to light • growth response to touch • growth response to gravity • The study of life processes • plant parts involved in reproduction • a plant that loses it leaves in winter • plant parts not involved in reproduction • enviromental change that triggers a response • cells not specialized in a particular function • ...
Ecological Succession 2024-04-19
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- the decomposition of an organism
- the process of primary succession when there is already soil
- a natural substance made of solid crystals and minerals
- a substance that provides nutritional value for growth
- a place where non binary and binary organisms thrive together
- able to be maintained and taken care of
- the ground made up of natural materials like clay and decomposed matter
- final stage after ecological succession
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- the first organism to come back during ecological succession
- the process where an area comes back to live after its wiped out
- a process where a plant makes its own food
- an area where a specific organism lives
- a state where opposite forces are balanced
- different organisms in an ecosystem
- energy from the sun (light)
15 Clues: energy from the sun (light) • the decomposition of an organism • different organisms in an ecosystem • an area where a specific organism lives • able to be maintained and taken care of • final stage after ecological succession • a process where a plant makes its own food • a state where opposite forces are balanced • a substance that provides nutritional value for growth • ...
Ceramic Vocabulary 2025-02-24
Across
- Clay that is ready to go in kiln and very fragile.
- A natural substance, can be shaped, fired and joined.
- a ball of clay spread out to cup structure.
- a flat pancake of clay.
- a mixture of clay and water, used as glue.
- clay that is hard because of water loss.
- An oven that fired clay into ceramics.
- an element of art that has three dimensions (LxWxH).
- removing air bubbles from clay.
- a rolled rope-like structure made out of clay.
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- Clay after it has been fired.
- Supports for slab creation to achieve even distribution.
- used to hydrate clay and monitor water.
- to scratch or carve into.
- a material used to flatten slab by rolling up and down.
15 Clues: a flat pancake of clay. • to scratch or carve into. • Clay after it has been fired. • removing air bubbles from clay. • An oven that fired clay into ceramics. • used to hydrate clay and monitor water. • clay that is hard because of water loss. • a mixture of clay and water, used as glue. • a ball of clay spread out to cup structure. • ...
The ACT Art Centre Ceramics Crossword 2021-02-06
Across
- means 'can absorb liquid', like bisque
- long piece of clay used to make objects
- substance that stabilizes a glaze
- firing stage, up to 1945 degrees F
- what happens to a glaze in the kiln at
- glass former in clay and glaze
- pliable material from the ground used to make art
- to melt or fully convert something into glass or a glasslike substance
- combination of ground-up stone and minerals suspended in water, makes ceramics shiny
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- pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or fired clay
- substance that helps to melt silica
- liquified clay or clay mixed with water
- flat piece of clay used to make objects
- similar to liquified clay, used as paint
- verb for making clay surface rough in preparation for attaching two pieces of clay together
- equipment used to fire ceramics
16 Clues: glass former in clay and glaze • equipment used to fire ceramics • substance that stabilizes a glaze • firing stage, up to 1945 degrees F • substance that helps to melt silica • means 'can absorb liquid', like bisque • what happens to a glaze in the kiln at • liquified clay or clay mixed with water • flat piece of clay used to make objects • ...
Ceramic Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2021-09-22
Across
- A flat metal tool used to smooth the clay.
- Watered down clay used to glue 2 pieces of clay together.
- A furnace used to heat pottery or fuse glass.
- When you add clay to the surface of a piece.
- Clay that has dried slightly from the wet state.
- Adding additional clay to a seam to create a stronger structure.
- A technique of shaping clay by inserting your thumb into a ball of clay and pinching to form a bowl shape.
- A liquid form of colorful glass chemicals applied to a bisque fired piece.
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- Scratching into the surface before slipping 2 pieces of clay together.
- Clay objects that have been fired once.
- When you take clay away from the surface of a piece.
- Clay completely dried out, but has not been fired yet.
- The term used when wet clay has been heated to a high temperature in a kiln.
- A ceramic tool with a wooden handle and is used to cut clay.
- A writing utensil also used to draw into clay.
15 Clues: Clay objects that have been fired once. • A flat metal tool used to smooth the clay. • When you add clay to the surface of a piece. • A furnace used to heat pottery or fuse glass. • A writing utensil also used to draw into clay. • Clay that has dried slightly from the wet state. • When you take clay away from the surface of a piece. • ...
apes 2022-12-15
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- An area of uncultivated ground where water collects.
- Carbon accumulates in a/an _______.
- A variable intentionally manipulated by scientists is a/an ________.
- _______ means the state of being subject to death.
- _______ a fine sand carried by water and deposited as sediment.
- A sticky, fine-grained earth that form an impermeable layer in the soil.
- _______ the number and abundance of a species.
- The conditions surrounding a group of organisms is a/an ________.
- The species to follow number y is known as _______ succession.
- _______ is a fertile soil made of clay and sand.
- _______ a symbiotic relationship in which both member species benefits.
- _______ is a low-lying land that remains waterlogged.
- A graphical representation of energy travel.
- _______ growth
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- _______ consists of marshes and swamps
- _______ is the biochemical process by which plants produce energy.
- Marine species made of microscopic plants.
- _______ are a type of ecosystem characterized by the residing organisms.
- The species to follow number z is known as _______ succession.
- The ratio of births to size of population.
- To protect from harm.
- The first species to develop an uninhabited area.
- Ability to conceive offspring.
- A measurement of demands placed by humans on nature is known as a/an ________.
- _______ a symbiotic relationship in which one member benefits and the second is unaffected.
- A loose substance resulting from erosion that forms beaches, riverbeds and deserts.
- The species to follow number x is known as _______ succession.
- _______ partitioning is a practice in which species must share materials, resulting in direct competition.
28 Clues: _______ growth • To protect from harm. • Ability to conceive offspring. • Carbon accumulates in a/an _______. • _______ consists of marshes and swamps • Marine species made of microscopic plants. • The ratio of births to size of population. • A graphical representation of energy travel. • _______ the number and abundance of a species. • ...
Ceramics 1 2024-06-29
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- - Coating of glass fused to ceramic surface (5 letters)
- - Make scratches on surfaces that will stick together (5 letters)
- - Paint composed of chemicals, added to greenware or bisque pieces (10 letters)
- - Method of hand-building pottery walls using snakelike rolls of clay (4 letters)
- - The rawest form of clay, mainly found near rivers (7 letters)
- - Mixing a plastic clay by hand before forming it (7 letters)
- - Clay after being fired once, still porous (6 letters)
- - Sculpture method using fingers to create forms (5 letters)
- - Structure built to fire clay at high temperatures (4 letters)
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- - Raw clay mixed with water (4 letters)
- - When the clay dries out but can be reworked if soaked in water (11 letters)
- - Hand-building method achieved by thinning or flattening clay with a rolling pin (4 letters)
- - Clay body formed but not yet fired (9 letters)
- - All items made from clay (8 letters)
- Dry - The most delicate stage of clay, completely dried out (8 letters)
- - The most known stage of clay, easily workable (7 letters)
16 Clues: - All items made from clay (8 letters) • - Raw clay mixed with water (4 letters) • - Clay body formed but not yet fired (9 letters) • - Coating of glass fused to ceramic surface (5 letters) • - Clay after being fired once, still porous (6 letters) • - The most known stage of clay, easily workable (7 letters) • ...
Worms 131b-134a 2022-02-08
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- They also have helped to bury _______ and old cities. (133)
- Worms also help make the soil rich with the dead leaves and stems that they drag into their holes for food and _________. (134)
- The worms work, work, work all the time, ____ soil and carrying it to the surface of the ground. (131)
- Early in the day, and also after a rain, you can find little ______ of soil over all the garden paths (132)
- Worms at work ________ have caused great walls and pavements to sink. (133)
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- Ashes and _______, that used to cover the ground, are now found two or three inches below the surface of the ground. (133)
- Worms make the soil fine and loose by ______ it off with their mouths. (133)
- There are so many _______ busy all the time that each year they bring up tons of earth (132)
- each piece is the _________ of a small worm. (131)
- _________ once stony and hard have become rich and fine.(133)
10 Clues: each piece is the _________ of a small worm. (131) • They also have helped to bury _______ and old cities. (133) • _________ once stony and hard have become rich and fine.(133) • Worms at work ________ have caused great walls and pavements to sink. (133) • Worms make the soil fine and loose by ______ it off with their mouths. (133) • ...
An art crossword 2025-09-15
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- – Quick drawing
- – Stand that holds a canvas
- – Where artists work
- – Common tool for drawing
- – Black drawing medium made from burnt wood
- – Board artists use to mix colors
- – Hue, value, intensity are parts of this
- – Person who creates art
- – Place where art is displayed
- – Room or building where art is shown
- – Painting of a person’s face
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- – Tool used to apply paint
- – Surface many painters work on
- – Art that doesn’t try to look realistic
- – 3D artwork carved or molded
- – Adding darkness to show depth
- – Art form made from clay
- PAINT – Rich, slow-drying painting medium
- – Collection of artworks on display
19 Clues: – Quick drawing • – Where artists work • – Person who creates art • – Common tool for drawing • – Art form made from clay • – Tool used to apply paint • – Stand that holds a canvas • – 3D artwork carved or molded • – Painting of a person’s face • – Place where art is displayed • – Surface many painters work on • – Adding darkness to show depth • – Board artists use to mix colors • ...
China 2023-11-16
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- type invention of the 11th century that lowered the cost of printing
- Chinese people were able to grow this crop in the warm, southern climate
- invention of the 1st century where clay and minerals were combined, then baked in a kiln
- containers attached to a loop of chain to move water to rice paddies
- method of selecting a ruling class based on their hardwork/intellect
- a process in which Chinese cities became vibrant centers of activity
- government type where a line of rulers come from the same family
- water buffaloes would pull this machine to level the soil
- examinations taken by Chinese people who wanted to serve in government
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- discovery that eventually led to the creation of vaccines
- what Chinese rulers based their right to govern on
- method of selecting a ruling class based on their nobility
- dynasty in which foreigners were selected to run the government
- invention around 3rd century BCE that was originally made of a magnetic mineral called lodestone
- invention of the 2nd century that was originally made with hemp and tree bark
- invention that made canal travel easier as boats could be raised and lowered as needed
- grown on trees on high ground usually above 4,000 feet
- invention made around 850 CE that alchemists warned people about
- items that landowners could buy after becoming rich enough from rice
19 Clues: what Chinese rulers based their right to govern on • grown on trees on high ground usually above 4,000 feet • discovery that eventually led to the creation of vaccines • water buffaloes would pull this machine to level the soil • method of selecting a ruling class based on their nobility • dynasty in which foreigners were selected to run the government • ...
Ceramics 2020-04-24
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- To draw or make lines in clay.
- The process in which clay is heated in a kiln.
- Breaking down dry clay in water and making new clay.
- Clay objects that have yet to be fired.
- A liquid form of clay used in casting and cementing.
- Quality of clay that allows it to be manipulated.
- Clay devoid of moisture, yet to be fired that is dry as
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- Glaze-free clay, fired the first time are this ware
- Kneading clay so as to remove air pockets.
- Glass-like chemicals adding colors to clay when fired.
- A rope-like form of clay.
- A flattened out piece of clay.
- A furnace reaching extreme temperatures to harden clay.
- A circular piece that attaches to a pottery wheel.
14 Clues: A rope-like form of clay. • To draw or make lines in clay. • A flattened out piece of clay. • Clay objects that have yet to be fired. • Kneading clay so as to remove air pockets. • The process in which clay is heated in a kiln. • Quality of clay that allows it to be manipulated. • A circular piece that attaches to a pottery wheel. • ...
Horticulture Environment Vocabulary 2024-05-09
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- When rain run off carries away soil particles
- USA is split into sections to know when to garden
- When water falls from the sky either liquid or solid
- colors that are the right and left of the color wheel
- month of Fall
- when water transfers through a plant and is released
- when water flows from one location to another
- The process in which microorganisms and bacteria and insects break down leaves, grass and scraps all into a soil
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- one color but different shades
- a water system that allows water to flow slowly to a plant
- colors that are directly across eachother on a color wheel
- blue is this color tone
- orange is this color tone
- when water becomes a vapor
- terracotta clay pot water system
- the conversion of a vapor/gas to a liquid
16 Clues: month of Fall • blue is this color tone • orange is this color tone • when water becomes a vapor • one color but different shades • terracotta clay pot water system • the conversion of a vapor/gas to a liquid • When rain run off carries away soil particles • when water flows from one location to another • USA is split into sections to know when to garden • ...
Arty words 2024-08-20
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- heating the dry clay to a temperature where it drys the clay
- Old rock.
- using your hands to knead out air pockets in clay.
- dry when the clay is as dry as it gets, it has no moisture left.
- hard a stage of clay when the clay still has a little bit of moisture but is hard.
- where you use cross hatching to attach bits of clay
- the liquid used to moisturise the clay and stick it together.
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- the oven used to cook clay
- technique a hand building technique to make pots.
- the glossy coat put on after the clay has cooked
- firing a slow process of heating ceramic clay
- a hand technique used to roll out a rope shape in clay.
- ground where the clay comes from.
- technique used to smooth the join line of clay
14 Clues: Old rock. • the oven used to cook clay • ground where the clay comes from. • firing a slow process of heating ceramic clay • technique used to smooth the join line of clay • the glossy coat put on after the clay has cooked • technique a hand building technique to make pots. • using your hands to knead out air pockets in clay. • ...
All about Clay 2022-01-26
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- Colors that can be painted on bisque or greenware.
- pinching a ball of clay until it forms a ball
- First Firing of clay
- Clay diluted with water
- Making marks on two pieces of clay before joining with slip.
- Making clay structures permanent
- Clay in an unfired state
- Unfired Clay
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- Unfired clay that isn't quite dry yet
- Clay that is cool to the touch
- A method of creating pots by building with coils
- electric gas or wood-fired oven.
- Kneaded moist clay to eliminate air bubbles
- Clay evenly rolled flat
14 Clues: Unfired Clay • First Firing of clay • Clay diluted with water • Clay evenly rolled flat • Clay in an unfired state • Clay that is cool to the touch • electric gas or wood-fired oven. • Making clay structures permanent • Unfired clay that isn't quite dry yet • Kneaded moist clay to eliminate air bubbles • pinching a ball of clay until it forms a ball • ...
Arty words 2024-08-20
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- heating the dry clay to a temperature where it drys the clay
- Old rock.
- using your hands to knead out air pockets in clay.
- dry when the clay is as dry as it gets, it has no moisture left.
- hard a stage of clay when the clay still has a little bit of moisture but is hard.
- where you use cross hatching to attach bits of clay
- the liquid used to moisturise the clay and stick it together.
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- the oven used to cook clay
- technique a hand building technique to make pots.
- the glossy coat put on after the clay has cooked
- firing a slow process of heating ceramic clay
- a hand technique used to roll out a rope shape in clay.
- ground where the clay comes from.
- technique used to smooth the join line of clay
14 Clues: Old rock. • the oven used to cook clay • ground where the clay comes from. • firing a slow process of heating ceramic clay • technique used to smooth the join line of clay • the glossy coat put on after the clay has cooked • technique a hand building technique to make pots. • using your hands to knead out air pockets in clay. • ...
Emily Frentzel - Puzzle 2 2020-08-28
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- will not withstand high temperature but break down with heat and melt before
- are also used for slipware
- will withstand a high temperature without deformation
- are silicate minerals of similar plate-like structure to kaolinite
- tend to be short when they are sufficiently pure and white
- contain iron oxide in reduced state
- the capacity to withstand thermal shock
- mature slowly during firing
- can be stained with metal oxides and prepared stains to give other colours
- based upon the clay crystal structure
- fired to provide a strong product which is porous
- capable of being the basis of minerals
- granite bosses which form upland areas
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- often added to bodies for the textural effects
- clay with low plasticity
- by hydrolization becomes clay, silica, and a salt
- in plastic clay there is also water in the holes between the particles
- have an end product of clay
- have been deposited in their present position by the action of water and ice
- a classification of a property which can be possessed by any clay
- a rust from red iron oxide
- complex mixture and combination of minerals
- the end products of a chain of reactions
- previously sedimented clays which have been subjected to pressure
- can be mined from the position in which they decomposed from the parent rock
- include china clay for whiteness and some ball clay for whiteness and some ball clay for strength
26 Clues: clay with low plasticity • are also used for slipware • a rust from red iron oxide • have an end product of clay • mature slowly during firing • contain iron oxide in reduced state • based upon the clay crystal structure • capable of being the basis of minerals • granite bosses which form upland areas • the capacity to withstand thermal shock • ...
Ceramics 2 Final Review 2012-05-30
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- the surface quality of an object
- clay that has never been fired
- helps glaze to harden after reaching temperature
- gives the glaze color
- the main glass former in glaze
- posts and shelves in a kiln
- a firing where the kiln is deprived of oxygen
- tapered opening of a pot
- can be applied to prevent glaze from sticking to bisque
- clay that is dry enough to hold is shape but can still be worked
- incised designs filled with another color of slip
- finishing the bottom of a thrown pot
- forcing clay to a central position on the wheel
- a decomposed granite type rock
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- causes a glaze to melt
- a firing with an ample supply of oxygen
- a glaze that is partially transparent
- clay that is completely dry
- designed to bend over when a certain temperature is reached
- a disc used for throwing on the wheel
- a machine that forces clay through different shaped die plates
- does not allow light to pass through
- a furnace designed to fire pottery to very high temperatures
- flames travel up through the kiln
- clay that has been fired once to 1860F
- protects the surface of kiln shelves from glaze drips
- fired to 2350F or cone 10
- grit in clay that reduces shrinkage
- kneading clay for consistency and to remove air
- property of clay that makes it pliable
30 Clues: gives the glaze color • causes a glaze to melt • tapered opening of a pot • fired to 2350F or cone 10 • clay that is completely dry • posts and shelves in a kiln • clay that has never been fired • the main glass former in glaze • a decomposed granite type rock • the surface quality of an object • flames travel up through the kiln • grit in clay that reduces shrinkage • ...
ceramics 2021-05-29
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- different repetitive designs
- moldable substance
- glue for clay
- base for all pottery work
- used to wipe clean or smooth out clay
- heater that hardens/forms clay
- flowy volumed substance
- done with a brush - similar to glaze
- shades and variety of glaze
- a certain way of completing a task
- varying angles
- ornamentation
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- get rid of
- tape used in art
- tube with nozzle
- the craft of making pottery
- the different consistency of surfaces
- separates textile fibers
- enhancing design
- used to glaze or paint
- paint for clay
21 Clues: get rid of • glue for clay • ornamentation • varying angles • paint for clay • tape used in art • tube with nozzle • enhancing design • moldable substance • used to glaze or paint • flowy volumed substance • separates textile fibers • base for all pottery work • the craft of making pottery • shades and variety of glaze • different repetitive designs • heater that hardens/forms clay • ...
MR. B's Art Class 2024-09-03
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- Mr. B's favorite student
- Makes things appear 3D
- Contemporary Chinese clay artist
- Orange, purple, green
- The size of objects
- Makes straight lines
- Building with flat clay
- 3 main colors
- Starry night
- Oven for firing clay
- Art is made of these
- Mathematical drawing
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- Mr, B's sons name
- Color organization
- Protects art from theft
- Art medium made from earth
- Abstract faces (Artist)
- A first attempt artwork
- Use of elements of art
- Scale from light to dark
- Panthers have it
- Watered down clay used as glue
- Your Teacher
23 Clues: Starry night • Your Teacher • 3 main colors • Panthers have it • Mr, B's sons name • Color organization • The size of objects • Makes straight lines • Oven for firing clay • Art is made of these • Mathematical drawing • Orange, purple, green • Makes things appear 3D • Use of elements of art • Protects art from theft • Abstract faces (Artist) • A first attempt artwork • Building with flat clay • ...
Ceramics and Pottery 2023-11-01
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- clay that is found where it was formed
- a 3D object that has volume
- ceramics which have been fired to vitrification in a kiln at least once
- ceramics which have been fired at a higher temperature range
- carving or cutting lines into soft clay before attaching another soft piece of clay
- ceramics that serve a purpose or are useful
- the surface quality of an object, the way a surface feels
- greenware clay thoroughly dried long enough to be fired
- Japanese firing method where pottery is pulled from a kiln while still red hot and placed in a metal can and suffocated to cause changes in the surface
- the lightness or darkness of a color
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- greenware clay that is firm but still wet enough to attach to other clay parts
- a 2D enclosed line; outline or contour.
- the state of ceramics where it is no longer porous
- white translucent clay made from kaolin; originates in China
- a basic element of art; a moving point
- the area over, around, or between an object; an illusion of depth in art
- clay that has moved to a secondary location through erosion
- ceramics that have fired to lower temperatures
- greenware clay when it is flexible but not slimy
- the way we split light with a prism, properties are hue, valu and intensity
- pottery which has not been fired in a kiln
- your favorite class
- water based liquid clay
23 Clues: your favorite class • water based liquid clay • a 3D object that has volume • the lightness or darkness of a color • clay that is found where it was formed • a basic element of art; a moving point • a 2D enclosed line; outline or contour. • pottery which has not been fired in a kiln • ceramics that serve a purpose or are useful • ...
mesopotamia 2021-12-08
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- Land with different territories and people under one single ruler
- a mixture of tiny rocks and rich soil
- a city with all the country around it.(farm)
- the worship of many gods
- a way to supply water to an area of land
- city (builders,priests,scribes,merchants,blacksmith)
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- A large area for great farming and rich or fertile land
- people who performed religious ceremonies
- an organized place with rules
- a country side area.(farmers)
- a human made waterway
- the land between the rivers
- more the needed
- of labor a lot of specialized jobs
14 Clues: more the needed • a human made waterway • the worship of many gods • the land between the rivers • an organized place with rules • a country side area.(farmers) • of labor a lot of specialized jobs • a mixture of tiny rocks and rich soil • a way to supply water to an area of land • people who performed religious ceremonies • a city with all the country around it.(farm) • ...
apes 2022-12-13
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- An area of uncultivated ground where water collects.
- Carbon accumulates in a/an _______.
- A variable intentionally manipulated by scientists is a/an ________.
- _______ means the state of being subject to death.
- _______ a fine sand carried by water and deposited as sediment.
- A sticky, fine-grained earth that form an impermeable layer in the soil.
- _______ the number and abundance of a species.
- The conditions surrounding a group of organisms is a/an ________.
- The species to follow number y is known as _______ succession.
- _______ is a fertile soil made of clay and sand.
- _______ a symbiotic relationship in which both member species benefits.
- _______ is a low-lying land that remains waterlogged.
- A graphical representation of energy travel.
- _______ growth
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- _______ consists of marshes and swamps
- _______ is the biochemical process by which plants produce energy.
- Marine species made of microscopic plants.
- _______ are a type of ecosystem characterized by the residing organisms.
- The species to follow number z is known as _______ succession.
- The ratio of births to size of population.
- To protect from harm.
- The first species to develop an uninhabited area.
- Ability to conceive offspring.
- A measurement of demands placed by humans on nature is known as a/an ________.
- _______ a symbiotic relationship in which one member benefits and the second is unaffected.
- A loose substance resulting from erosion that forms beaches, riverbeds and deserts.
- The species to follow number x is known as _______ succession.
- _______ partitioning is a practice in which species must share materials, resulting in direct competition.
28 Clues: _______ growth • To protect from harm. • Ability to conceive offspring. • Carbon accumulates in a/an _______. • _______ consists of marshes and swamps • Marine species made of microscopic plants. • The ratio of births to size of population. • A graphical representation of energy travel. • _______ the number and abundance of a species. • ...
Black Cowboy Crossword Puzzle 2013-05-02
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- Female horse
- Grinded
- A low cliff
- Sadness or regret
- A historical biography of one's knoledge
- To have lost courage
- A deep, steep, and narrow valley
- Male Horses
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- A large, open grassland
- Passed down from generation to generation
- A group of people or animals
- Rich (in nurtrients) soil
- Type of horses
- To take possesion of
- Grass
15 Clues: Grass • Grinded • A low cliff • Male Horses • Female horse • Type of horses • Sadness or regret • To have lost courage • To take possesion of • A large, open grassland • Rich (in nurtrients) soil • A group of people or animals • A deep, steep, and narrow valley • A historical biography of one's knoledge • Passed down from generation to generation
Mesopotamia 2014-10-13
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- Sumerian ruler
- daughter of Sargon
- professional writer
- Worship many gods
- Akkadian ruler
- a crafts person
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- a city state in southern Mesopotamia
- king of Babylon
- ruling family
- land between two rivers
- Crescent- has rich soil and has is curved shaped
- wedged shaped writing
- a city state
- an early city state in Mesopotamia
- son of Ur Nammu
15 Clues: a city state • ruling family • Sumerian ruler • Akkadian ruler • king of Babylon • a crafts person • son of Ur Nammu • Worship many gods • daughter of Sargon • professional writer • wedged shaped writing • land between two rivers • an early city state in Mesopotamia • a city state in southern Mesopotamia • Crescent- has rich soil and has is curved shaped
China 2022-04-25
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- Name the world’s highest mountain.
- What's the staple in Chinese food?
- What is imported?
- Buddhism came from?
- What grazes on mountains?
- What is the third biggest nation?
- do people openly practice Christianity?
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- What do waterways provide?
- Climate?
- Chef product?
- Rich soil?
- Farmers do most of their work by?
- Rainfall?
- Who contorls communes?
- group of Mongoloid peoples?
15 Clues: Climate? • Rainfall? • Rich soil? • Chef product? • What is imported? • Buddhism came from? • Who contorls communes? • What grazes on mountains? • What do waterways provide? • group of Mongoloid peoples? • Farmers do most of their work by? • What is the third biggest nation? • Name the world’s highest mountain. • What's the staple in Chinese food? • do people openly practice Christianity?
Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle 2015-08-31
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- first king that created a set of written laws
- the belief and worship of many gods
- a religious temple in Mesopotamia
- a rich arc of fertile farmland
- changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans
- the control of water
- ancient writing of Mesopotamia
- the exchange of goods or services without using money
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- a human made waterway
- another word for farming
- having more than enough
- an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task
- a mixture of rich soil and small rocks
13 Clues: the control of water • a human made waterway • having more than enough • another word for farming • a rich arc of fertile farmland • ancient writing of Mesopotamia • a religious temple in Mesopotamia • the belief and worship of many gods • a mixture of rich soil and small rocks • first king that created a set of written laws • ...
SS Vocabulary 2021-04-20
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- Little to no rain for a long time
- A nomadic tribe that speaks Maa
- One nation conquering territory
- Not enough goods to met basic needs
- Artificial application of water to land
- Large scale tree cutting
- Hard:Roads,bridges Soft: Knowledge, skills
- growing food food to live off of
- Hunting and gathering
- In short supply shortage You are scared your city will run out
- diffusion The spreading of customs and beliefs
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- Wandering
- Erosion When wind or water are taking away lands material/rich soil
- Gov in which a single person or small group has all the power
- you have extra leftovers
- Desert area with little to no water
- Land becomes dryer and less productive
- Crop Grow crops to sell, live of the money
- Cultural backround
19 Clues: Wandering • Cultural backround • Hunting and gathering • Large scale tree cutting • you have extra leftovers • A nomadic tribe that speaks Maa • One nation conquering territory • growing food food to live off of • Little to no rain for a long time • Not enough goods to met basic needs • Desert area with little to no water • Land becomes dryer and less productive • ...
Mesopotamia Daily crossword feature 2015-01-05
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- People that are skilled in the crafts
- The fair way to treat people
- The belief in the gods and goddesses
- An area in the Middle East also known as the "Cradle of Civilization"
- Fine particles of soil that are good for growing crops
- A temple in which gifts were given to the gods
- A community with city and farmland
- Technology used to loosen the soil to help plant crops
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- Planting seeds to raise crops
- The watering of crops
- The land between 2 rivers
- Mesopotamian people who wan read and write
- An ancient Mesopotamian form of writing that used reeds which left wedge shaped imprints on clay tablets
- Punishments meant to scare people into not breaking the law
- An advanced culture
- When you have more of something than you need
16 Clues: An advanced culture • The watering of crops • The land between 2 rivers • The fair way to treat people • Planting seeds to raise crops • A community with city and farmland • The belief in the gods and goddesses • People that are skilled in the crafts • Mesopotamian people who wan read and write • When you have more of something than you need • ...
6th Grade Semester Art Crossword 2019 2019-02-12
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- a repeated design that will be used on your weaving
- contours outside lines
- opaque paint used on your sculpture
- seal edges of clay with water or pressure creates a _______ seam
- roughing up the surface of the clay
- you had to put this in your clay sculpture to release gases
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- "oven" for firing clay
- flat "cookie" shape that can be made with hands or a roller
- contours inside lines
- add to clay prior to attaching the new clay
- name on your clay artwork that can be two letters
- quick sketch to establish placement on the page
- first firing of clay
- cardboard rectangle that you weave on
- third process for bonding clay
- main subject for your drawing series that had laces
16 Clues: first firing of clay • "oven" for firing clay • contours inside lines • contours outside lines • third process for bonding clay • opaque paint used on your sculpture • roughing up the surface of the clay • cardboard rectangle that you weave on • add to clay prior to attaching the new clay • quick sketch to establish placement on the page • ...
All about Clay 2022-01-26
Across
- Making marks on two pieces of clay before joining with slip.
- Making clay structures permanent
- Clay evenly rolled flat
- First Firing of clay
- Colors that can be painted on bisque or greenware.
- pinching a ball of clay until it forms a ball
- Clay diluted with water
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- electric gas or wood-fired oven.
- A method of creating pots by building with coils
- Clay in an unfired state
- Unfired Clay
- Kneaded moist clay to eliminate air bubbles
- Unfired clay that isn't quite dry yet
- Clay that is cool to the touch
14 Clues: Unfired Clay • First Firing of clay • Clay evenly rolled flat • Clay diluted with water • Clay in an unfired state • Clay that is cool to the touch • electric gas or wood-fired oven. • Making clay structures permanent • Unfired clay that isn't quite dry yet • Kneaded moist clay to eliminate air bubbles • pinching a ball of clay until it forms a ball • ...
Module 2 Vocabulary 2025-09-12
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- the first set of laws written by a Babylonian king
- a city that rules itself and all the surrounding countryside
- working with metals
- a system of bringing water to crops
- first writing system used in Mesopotamia
- long stories or poems about heroes
- ruler of a kingdom
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- a person trained to write and keep records
- the science of building
- a god or goddess
- belief in many gods
- rich soil left behind after rivers flood
- a large arc of nutrient rich land, site of the world's first civilization
- a pyramid shaped temple tower
14 Clues: a god or goddess • ruler of a kingdom • belief in many gods • working with metals • the science of building • a pyramid shaped temple tower • long stories or poems about heroes • a system of bringing water to crops • rich soil left behind after rivers flood • first writing system used in Mesopotamia • a person trained to write and keep records • ...
Stages of Clay 2026-01-12
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- Clay is most fragile in this stage
- Form of design made by carving a surface to reveal a lower layer of contrasting color
- Best stage for carving
- Ready to use as functional piece
- Method to form pinch pot
- Oven in which ceramic pieces are fired
- Fabric material to create nonstick work surface for clay
- Clay that has been rolled out to be cut and constructed into various forms
- Potter's glue
- Manual process to remove air pockets and distribute moisture in clay
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- Shredding tool to remove and change form of leather hard clay
- Glaze that can be applied before first firing, used for sgraffito
- First stage clay cannot be recycled
- tool Used to cut slay, make holes, sketch lines into clay
- Process for joining clay together
- Used for smoothing surface of clay
- Best stage for sculpting, forming, or throwing
17 Clues: Potter's glue • Best stage for carving • Method to form pinch pot • Ready to use as functional piece • Process for joining clay together • Clay is most fragile in this stage • Used for smoothing surface of clay • First stage clay cannot be recycled • Oven in which ceramic pieces are fired • Best stage for sculpting, forming, or throwing • ...
Climate, Soils and Vegetation Review 2018-11-06
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- Rich organic material found in topsoil.
- In a Maritime Climate, most of the rain falls during which season?
- Cold ocean current which travels along the coast of Baffin Island and Labrador...
- Rock layer at the bottom of a soil profile (“C” Horizon).
- This climate factor partly determines our 4 seasons.
- This warm current travels along the East Coast of North America.
- Winnipeg Man.- Maritime or Continental Climate?
- Unsustainable farming practices and poor soil management largely cause this man made catastrophe
- An example is a mixed-forest region.
- Acronym which describes the major factors which affect North America's climate.
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- The first letter of an air mass code indicates what characteristic about that air mass?
- In a Continental Climate, most of the rain falls during which season?
- Upward movement of water in a calcified soil.
- Vancouver BC- Maritime or Continental Climate?
- This vegetation region contains Canada’s largest temperate rainforests.
- Largest vegetation region of Canada.
- A common effect in a wet climate soil.
- Vegetation region characterized by lichens, mosses and small shrubs.
- The difference between the highest temperature and lowest temperature of climate station is known as the temperature R----.
- Continuous E------... part of the country where is continuous, permanent settlement.
20 Clues: Largest vegetation region of Canada. • An example is a mixed-forest region. • A common effect in a wet climate soil. • Rich organic material found in topsoil. • Upward movement of water in a calcified soil. • Vancouver BC- Maritime or Continental Climate? • Winnipeg Man.- Maritime or Continental Climate? • This climate factor partly determines our 4 seasons. • ...
Rich Yeast Dough Crossword 2021-05-21
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- Sweet yeast roll soaked in rum-flavored syrup.
- Are coffee cakes, filled coffee cake, loaf coffee cakes, Danish pretzels, and Danish strip coffee cakes made from plain sweet dough, Danish dough, or both?
- The amount of times danish dough products are egg-washed.
- What is another name for roll-in dough?
- _______ is rolled into rolled-in dough.
- Another name for a Danish twist is a _______.
- Frangipane is made from ________.
- Mixing method used for most rich doughs because the fermentation happens before the fat and sugar is added.
- Along with ease of handling, what is another reason for using specially formulated shortenings and margarine as a substitute for butter?
- Osmotolerant yeast is used when the sugar content is above ________ percent.
- What Italian rich sweet dough contains raisins, almonds, nutmeg, rum, orange, and lemon?
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- Which dough contains more eggs, fat, and sugar?
- Yeast roll rich in butter and eggs but relatively low in sugar; is often made up with a little round topknot and baked in flaring, fluted tins.
- Danish pastries and many sweet dough products should be glazed with a clear or apricot glaze after _______ when it is still slightly warm.
- Rich, crescent-shaped roll made from a rolled-in dough that is low in sugar
- This is created when many layers of fat are sandwiched between many layers of dough in rolled-in dough?
- Sweet, rolled-in dough made into many shapes, usually with a sweet filling or topping.
- This pastry requires a small round piece of dough to be pressed into a larger round piece of dough.
- If you overmix rolled-in dough, what would the dough become?
- If the butter is too ______ it will melt out and make the pastry hard to work with.
- If the butter is too _______ it will rip the dough.
- Besides having the butter melt, what is another thing that could happen if the temperature is too high? What would happen?
- sweet dough is proofed at this temperature because too high of a temperature could melt the dough.
- _______ is the preferred fat for roll-in dough.
24 Clues: Frangipane is made from ________. • What is another name for roll-in dough? • _______ is rolled into rolled-in dough. • Another name for a Danish twist is a _______. • Sweet yeast roll soaked in rum-flavored syrup. • Which dough contains more eggs, fat, and sugar? • _______ is the preferred fat for roll-in dough. • If the butter is too _______ it will rip the dough. • ...
Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2023-11-21
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- Earliest known written collection of laws
- long poems that tell the story of a hero
- pyramid-shaped temples
- worship of many gods
- writer
- human-made waterways
- arrangement in which people specialize in specific tasks
- area of Mesopotamia where first civilization was developed
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- Sumerian system of writing that used symbols
- large arc of rich farmland including the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- set of letters that can be written to write words
- people who performed religious ceremonies
- way of supplying water to an area of land
- fertile mix of rich soil and small rocks
- more of something than is needed
15 Clues: writer • worship of many gods • human-made waterways • pyramid-shaped temples • more of something than is needed • long poems that tell the story of a hero • fertile mix of rich soil and small rocks • Earliest known written collection of laws • people who performed religious ceremonies • way of supplying water to an area of land • Sumerian system of writing that used symbols • ...
Soviet Union Crossword 2016-01-06
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- City located at head of Golden Horn Bay
- segment of Eurasian chernozem belt that is in Central Russia
- Fertile black soil rich in hummus with lime rich layer beneath
- World's oldest and deepest freshwater lake
- Extensions of the alpines
- Capital of Russia
- Siberia is the ______ of Russia
- Treeless plains along the Arctic
- Coniferous forests South of tundra
- Large area of flat grassland in Southern Europe and Siberia
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- The longest river in Europe
- Peninsula in North East Russia Federation in Asia
- Divides Eurasian continent
- in Russian federation in Northern Asia
- Tenth longest river in the world
- Largest inclosed body of water
- church built by Ivan the Terrible in Moscow,Russia
- European Plain Interior plain extending East of Polish Plain
- Known as Moscow Basin
- Parts between Lake Baikal (in Eastern Siberia
20 Clues: Capital of Russia • Known as Moscow Basin • Extensions of the alpines • Divides Eurasian continent • The longest river in Europe • Largest inclosed body of water • Siberia is the ______ of Russia • Tenth longest river in the world • Treeless plains along the Arctic • Coniferous forests South of tundra • in Russian federation in Northern Asia • ...
Vocabulary Chapter 3 2022-10-08
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- countryside
- a way of supplying water to an area of land
- wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle
- consisted of a city and all the land around it
- arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular job
- ruler or king of an empire
- pyramid shaped temple tower
- long poems that tell stories of heroes
- people who performed religious ceremonies
- land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
- city
- set of letters that can be combined to form word
- writer
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- large arch of rich, fertile farmland
- division of society by rank or class
- worship of many gods
- world's first system of writing
- picture symbols
- science of building
- more than needed
- man-made water ways
- mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
22 Clues: city • writer • countryside • picture symbols • more than needed • science of building • man-made water ways • worship of many gods • ruler or king of an empire • pyramid shaped temple tower • world's first system of writing • mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks • large arch of rich, fertile farmland • division of society by rank or class • long poems that tell stories of heroes • ...
Mesopotamia 2022-11-10
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- A large acre of rich or fertile
- The science of building buildings
- Long poem that tells the story of hero’s
- The worlds first system of writing
- Code
- People who performed or led religions ceremonies
- A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
- Human made water ways
- hierarchy The division of society by ranks or classes
- Eupharates River & What
- Farmers Produce
- The worship of many gods
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- Of labor
- Sargon build the first what
- Tigris River & What
- 60
- A way to supply water to an area of land
- Mesopotamia is in a land called
- Is an organized society with in a specific area
- or picture symbols
- Consisted of a central city and all the countryside around out
- A person hired to keep track of things traded
22 Clues: 60 • Code • Of labor • Farmers Produce • or picture symbols • Tigris River & What • Human made water ways • Eupharates River & What • The worship of many gods • Sargon build the first what • A large acre of rich or fertile • Mesopotamia is in a land called • The science of building buildings • The worlds first system of writing • A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks • ...
Climate, Soils and Vegetation Review 2018-11-06
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- Rich organic material found in topsoil.
- This vegetation region contains Canada’s largest temperate rainforests.
- Cold ocean current which travels along the coast of Baffin Island and Labrador...
- Rock layer at the bottom of a soil profile (“C” Horizon).
- An example is a mixed-forest region.
- The first letter of an air mass code indicates what characteristic about that air mass?
- This warm current travels along the East Coast of North America.
- The difference between the highest temperature and lowest temperature of climate station is known as the temperature R----.
- In a Maritime Climate, most of the rain falls during which season?
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- Continuous E------... part of the country where is continuous, permanent settlement.
- Upward movement of water in a calcified soil.
- Largest vegetation region of Canada.
- In a Continental Climate, most of the rain falls during which season?
- This climate factor partly determines our 4 seasons.
- Unsustainable farming practices and poor soil management largely cause this man made catastrophe
- Winnipeg Man.- Maritime or Continental Climate?
- Vancouver BC- Maritime or Continental Climate?
- Acronym which describes the major factors which affect North America's climate.
- A common effect in a wet climate soil.
- Vegetation region characterized by lichens, mosses and small shrubs.
20 Clues: Largest vegetation region of Canada. • An example is a mixed-forest region. • A common effect in a wet climate soil. • Rich organic material found in topsoil. • Upward movement of water in a calcified soil. • Vancouver BC- Maritime or Continental Climate? • Winnipeg Man.- Maritime or Continental Climate? • This climate factor partly determines our 4 seasons. • ...
Climate, Soils and Vegetation Review 2018-11-06
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- Acronym which describes the major factors which affect North America's climate.
- Vegetation region characterized by lichens, mosses and small shrubs.
- The first letter of an air mass code indicates what characteristic about that air mass?
- In a Continental Climate, most of the rain falls during which season?
- Upward movement of water in a calcified soil.
- In a Maritime Climate, most of the rain falls during which season?
- Rock layer at the bottom of a soil profile (“C” Horizon).
- This warm current travels along the East Coast of North America.
- A common effect in a wet climate soil.
- This climate factor partly determines our 4 seasons.
- Continuous E------... part of the country where is continuous, permanent settlement.
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- Cold ocean current which travels along the coast of Baffin Island and Labrador...
- Unsustainable farming practices and poor soil management largely cause this man made catastrophe
- Rich organic material found in topsoil.
- Largest vegetation region of Canada.
- Winnipeg Man.- Maritime or Continental Climate?
- An example is a mixed-forest region.
- The difference between the highest temperature and lowest temperature of climate station is known as the temperature R----.
- This vegetation region contains Canada’s largest temperate rainforests.
- Vancouver BC- Maritime or Continental Climate?
20 Clues: Largest vegetation region of Canada. • An example is a mixed-forest region. • A common effect in a wet climate soil. • Rich organic material found in topsoil. • Upward movement of water in a calcified soil. • Vancouver BC- Maritime or Continental Climate? • Winnipeg Man.- Maritime or Continental Climate? • This climate factor partly determines our 4 seasons. • ...
Pottery 2021-09-10
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- A construction technique in which clay is rolled into thin sheets and manipulated into shapes.
- clay that is dry enough but still damp enough to be joined to other pieces or carved without distortion.
- process of firing unglazed clay to a low temperature to harden the clay and drive the physical water from it.
- non-metal materials that are permanently changed when they're heated.
- finished product wholly
- describe and identify greenware pottery that has dried as much as possible before it has gone through its first firing
- simple form of hand-made pottery produced from ancient times to the present.
- prepares the clay for optimal use.
- an oven or furnace that is used for hardening, burning, or drying something.
- means to scratch hatch marks on it as part of joining clay pieces together.
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- a mixture of powdered materials that often includes a premelted glass made into a slip and applied to a ceramic body.
- Pots that have been bisqued-fired for the first time.
- It's unfired clay pottery referring to a stage of production when the clay is mostly dry but has not yet been fired in a kiln.
- by building up sides of pots with successive rolls of clay.
- an ancient pottery-making technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel, using the hands, fingers, and simple tools.
- state of the ceramic art work after the glaze has been applied and the piece has been fired for a second time.
- the second firing of a piece pottery which has been coated with glass forming materials.
- the process from the time the clay touches the wheel to the time the wheel is stopped.
- a clay slurry used to produce pottery and other ceramic wares.
- the outstanding property of clay–water systems.
20 Clues: finished product wholly • prepares the clay for optimal use. • the outstanding property of clay–water systems. • Pots that have been bisqued-fired for the first time. • by building up sides of pots with successive rolls of clay. • a clay slurry used to produce pottery and other ceramic wares. • non-metal materials that are permanently changed when they're heated. • ...
Social studies project 2025-12-21
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- long narrative poem
- believe in multiple gods
- first form of writing
- human made water way
- worlds first civilization
- Mesopotamian epic
- supply of water to land
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- Between 2 rivers
- helped grow Babylon
- A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
- farming
- created first empire
- made the first law
- Made the first alphabet
- top of social class
15 Clues: farming • Between 2 rivers • Mesopotamian epic • made the first law • long narrative poem • helped grow Babylon • top of social class • created first empire • human made water way • first form of writing • Made the first alphabet • supply of water to land • believe in multiple gods • worlds first civilization • A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
New England colonies and Mid-Atlantic Colonies 2012-01-05
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- rich farm lands
- villages and cities varied and diverse lifestyles religions market towns
- Boston harbor hilly terrain rocky soil, jagged coastline
- mid atlantic had ... towns
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- village and church were the center of life people were religious reformers and separatist
- mid atlantic had _____ farmland
- cows grain trading
- time meetings
- moderate summers cold winters
- fishing shipbuilding naval supplies trade and port cities
10 Clues: time meetings • rich farm lands • cows grain trading • mid atlantic had ... towns • moderate summers cold winters • mid atlantic had _____ farmland • Boston harbor hilly terrain rocky soil, jagged coastline • fishing shipbuilding naval supplies trade and port cities • villages and cities varied and diverse lifestyles religions market towns • ...
One Year 2024-07-04
Across
- Our son
- The crossword fish
- The crossword jobs
- Home to the biggest hotel room we've stayed in
- Rhyming crossword musicians, alphabetically with "and"
- *"__ ___ is mine all mine" (Mitski lyric)
- Our favorite honeymoon activity
- *Dunder Mifflin ___ Company
- What we do at night
- *A feeling of joy or elation
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- What we eat when we do crosswords
- Our engagement spot
- Our favorite honeymoon food
- Our wedding venue
- The crossword cookie
- *Annual celebration or commemoration
- The crossword snake
- The crossword cookie
- Cleveland team who ball out
19 Clues: Our son • Our wedding venue • The crossword fish • The crossword jobs • Our engagement spot • The crossword snake • What we do at night • The crossword cookie • The crossword cookie • Our favorite honeymoon food • Cleveland team who ball out • *Dunder Mifflin ___ Company • *A feeling of joy or elation • Our favorite honeymoon activity • What we eat when we do crosswords • ...
Soils of India 2013-08-12
6 Clues: rich in humus • formed due to leaching • found in parts of Rajasthan • top layer of the earth's surface • black soil is good to grow this crop • convert dead leqaves into rich natural fertilizer
cv 2024-05-03
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- Food grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
- Food that has undergone various alterations during manufacturing.
- Chemicals used to kill pests that damage crops.
- Compounds that inhibit oxidation and help prevent cell damage.
- range Animals allowed to roam freely outdoors rather than being confined.
- Food that is uncooked or minimally processed.
- Substances essential for growth, health, and maintenance of the body.
- Contains the entire grain kernel, including bran, germ, and endosperm.
- Live bacteria and yeasts that are good for your digestive system.
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- Growing plants without soil, using nutrient-rich water solutions.
- Genetically Modified Organism, often referring to engineered crops.
- Substances added to soil to improve plant growth.
- Found in plant-based foods, aids digestion and promotes bowel health.
- A person who does not eat or use animal products.
- Substances added to food to prevent spoilage or extend shelf life.
- GMO Foods that have not been genetically modified.
- Nutrient-rich foods considered to be beneficial for health and well-being.
- Meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
- Someone who primarily eats locally grown or produced food.
- dense Foods that provide a high amount of nutrients relative to their calorie content.
20 Clues: Food that is uncooked or minimally processed. • Chemicals used to kill pests that damage crops. • Substances added to soil to improve plant growth. • A person who does not eat or use animal products. • Food grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. • GMO Foods that have not been genetically modified. • ...
Clay Vocabulary 2022-01-27
Across
- Removing part of the clay.
- Clay that has been fired for the first time.
- Stamping into the clay.
- Process of removing air bubbles.
- Adding onto the clay surface.
- Midway drying point of the clay.
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- Building a clay form by rolling out long ropes of clay.
- Quality of clay that allows it to be manipulated and still maintain its shape, also known as RAW.
- Clay + Water.
- Smoothing the seems.
- Clay that is completely dried but not fired yet, also known as BONE DRY.
- Creating a form by pinching or squeezing the clay with your hands.
- Roughing up the clay surface.
- Process of creating a ceramic form by rolling out flat sheets of clay to a uniform thickness.
14 Clues: Clay + Water. • Smoothing the seems. • Stamping into the clay. • Removing part of the clay. • Adding onto the clay surface. • Roughing up the clay surface. • Process of removing air bubbles. • Midway drying point of the clay. • Clay that has been fired for the first time. • Building a clay form by rolling out long ropes of clay. • ...
chelsea's mesopotamia crossword 2024-10-15
9 Clues: fertile crescent • picture based writing • borders to control water • more than enough of something • building to preach your believes • babylonians empires government laws • path of rich soil in a arched shape • the food chain for your job and amount of money • fertile soil made with rocks and dirt and water
Ceramics 2017-03-26
Across
- The portion of a pot, usually a vase, that is between the lip and the body of the pot
- Utilitarian vases, bowls, cups, etc can be made using a ________ wheel, a machine you throw pottery on
- A building method that is done by ________ clay, usually used to make small bowls
- When a handle is attached, it creates __________ space.
- A building method that uses stacked snakes of clay
- The difference between any two elements
- A ________ rib is used to score the surface of clay or create texture
- Ceramics that have been fired, glazed, and fired again
- A poisonous component to both clay and glaze
- Clay that has been fired once
- When a piece is balanced where it radiates from a central point
- A _________ tool is used to hollow out clay or trim clay
- When building a coil pot, a ________ wheel makes it easy to turn the pot as coils are applied
- Any element that has been used more than once
- A focal point
- When a piece is balanced where it is unequal
- The size-relationships within a piece
- Clay that is no longer workable, and is fragile because it is dry as a ______
- The shading, or lightness and darkness in a piece
- The way a piece feels or appears to feel
- The volume of a piece, 3D
- When an element repeats symmetrically
- Positive or negative - either occupies or does not occupy an area
- You must never apply glaze here, or it will stick to the kiln shelf
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- When all elements work harmoniously in a piece
- Scratching the surface of a piece to prepare it for attaching
- Kneading clay like dough to make the clay consistent and remove air-pockets
- A mixture of clay and water into a mayonnaise or dressing consistency
- Any clay that is unfired, in any stage
- Also known as hue
- Clay that is very workable
- The way a piece is laid out, there are three kinds
- A series of tools that model and shape clay
- The minimal number of coats of glaze that need to be applied
- Clay that has dried slighty and is good for holding weight and carving
- The 2D elements in a piece, can be organic or geometric
- When elements within a piece are all varied or different
- A giant oven used to fire pottery
- A substance applied to bisqueware and fired to create a glass coating
- A continuous point that is either hard or implied
- In order for clay to remain workable, it must be kept wet and closed off from the _____
- When a piece is balanced equally when split in half
- A tool used to carve words or small details into clay
- A tool used to smooth the surface of clay
- The illusion of motion, or when elements work to move a viewer's eye around a piece
- A sharp tool used to vent hollow clay forms or carve small details
- If you fire pieces that are too wet, too thick, or not vented, they will _________
- A piece applied to the bottom of a pot that it stands on
- A rolled out, flat piece of clay usually used to make geometric shapes
49 Clues: A focal point • Also known as hue • The volume of a piece, 3D • Clay that is very workable • Clay that has been fired once • A giant oven used to fire pottery • The size-relationships within a piece • When an element repeats symmetrically • Any clay that is unfired, in any stage • The difference between any two elements • The way a piece feels or appears to feel • ...
Waste Management 2025-09-05
Across
- – Breaking down organic matter like food scraps into nutrient-rich soil.
- – Protecting natural resources and using land responsibly.
- – Using fewer materials to create less waste.
- – Meeting today’s needs without harming the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
- – A large site where trash is buried and covered with soil.
- – The organized process of collecting, sorting, and disposing of trash.
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- – Materials from the Earth that humans use, such as wood, water, and metals.
- – Burning waste at high temperatures to reduce its volume.
- – The natural breakdown of organic matter by bacteria, fungi, and other organisms.
- – Using an item again instead of throwing it away.
- – The process of turning old materials into new products.
- – The top layer of the Earth where plants grow and nutrients cycle.
- – Contamination of soil, air, or water that harms living things.
13 Clues: – Using fewer materials to create less waste. • – Using an item again instead of throwing it away. • – The process of turning old materials into new products. • – Burning waste at high temperatures to reduce its volume. • – Protecting natural resources and using land responsibly. • – A large site where trash is buried and covered with soil. • ...
Science Crossword 2023-05-25
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- Organic substance rich in humus
- Used for loosening the soil and weeding
- It is rich in specific nutrients
- They are the best friends of farmers
- The removal or cutting of mature crop
- The process of removing unwanted plants
- A plant grown on a large scale
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- A truck-like machine which cultivates the field
- Chemicals used to kill weeds
- A nitrogen-fixing chemical
- Cultivation of a field or land
- The removal of grains from the chaff
- The product which we obtain from a crop
- A tool used to manually cut weeds
14 Clues: A nitrogen-fixing chemical • Chemicals used to kill weeds • Cultivation of a field or land • A plant grown on a large scale • Organic substance rich in humus • It is rich in specific nutrients • A tool used to manually cut weeds • They are the best friends of farmers • The removal of grains from the chaff • The removal or cutting of mature crop • ...
Weatering, Erosion, and Deposition 2024-09-22
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- Flat land near a river that experiences flooding and deposition of sediments.
- Wetlands that are flooded with water, often located near coasts or rivers.
- Accumulations of dirt and rocks deposited by glaciers.
- Weathering The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.
- Large natural streams of water flowing across the land.
- Wind-blown silt and fine sediments that form fertile soils.
- The solid layer of rock beneath the soil.
- A landform at the mouth of a river where sediment is deposited.
- Islands – Coastal landforms that are narrow and lie parallel to the mainland.
- The process by which rocks are broken down by physical or chemical means.
- Soil Organic component of soil formed from decayed plant and animal matter.
- Hills or ridges of sand piled up by wind action.
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- The force that pulls objects towards the Earth's center, playing a key role in erosion and landslides.
- Preserved remains or impressions of ancient organisms.
- Weathering The mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces without changing their composition.
- The process by which wind, water, or ice move sediment from one location to another.
- Layers of soil that differ in color, texture, and composition.
- The uppermost layer of soil, rich in organic matter.
- The laying down of sediments in new locations.
- Landforms made up of sand, pebbles, and other sediments along shorelines.
- Sediments deposited by meltwater from glaciers, typically forming plains.
21 Clues: The solid layer of rock beneath the soil. • The laying down of sediments in new locations. • Hills or ridges of sand piled up by wind action. • The uppermost layer of soil, rich in organic matter. • Preserved remains or impressions of ancient organisms. • Accumulations of dirt and rocks deposited by glaciers. • Large natural streams of water flowing across the land. • ...
Gabby Clement puzzle 3 2020-09-02
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- a slow spiral up a pot in a clockwise position
- baked clay made from earthenware
- the commonest element in the earths crust and sea
- the uncompressed one often tears apart
- consist of an oxygen atom and hydrogen atom
- made up of layers of silica and gibbsite
- putting a diagonol pressure particles
- something that can be worked easily
- removing air from clay
- divides the clay grains to lubricate between particles
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- made to assist clay particles to slide past one another
- when the clay becomes loose due to applied stress
- can be used for buildings and walls
- during this stage water is released into steam
- being able to easily shape and mold
- mixing clay with water in a circular motion
- position themselves with their flat faces opposing pressure
- the combined silica gibbsite later by oxygen links
- to improve workability of finished clay
- often shrink more than pots for a better fit
- the drying process occurs due to the loss of water layers
21 Clues: removing air from clay • baked clay made from earthenware • can be used for buildings and walls • being able to easily shape and mold • something that can be worked easily • putting a diagonol pressure particles • the uncompressed one often tears apart • to improve workability of finished clay • made up of layers of silica and gibbsite • ...
Samya puzzle 5 2020-09-20
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- not for stoneware, 5%-50% of a earthenware clay body
- does not fire too vitreous
- sodium and lead
- mineral form of silica powder used in ceramic glazes and clay bodies
- nepheline syenite, feldspar, and cornish stone
- alumina,flint,silica sand, quartz, & cristobalite
- progressive partial fusion of a clay, or a body of clay as a result of a firing process
- made up of four components- clays,fluxes, and hardeners & openers
- boron oxide and bismuth oxide
- melts at 2102-2372f
- interact with glass-forming silica
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- calcium and magnesium oxides
- crystalline form of silica
- contain significant proportions of flint that was weathered and transported
- sand often used in clay bodies instead of grog or to augment grog
- up to 25% of a clay body, fuses at 2282f
- flux that softens slowly
- alters the vitrification temperature of the clay
- melts at 2012-2192f
- highly refractory and has a very high melting temperature (3722°F)
- flux that softens slowly
21 Clues: sodium and lead • melts at 2012-2192f • melts at 2102-2372f • flux that softens slowly • flux that softens slowly • crystalline form of silica • does not fire too vitreous • calcium and magnesium oxides • boron oxide and bismuth oxide • interact with glass-forming silica • up to 25% of a clay body, fuses at 2282f • nepheline syenite, feldspar, and cornish stone • ...
Clay crossword puzzle 2026-01-14
Across
- A mixture of finely ground clay particles and water, creating a "clay glue" or thick cream consistency. It is applied to scored areas to create a strong bond when joining clay pieces.
- Any clay object that has not yet been fired in a kiln.
- Pot A simple hand-building technique where a ball of clay is shaped into a pot or bowl by gently pinching and pressing with the fingers.
- A hand-building technique that involves rolling clay into snake-like ropes and joining them to build a pot or sculpture.
- The process of "cooking" or heating clay in a special high-temperature oven called a kiln to make it permanently hard.
- A mixture of fine clay and glass particles mixed with water, applied to bisque ware and fired a second time to create a hard, durable, and often shiny or colored surface.
- Making clay pieces using only hands and simple tools rather than a potter's wheel. Common methods include pinch, coil, and slab construction.
- A natural, fine-grained earth material that is moldable (plastic) when wet and becomes rock-hard when fired in a kiln.
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- Clay that has been fired once in a kiln and is now hard and permanent, but still porous. It is ready for glaze.
- A special furnace or oven built with heat-resistant materials used for firing pottery and clay.
- A kneading process for clay, similar to kneading dough, to remove air bubbles and achieve a uniform consistency.
- Scratching or roughing up the surface of two pieces of wet or leather-hard clay before joining them. This helps them stick together properly.
- A flat, rolled-out section of clay. Slabs can be cut into shapes and joined to create box-like forms.
- The quality of wet clay that allows it to be molded and shaped without cracking or breaking apart.
- A stage in the drying process where the clay is still slightly pliable but firm enough to hold its shape well. This is a good stage for carving or joining slabs.
15 Clues: Any clay object that has not yet been fired in a kiln. • A special furnace or oven built with heat-resistant materials used for firing pottery and clay. • The quality of wet clay that allows it to be molded and shaped without cracking or breaking apart. • A flat, rolled-out section of clay. Slabs can be cut into shapes and joined to create box-like forms. • ...
Ecology Review 2016-01-28
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- factor living or once living (and now dead) or made by something that was alive
- succession occurs after a forest fire (where soil is left)
- eats both plants and meat
- must eat something for energy
- used glucose and made carbon dioxide
- being dependent on others for some needs, being mutually dependent on each other
- eats dead animals
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- factor an environmental factor that is not alive, never lived, and was not part of something living
- eats meat
- a close relationship between species that benefits at least one of the species
- both species benefit from the relationship
- one living thing
- is made of weathered rock, minerals, humus, water, and air
- mix and sand, clay and silt
- all of the different populations things in an area (no abiotic factors)
- the variety of life (or species) on Earth
- all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
17 Clues: eats meat • one living thing • eats dead animals • eats both plants and meat • mix and sand, clay and silt • must eat something for energy • used glucose and made carbon dioxide • the variety of life (or species) on Earth • both species benefit from the relationship • succession occurs after a forest fire (where soil is left) • ...
Working with Clay 2013-03-11
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- water and clay mixed together
- shapes are also____ like a tile
- 3dimensions
- if you don’t place your clay in a bag it will……
- another way of working with clay
- a tool to flatten clay
- 2dimensions
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- manmade clay with fibres in it
- A large Oven to bake clay
- clay is also referred to as a…..
- when you draw into the clay you create……
- adding clay
- A word to describe something 3-d
- to merge 2 pieces of clay together
14 Clues: 3dimensions • adding clay • 2dimensions • a tool to flatten clay • A large Oven to bake clay • water and clay mixed together • manmade clay with fibres in it • shapes are also____ like a tile • clay is also referred to as a….. • another way of working with clay • A word to describe something 3-d • to merge 2 pieces of clay together • when you draw into the clay you create…… • ...
Ceramics Review 2013-05-01
Across
- Dry- Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing
- Clay rolled out between two yard sticks
- Starting with a ball of clay the artist makes an indentation into the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combination of stroking and pinching the clay.
- The physical outline of an object or surface
- special attention given to something to make it stand out
- A brownish-orange clay body commonly used for ceramic sculpture
- A glassy, non-porous state caused by heat or fusion. Will happen after the last firing process.
- Hard- A damp condition of the clay when it is too firm to bend yet soft enough to be carved
- A kiln firing in which there is insufficient oxygen
- an arrangement of ELEMENTS to form a design.
- the arrangement of parts to create the effect of total organization
Down
- to ceramics before firing that forms a glass-like surface
- A firing atmosphere with ample oxygen.
- A low-fire clay, porous and not waterproof to be functional, it must be glazed
- - a high temperature clay body that matures and fires to a high temperature, what we use.
- Nations- Native culture of the northwest and Canada
- The furnace in which ceramics are fired
- Long strands of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through blending
- These decorations are surface designs cut into the clay
- an arrangement of ELEMENTS to form a design.
20 Clues: A firing atmosphere with ample oxygen. • Clay rolled out between two yard sticks • The furnace in which ceramics are fired • The physical outline of an object or surface • an arrangement of ELEMENTS to form a design. • an arrangement of ELEMENTS to form a design. • Dry- Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing • ...
Unit 2- review 2022-03-08
Across
- the long-term pattern of weather.
- German scientist who created the “Continental Drift” theory.
- soil needs ___ to hold moisture.
- how many eras are there?
- water that falls to the earth in any form.
- indicated as a line graph on a climate graph.
- when two plates come together.
- ___ helps keep soil from being too compact.
- Canada’s largest landform.
- the day to day characteristics of the atmosphere.
- ice has the power to ___ the shape of the land because of its hardness and heaviness.
- cold, frozen Iceland, Canada’s coldest biome.
- you can read temperature in degrees on this side of the climate graph.
- physical weathering example.
Down
- Tuzla, Wilson, creator of this theory (there are 20 of these in total.
- trees that lose leaves in winter (are not evergreen)
- breakdown of materials in the Earth’s crust into sediment.
- the higher up you go, the colder the climate becomes.
- chemical weathering example.
- A string of volcanoes and earth quakes around the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
- long narrow inlets.
- soil is composed of ___ and inorganic components.
- when the plates move apart from each other.
- season of maximum precipitation for continental climates.
- moves sediments that weathering breaks down.
- large section of ice and snow that moves across the land, shaping it.
26 Clues: long narrow inlets. • how many eras are there? • Canada’s largest landform. • chemical weathering example. • physical weathering example. • when two plates come together. • soil needs ___ to hold moisture. • the long-term pattern of weather. • water that falls to the earth in any form. • ___ helps keep soil from being too compact. • when the plates move apart from each other. • ...
Vocabulary: Energy Transfer 2021-01-27
Across
- a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal
- flowing fluid that is moving because there is a temperature or density difference within the material
- one of the two main types of elastic body waves
- the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth
- one of the two main types of elastic body waves
- a long, narrow ditch
- is soil composed mostly of sand, silt, and a smaller amount of clay
- the solid, outer part of the Earth
- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
- an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means
- the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur
- the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
- a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
- a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil
- the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
- break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain
Down
- a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
- a fluid layer about 2,400 km thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core
- an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
- a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
- a mechanical wave that propagates along with the interface between differing media
- he pulling force transmitted axially by the means of a string, a cable, chain
- a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates
- the action of compressing or being compressed
- form into a hard outer layer
- a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
- a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
- the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles
- the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms
- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
- a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level
- a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust
- a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it
- a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur
34 Clues: a long, narrow ditch • form into a hard outer layer • the solid, outer part of the Earth • the action of compressing or being compressed • one of the two main types of elastic body waves • one of the two main types of elastic body waves • the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • ...
Ancient Egypt 2025-12-17
Across
- the ruler of Egypt
- at the bottom of the pyramid
- this happens to pharaohs when they die
- simplified way to write hieroglyphics
- The main source of water in Egypt
- what this crossword is about so obvious
- the Egyptians made this based on the Nile
- was used in building
- A very famous king
- the "paper" in that time
- this was used in battle
Down
- helped historians in hieroglyphics
- worshiping multiple gods
- god of love a marriage
- the capitol of Egypt
- a god that the Egyptians worship
- a complicated writing system
- structures made for pharaohs
- the name tag on the tombs of the rich
- where the great pyramid is located
20 Clues: the ruler of Egypt • A very famous king • the capitol of Egypt • was used in building • god of love a marriage • this was used in battle • worshiping multiple gods • the "paper" in that time • at the bottom of the pyramid • a complicated writing system • structures made for pharaohs • a god that the Egyptians worship • The main source of water in Egypt • ...
Water vocab 2023-05-03
Across
- agricultural cultivation of plants in greenhouse conditions by immersing roots in a nutrient rich solution
- body of water created by damming a river or stream
- Style of landscaping that removes water intensive vegetation from lawns and replaces it with more water efficient native landscaping
- surface that doesn't allow water penetration
- area lacking groundwater due to rapid withdrawal by a well
- well created by drilling into a confined aquifer
- canal or ditch used to carry water from one location to another
- structure to prevent ocean waters from flooding adjacent land
- total daily per capita use of fresh water
- essential to life, 70% of the world is covered in
- Table uppermost level at which the water in a given area fully saturates rock or soil
- process which water percolates through the soil and works its way into an aquifer
- stair like structure that allows migrating fish to get over a dam
- land adjacent to a river
- purifying salt water by a process of heating and collecting the steam which is condensed to yield pure water
Down
- 1.2% of the world's usable water
- aquifer surrounded by a layer of impermeable rock or clay that impedes water flow
- style of landscaping that removes water intensive vegetation from lawns and replaces it with more water efficient native land
- natural water source of water formed when water from an aquifer percolates up to the ground surface
- Total daily per capita use of fresh water
- enlarged bank built up on each side of the river
- Cultivation of plants in greenhouse conditions by immersing roots in a nutrientrich water
- aquifer made of porous rock covered by soil out of which water can easily flow
- permeable layer of rock and sediment that contains groundwater
- process of removing salt from water
- wastewater from baths, showers, bathroom sinks, washing machines
- the water that fills all pore spaces in the sediments and rocks below the water table
- wastewater from toilets, kitchen sinks, dishwashers
- 97% of the world's water
- Process of desalination - water is forced through a thin semipermeable membrane at high pressure
- barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the flow of water
31 Clues: 97% of the world's water • land adjacent to a river • 1.2% of the world's usable water • process of removing salt from water • Total daily per capita use of fresh water • total daily per capita use of fresh water • surface that doesn't allow water penetration • enlarged bank built up on each side of the river • well created by drilling into a confined aquifer • ...
Sedimentary Rock Crossword 2023-11-02
Across
- - weathering by which chemicals break down rock through a change in the mineral's composition.
- - parent material has been carried from elsewhere and deposited.
- - Sediment is transported from its source to where it is deposited; the particles collide with each other and other objects in their path; the "jaggedness" of rocks.
- - layers of rock that peel off the main body of the rock.
- - water freezes in a crack in the rock surface, expanding and splitting the rock.
- - occurs when oxygen from the air combines with iron-rich minerals of the rock/ _____=rust.
- - the tendency for currents of air or water to separate sediments according to size.
- - the process of "gluing" the compacted minerals together by minerals that filter down through the sediment.
- - water combines with minerals such as mica and feldspar found in granite, to form clay, the rock weakens and crumbles apart.
- - occurs when water combines with carbon dioxide in the air to form carbonic acid.
Down
- - formed by the action of organisms as they build shells and other body parts by extracting chemical components from the water in which they live.
- - soil is formed from the parent material and is of the same composition.
- - the mechanical or physical breakdown of rock into smaller pieces without a change in the mineral's composition.
- - the physical and chemical breakdown of rocks at or near the surface.
- - formed when water dissolves minerals and deposits them elsewhere.
- - the process of removing empty spaces between minerals by the weight of the overlying sediment.
- - wearing away of soil or rock by water, wind, or ice.
- - produced by physical weathering and is classified by grain size, sorting, and angularity.
- - pieces of rock collide with each other due to transportation by wind, ice, water, and gravity.
- - material ends up being transported by those mediums and ultimately "deposited" in a different landmass.
20 Clues: - wearing away of soil or rock by water, wind, or ice. • - layers of rock that peel off the main body of the rock. • - parent material has been carried from elsewhere and deposited. • - formed when water dissolves minerals and deposits them elsewhere. • - the physical and chemical breakdown of rocks at or near the surface. • ...
Week 12 Sightwords 2023-11-07
Across
- A stiff red layer in the soil
- The opposite of fancy or elaborate
- Opposite of away
- Transportation that uses metal tracks
- Another word for gone
- A day to celebrate when you were born
- Another word for a bucket
- The color between black and white
Down
- Another word for a spot on your shirt
- To stay put
- Opposite of night
- A liquid color substance
- A flat container that can help carry things
- A dried grape
- Horses like to eat this
- To give money to someone for something
16 Clues: To stay put • A dried grape • Opposite of away • Opposite of night • Another word for gone • Horses like to eat this • A liquid color substance • Another word for a bucket • A stiff red layer in the soil • The color between black and white • The opposite of fancy or elaborate • Another word for a spot on your shirt • Transportation that uses metal tracks • ...
