earth day Crossword Puzzles

about earth 2015-02-12

about earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2nd layer about 1700 miles thick
  2. measure intensity of earthquake based on eye witness accounts
  3. crust and upper most part of mantle
  4. last layer 780 miles thick
  5. idea that continents were once together in a large landmass called pangea and have moved over time
  6. when a fault breaks it causes
  7. there are layers of earth
  8. convection occurs here layer is plastic like
  9. helped prove continental drift remains or impression of prehistoric organism in petrified form
  10. first layer 20 miles thick
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  1. 3rd layer about 1400 miles thick
  2. based on 10 scale measures magnitude of earthquake
  3. sections that crust is broken into
  4. mostly solid heats asthenoshpere
  5. when rocks form at the bottom of the ocean the magnetic minerals line up with magnetic north not all the rock was formed at the same time this is what shows
  6. rocks from space made of iron and nickel
  7. large wave caused by earthquake underwater
  8. scientist that proposed the theory of continental drift but was rejected
  9. can act like a solid or liquid based on amount of pressure
  10. a break in the rock in which both sides of the rock are moving

20 Clues: last layer 780 miles thick • first layer 20 miles thick • when a fault breaks it causes • there are layers of earth • 3rd layer about 1400 miles thick • 2nd layer about 1700 miles thick • mostly solid heats asthenoshpere • sections that crust is broken into • crust and upper most part of mantle • rocks from space made of iron and nickel • ...

Earth Science 2014-09-12

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  2. spreading/ the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies
  3. boundary/ the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  4. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the
  5. fault/ a fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall
  6. and the outer core
  7. the thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
  8. fault/ opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally
  9. Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
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  1. the central part of the Earth below the mantle
  2. the layer of rock between the earth's crust and core
  3. layer
  4. mountains/ Mountains that form when magma erupts onto Earth's surface.
  5. boundary/ the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
  6. plate/ a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  7. drift/ the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  8. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  9. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  10. mountains/ Form when tension causes large blocks of rock to drop down in relation to other rocks. Tilting of rock layers can occur as tension pulls the rock layers apart.
  11. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  12. fault/ A fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall
  13. boundary/ the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  14. tectonics/ the theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's
  15. mountains/ When rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward.

24 Clues: layer • and the outer core • the bending of rock layers due to stress • the central part of the Earth below the mantle • The strong, lower part of the mantle between the • the layer of rock between the earth's crust and core • stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object • Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object • ...

Earth Hour 2023-03-24

Earth Hour crossword puzzle
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  1. Energy produced by splitting or joining the center of small particles called atoms
  2. Stored energy, such as the still water sitting behind a dam, ready to fall
  3. Energy produced by movement of charged particles
  4. Energy from the heat
  5. A resource that cannot be depleted
  6. Practices that can be continued indefinitely, with minimal harm to the natural environment, such as the use of renewable resources
  7. The vibrations of molecules as sound waves travel
  8. Materials that are extracted from the earth, such as coal, oil or natural gas
  9. A resource that can be depleted, such as fossil fuels
  10. A gas that is the main ingredient of both natural gas and biogas
  11. Energy of motion, water that is flowing over a dam
  12. Stored energy that can be released through chemical reaction, found in things like food and batteries
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  1. Energy generated by moving water
  2. Heat energy from inside the earth
  3. Contamination of the natural environment with the harmful substances such as consequence of human activities; a byproduct of many energy sources
  4. Things that are alive, such as plant material or animal watse that can be used to make biogas
  5. The ability to do work
  6. The category of energy that includes solar and light energy
  7. Energy from the sun's rays
  8. Output compared to input. If a device does as much work for us as energy we put into it

20 Clues: Energy from the heat • The ability to do work • Energy from the sun's rays • Energy generated by moving water • Heat energy from inside the earth • A resource that cannot be depleted • Energy produced by movement of charged particles • The vibrations of molecules as sound waves travel • Energy of motion, water that is flowing over a dam • ...

Earth Processes 2022-08-23

Earth Processes crossword puzzle
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  1. the distribution of parts or features on the surface
  2. water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface
  3. the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area.
  4. an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet
  5. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas
  6. process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.
  7. a distinct layer of soil, approximately parallel with the land surface
  8. a natural process that moves soil from one location to another by wind power
  9. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  10. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
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  1. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth
  2. a process that causes rocks to crumble
  3. the removal of soil by water and transportation of the eroded materials away from the point of removal
  4. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms
  5. all the rocks that make up Earth, from the partially melted rock under the crust,
  6. the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body
  7. the laying down of sediment
  8. processes that occur directly in association with glacial ice
  9. the draining away of water
  10. the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything
  11. a body of porous rock or sediment saturated with groundwater

21 Clues: the draining away of water • the laying down of sediment • a process that causes rocks to crumble • the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • the distribution of parts or features on the surface • the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. • the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything • ...

earth sysetem 2022-12-12

earth sysetem crossword puzzle
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  1. A group of parts that work together as a whole
  2. Bacteria changes nitrogen from a gas to a solid
  3. children in the air is removed by the nitrogen fixing
  4. Brittle,rocky layer on the outer layer of the earth
  5. A series of process moves the phosphorus among earth systems
  6. the thickest layer of the Earth
  7. When animals die the phosphorus returns to the environment by
  8. Continuous movements of water on,above, below on earth's surface.
  9. Heat flowing out of Earth as it cools is one form of ----- that drives the Earth system.
  10. Forces that wear down or destroy landmasses
  11. Some organisms excrete phosphorus in there
  12. The rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet can be identified on the basis of its mechanical properties.
  13. Organisms on earth use nitrogen to build
  14. A system returns data to itself about changes that occur through a process called
  15. What matter is exchanged with outer space and how much
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  1. Anything that has mass and takes up space
  2. mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel.
  3. Which sphere of the earth system includes trees grasses and squirrels
  4. What absorbs phosphorus when they eat plants
  5. Below the atmosphere it contains all earth's water; Oceans, glaciers, lakes, ice sheets, ponds and rivers.
  6. What is Erse principal source of external energy
  7. A series of processes that moves the carbon among the earth system.
  8. A naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  9. Largest Earth system, includes a thin layer of of soil and rocks on earth's surface it mainly solid, in the system it moves more slowly than gasses in the atmosphere
  10. Thin layer of gasses, that is surrounding the earth
  11. core it's the dense, metallic in the center of the earth
  12. What allows this absorb this phosphorus in there roots
  13. Blank that is moved from one area to another and builds in excess; sediment is carried by water, wind, and ice.
  14. In the atmosphere, it absorbs and re-radiates the thermal energy from the sun.
  15. Interaction among earth's system, it is a series of processes that changes rocks and forms to another.

30 Clues: the thickest layer of the Earth • Organisms on earth use nitrogen to build • Anything that has mass and takes up space • mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel. • Some organisms excrete phosphorus in there • Forces that wear down or destroy landmasses • What absorbs phosphorus when they eat plants • A group of parts that work together as a whole • ...

changing earth 2023-01-08

changing earth crossword puzzle
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  1. what name does magma get once it erupts from a volcano
  2. what is the massive wave that can be caused by an earthquake called
  3. how many major tectonic plates are there
  4. where do earthquakes occur most
  5. what scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake.
  6. what was the name of the massive supercontinent that was comprised of all the other continents.
  7. who was the first person to support the theory of continental drift
  8. what are the massive moving pieces that make up earth's crust
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  1. what is hot liquid rock below earth's surface called
  2. what is a volcano called if it has erupted or will erupt soon
  3. which volcano caused lightning that resulted in the only deaths caused by the volcano
  4. which volcano spewed ash instead of lava in 1707
  5. what are the edges of plates called.
  6. what unusual natural phenomenon do volcanoes produce sometimes
  7. what is the theory that the continents started as one big supercontinent but slowly drifted apart
  8. what is the name of the major fault in california
  9. what boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  10. what instrument tracks seismic waves and there frequency
  11. how many locations are needed to find the location of an earthquake using seismic waves
  12. what is a volcano called if it will no longer erupt

20 Clues: where do earthquakes occur most • what are the edges of plates called. • how many major tectonic plates are there • which volcano spewed ash instead of lava in 1707 • what is the name of the major fault in california • what scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake. • what is a volcano called if it will no longer erupt • ...

Earth Systems 2023-04-17

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
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  1. broad, flat volcano
  2. currently erupting volcano
  3. molten rock on the earth surface
  4. prefix meaning with or together
  5. plate boundary that forms most earthquakes
  6. large and long wave
  7. forms from converging plates
  8. layer at center of earth
  9. currents that move plates
  10. earth_________
  11. molten layer of the earth
  12. boundary where plates move apart
  13. element that creates magnetic field
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  1. place inside earth that caused earthquake
  2. place on surface above focus
  3. means pieces of rocks
  4. _______mometer
  5. molten rock inside the earth
  6. volcano that will never erupt again
  7. densest type of crust
  8. surface layer of the earth
  9. strength of earthquake
  10. a collapsed volcano
  11. section of the earth's crust
  12. opening of a volcano

25 Clues: _______mometer • earth_________ • broad, flat volcano • large and long wave • a collapsed volcano • opening of a volcano • means pieces of rocks • densest type of crust • strength of earthquake • layer at center of earth • currents that move plates • molten layer of the earth • currently erupting volcano • surface layer of the earth • place on surface above focus • ...

Earth & Space 2023-04-03

Earth & Space crossword puzzle
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  1. when one tectonic plate moves underneath another
  2. the natural process of wearing away by wind, water or other natural agents
  3. molten rock below Earth’s surface
  4. a scientific instrument that detects seismic waves
  5. a molecule made of three oxygen atoms bonded together
  6. Earth’s rigid outer zone (crust and upper mantle), made up of tectonic plates
  7. a point in Earth’s crust where lava erupts
  8. a sea wave caused by the displacement of water as a result of an earthquake or other disturbance
  9. all the water on Earth
  10. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
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  1. frozen soil in the Arctic
  2. a break in Earth’s surface where blocks of rock slide past each other
  3. all of the living things on Earth
  4. the portion of Earth’s mantle underneath the lithosphere that can flow
  5. a measure of the amount of destruction caused by an earthquake
  6. Earth’s middle layer, made up of two layers
  7. the origin of an earthquake
  8. a measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  9. the layer of gas that surrounds Earth and is 600 km thick
  10. molten rock above Earth’s surface
  11. an intense tropic storm that forms over warm oceans

21 Clues: all the water on Earth • frozen soil in the Arctic • the origin of an earthquake • all of the living things on Earth • molten rock below Earth’s surface • molten rock above Earth’s surface • a point in Earth’s crust where lava erupts • Earth’s middle layer, made up of two layers • when one tectonic plate moves underneath another • ...

Earth Science 2017-03-09

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. The supercontinent that broke apart over million of years
  2. Compositional layer made up of the inner and outer core
  3. happens at mid-ocean ridges
  4. divide
  5. happens at convergent boundaries
  6. The Earth feature found on the ocean floor at divergent boundaries
  7. happened at the end of eons when all of a species died
  8. A physical layer of the mantle
  9. Earth's broken crust
  10. discovered by Harry Hess and proves that continents spread apart over time
  11. The process by which new lithosphere is created
  12. Molten rock in the mantle
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  1. core Made of solid iron
  2. scientist who proposed the Continental Drift Theory
  3. The uppermost plastic layer of the mantle
  4. The compositional layer that includes the lithosphere and asthenosphere
  5. Occurs when denser oceanic lithosphere slides under continental lithosphere
  6. A unit of geologic time in which eras are divided
  7. happens when hot Earth material rises and cools in Earth's mantle
  8. The layer of Earth on which we live
  9. Collide
  10. The largest division of geologic time
  11. The place where plates meet
  12. A subdivision of a geologic period
  13. slide
  14. A unit of geologic time that includes two or more periods

26 Clues: slide • divide • Collide • Earth's broken crust • core Made of solid iron • Molten rock in the mantle • happens at mid-ocean ridges • The place where plates meet • A physical layer of the mantle • happens at convergent boundaries • A subdivision of a geologic period • The layer of Earth on which we live • The largest division of geologic time • The uppermost plastic layer of the mantle • ...

Earth Science 2017-06-13

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. number that rates the strength of an earthquake
  2. precess where new material at a ridge or rift, pushed older material aside and tectonic plates move away from the ridge
  3. layer formed when early Earth cooled, the lighter elements, such as silicon and oxygen, separated from the molten material and floated to the top
  4. process of Earth's magnetic fields moving from time to time and completely reversing its direction
  5. sudden, ground shaking release of built-up energy at or under Earth's surface
  6. process where convection currents cause more magma to rise, the new magma forces apart the hardened material and continuously pushes older rock aside
  7. usually found along subduction zones where there are convergent plate boundaries
  8. a long chain of volcanic islands
  9. an area where molten rock rises to Earth's surface (weak spot)
  10. not found at plate boundaries bit instead form over hotspots
  11. one of the driving forces behind Earth's movement
  12. cause ground to compress and stretch in direction of wave
  13. refers to extent of ancient glaciers and to rock markings left behind
  14. study of earthquakes and seismic waves
  15. location inside Earth where an earthquake starts
  16. where magma cools and hardens when it breaks through Earth's surface
  17. plates that are spreading apart
  18. study of magnetic properties of ancient rocks
  19. Earth's thickest layer; solid
  20. faults at a transform plate
  21. when the age of a tectonic plate subduct deep into the mantle and pulls the rest pf the plate along with it
  22. record of ground motion produced by seismometers
  23. reading centre that occurs on land
  24. lies at Earth's centre; solid iron with some nickel
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  1. devices that measure amount of ground movement caused by and earthquake
  2. vibrations produced by energy released from earthquakes
  3. a long chain of volcanoes
  4. breaks in rock layers due to movement on either side
  5. a deep underwater valley
  6. the action of one plate being pushed under another
  7. a pattern of stripes in the direction that iron-containing minerals pointed on the sea floor; repeated on both side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  8. area of subduction
  9. layer below mantle; liquid with mixture of iron and nickel
  10. occur when magma erupts through cracks in the lithosphere where there are diverging plate boundaries
  11. cause ground to compress and stretch in right angles to the direction of the waves
  12. plates that collide
  13. large, movable slabs of rock that Earth is broken into
  14. openings in Earth's surface, that, when active, spew out gases, chunks of rock, and melted rock
  15. region where tectonic plates are in contact
  16. point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
  17. pertly molten layer in the upper mantle
  18. made up of crust, and uppermost mantle; formed by tectonic plates
  19. molten rock from beneath Earth's surface

43 Clues: area of subduction • plates that collide • a deep underwater valley • a long chain of volcanoes • faults at a transform plate • Earth's thickest layer; solid • plates that are spreading apart • a long chain of volcanic islands • reading centre that occurs on land • study of earthquakes and seismic waves • pertly molten layer in the upper mantle • ...

Earth Science 2020-02-25

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is a remnant of organisms of the past.
  2. Referred to as a vent or a series of vents where lava, ash, and gases are released.
  3. Described as any mound or ridge of windblown sand rising to various heights.
  4. Shale becomes this by metamorphism.
  5. This scale measures the hardness of a mineral by scratch resistance.
  6. This is also called intrusive igneous rocks because molten rock solidifies at depth.
  7. A thick large mass of ice in remote areas that move very slowly.
  8. This process in chemical weathering breaks down a compound using water.
  9. A type of boundary that occurs when two plates move toward each other that the heavier plate is subducted.
  10. The recorded amplitude of seismic waves from an earthquake source.
  11. A part of the Earth that is also the largest.
  12. Rocks that have undergone extreme heat and pressure.
  13. The most abundant element in the Earth's atmosphere.
  14. This results from weathering and uplift transported to different areas.
  15. This property describes the reflection of light off a mineral's surface.
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  1. Referred to be the downward arch of a fold.
  2. This is a type of mass wasting where large masses of soil, rock, or regolith are displaced.
  3. This natural phenomenon happens when masses of warm moist air are rapidly forced upward into colder, dryer layers.
  4. A bend in the rock strata produced by horizontal compressive stresses.
  5. Defined as the accumulation of weathered sediments that form different landforms.
  6. Defined as the part of the earth where all of the water is at or near the surface.
  7. A whirling funnel-shaped cloud whose bottom of the funnel has an extremely low air pressure.
  8. Describes the severity of an earthquake on humans and their structures.
  9. An exogenic process transporting sediments to different places.
  10. Molten rock generated by partial melting of rocks in the Earth’s mantle.

25 Clues: Shale becomes this by metamorphism. • This is a remnant of organisms of the past. • Referred to be the downward arch of a fold. • A part of the Earth that is also the largest. • Rocks that have undergone extreme heat and pressure. • The most abundant element in the Earth's atmosphere. • An exogenic process transporting sediments to different places. • ...

Dynamic Earth 2020-04-01

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. The period where we first see a rapid increase in biodiversity
  2. Aid in survival to an environment
  3. Developed the Theory of Evolution, wrote the book "The Origin of Species"
  4. Structures that the same across different species but may have a different function
  5. The random change in gene frequencies (two words)
  6. Developed the idea that the layers of the earth are older as you go deeper into the earth
  7. Rapid loss of biodiversity
  8. Descent with modification
  9. Developed the idea that population size are limited by resources and competition
  10. Preserved structures in stone
  11. The first organisms
  12. A type of selection that occurs based on human involvement
  13. Structures that remain as part of an organism that no longer serve a major function
  14. Longest period of geologic time
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  1. Type of selection that works on one extreme or another
  2. Type of selection that works on the moderate adaptation, favoring the extremes
  3. Came up with the idea of evolution independently of Darwin
  4. Developed the idea of gradual geologic change
  5. A change in genetic code for proteins
  6. A type of selection that occurs on its own
  7. Type of selection that works on both extremes, favoring the moderate adaptation
  8. The mixing of genes through meiosis
  9. The movement of genes in or out of a population (two words)
  10. Developed the idea that animals can change over time

24 Clues: The first organisms • Descent with modification • Rapid loss of biodiversity • Preserved structures in stone • Longest period of geologic time • Aid in survival to an environment • The mixing of genes through meiosis • A change in genetic code for proteins • A type of selection that occurs on its own • Developed the idea of gradual geologic change • ...

Earth Review 2020-04-24

Earth Review crossword puzzle
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  1. A massive collection of slowly moving and compacting ice.
  2. The term for two tectonic plates that are crashing into each other.
  3. A type of volcano primarily formed through ash and cinders, creating a steep cone like shape.
  4. A deep spot of the ocean caused by plate subduction.
  5. The violent explosion of a volcano.
  6. The ___________ is the invisible ocean of gas that surrounds the Earth, comprised mostly of Nitrogen and Oxygen.
  7. The thinest layer of the Earth, this is where we live!
  8. _______ plates are denser than continental plates.
  9. The act of plants 'exhaling' water vapor.
  10. The ______ core is a solid ball of ultra hot rock and metal.
  11. ____________ cells can be found both in the movement of the mantle, and the movement of air in the atmosphere.
  12. This is the part of the plant that conducts photosynthesis
  13. When water condenses from a gas to a liquid.
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  1. This is the term for rock being lifted up due to tectonic movement.
  2. This kind of volcano is formed by slow flowing lava, and has a wide base and sloping sides.
  3. When condensed droplets get large enough to fall to the Earth, either as rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
  4. The part of a plant that collects nutrients from the soil.
  5. Weathering agents can cause rock to break down into smaller pieces. We call this ________.
  6. When water goes from a liquid form to a gaseous form, usually due to the heat from the sun.
  7. This kind of rock is created after other rock goes through extreme pressure and heat under the Earth's surface.
  8. The violent shaking of the surface of the Earth, usually resulting from tectonic movement.
  9. Plate __________ is the movement of the Earth's crust.
  10. The thickest layer of the Earth, this rock found here is semi-molten and flows in convection cells, creating plate tectonics.
  11. A specialized part of a plant, or a human.
  12. _____________ gases like ozone and methane help to trap heat from the sun
  13. Molten rock.

26 Clues: Molten rock. • The violent explosion of a volcano. • The act of plants 'exhaling' water vapor. • A specialized part of a plant, or a human. • When water condenses from a gas to a liquid. • _______ plates are denser than continental plates. • A deep spot of the ocean caused by plate subduction. • Plate __________ is the movement of the Earth's crust. • ...

Earth Systems 2020-12-08

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How water moves through holes in leaves
  2. Water found below Earths surface
  3. Describes the air on Earth
  4. Describes all the ice on Earth
  5. Above troposphere
  6. 99% of Atmosphere
  7. Middle layer of Earth
  8. Large collections of drops of water
  9. Outer part of core
  10. Very thick,30-60km
  11. Describes all the water on Earth
  12. Describes all the rocks found on and in the Earths system
  13. Pressure exerted by the weight of air
  14. Innermost layer of Earth
  15. Third most common gas in atmosphere
  16. Top layer of the Geosphere
  17. A greenhouse gas
  18. Outer most layer of the atmosphere
  19. Lower part of mantle
  20. Outer layer of Earth
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  1. Describes all the living things on earth
  2. Closest layer of atmosphere to earth, 10km
  3. Blocks UV light
  4. Found in oceans and seas
  5. When water moves through the ground
  6. A measure of how much elements occurs naturally relative to other elements
  7. A diverse marine habitat
  8. Cycle through all of Earths Spheres
  9. Found in lakes,rivers, and streams
  10. When a tectonic plate sinks
  11. Very thin, 5-8km
  12. Slabs of lithosphere covered with crust
  13. Upper part of mantle
  14. A decomposer
  15. Satellites and space shuttles orbit in this layer
  16. Mineral that makes up the majority of rocks in crust
  17. Inner part of core
  18. When 2 tectonic plates move towards each other
  19. A measurement of atmospheric pressure
  20. Made up of 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen

40 Clues: A decomposer • Blocks UV light • Very thin, 5-8km • A greenhouse gas • Above troposphere • 99% of Atmosphere • Outer part of core • Very thick,30-60km • Inner part of core • Upper part of mantle • Lower part of mantle • Outer layer of Earth • Middle layer of Earth • Found in oceans and seas • A diverse marine habitat • Innermost layer of Earth • Describes the air on Earth • ...

EARTH SCIENCE! 2021-01-29

EARTH SCIENCE! crossword puzzle
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  1. a break in the crust
  2. a super hot pool of magma; creates islands
  3. type of seismic wave; passes through S,L,G
  4. creates the northern and southern hemispheres
  5. the reason we see different constellations
  6. travels slower than the P-wave
  7. the solid crust of earth
  8. slope, or steepness
  9. star directly above the northern axis
  10. tectonic plates collide
  11. lines connecting the N and S poles
  12. mass/volume; the compactness of an object
  13. 15 degrees per hour
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  1. this is what the tect. plates glide above
  2. location of sea floor spreading
  3. tectonic plates separate
  4. density x volume
  5. the lowest level of earth's atmosphere
  6. flatitude
  7. a cyclical flow of heat due to density diffs
  8. You're happy today, so you'll be happy tomorrow
  9. directly above the focus, on the surface
  10. the space an object occupies
  11. a violent shaking of the earth

24 Clues: flatitude • density x volume • slope, or steepness • 15 degrees per hour • a break in the crust • tectonic plates collide • tectonic plates separate • the solid crust of earth • the space an object occupies • travels slower than the P-wave • a violent shaking of the earth • location of sea floor spreading • lines connecting the N and S poles • star directly above the northern axis • ...

crossword earth 2021-01-08

crossword earth crossword puzzle
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  1. the central part of the earth below the mantle.
  2. the quality of a rock that is based on the sizes shapes and position of the rocks grain.
  3. a principle that states that geologic change occurs suddenly.
  4. the way in which a mineral reflects light.
  5. the process by which wind water ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
  6. the series of processes in which a rock forms changes from one type to another is destroyed and forms again by geologic processes.
  7. the scientific study of fossils.
  8. a substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds.
  9. a funnel shaped pit near the top of the central vent of a volcano.
  10. a vent or fissure in the earths surface through which magma and gases are expelled.
  11. a block of lithosphere the consist of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle.
  12. a principle that states that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by geologic process.
  13. the thin and solid outermost layer of the ear above mantle.
  14. the layer of rock between the earths crust and core.
  15. a volcanic active area of earths surface far from a tectonic plate boundary.
  16. a mineral that contains a combination of silicon oxygen and one or more metals.
  17. rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the earths surface.
  18. any method of determining whether an event or objects.
  19. the process in which material is laid down.
Down
  1. a mineral that does not contain compound of silicon oxygen.
  2. the manner in which a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surface.
  3. the strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.
  4. the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes of bands.
  5. the process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers.
  6. an opening at the surface of the earth through which volcanic material passes.
  7. the solid outer layer of the earth consist of the crust and rigid upper of the mantle.
  8. the process of returning land to the original condition after mining it completed.
  9. a natural material to be mined profitably.
  10. the body of molten rock that feeds a volcano.
  11. a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.
  12. an arrangement of rock layers in which the oldest rocks are at the bottom.
  13. an area of deep cracks that form between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other.
  14. a principle that states that younger rocks if the layers have not been disturbed.
  15. a naturally formed inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure.
  16. a wide flat land form that results from repeated nonexplosive eruptions of lava that spreads over a large area.
  17. the texture of metal morphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands.
  18. rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the earths surface.
  19. a measure of the ability of mineral to resist scratching.
  20. the ratio of the mass of substance to the volume to the substance.
  21. a solid whose atoms ions or molecules are arranged in a definite pattern.
  22. a large semicircular depression that forms when the magma chamber below a volcano partially empties and causes the ground above to sink.
  23. layers of rock.
  24. the color of the powder of a mineral.
  25. the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
  26. the splitting of a mineral along smooth flat surfaces.
  27. a substance that can not be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.

46 Clues: layers of rock. • the scientific study of fossils. • the color of the powder of a mineral. • a natural material to be mined profitably. • the way in which a mineral reflects light. • the process in which material is laid down. • the body of molten rock that feeds a volcano. • the central part of the earth below the mantle. • ...

Planet Earth 2020-10-06

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A natural or artificial body that orbits a planet
  2. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the Equator
  3. A huge ball of very hot gases in space
  4. the relationship between the distance shown on a map and the actual distance
  5. Distance between a place on the Earth's surface and the Greenwich Meridian
  6. A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface
  7. The imaginary line around which Earth rotates
  8. Imaginary line that runs around the earth and divides it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  9. A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface
  10. Numbers used to give the exact location of a place on the Earth
  11. An imaginary line that connects the North Pole and the South Pole
Down
  1. Imaginary line running through Greenwich, England, from the North to the South pole at 0 degrees longitude
  2. Distance between a place on the Earth's surface and the Equator
  3. Sun, planets, and other objects that orbit the sun
  4. A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
  5. A map that shows surface features of an area such as mountains, rivers, roads
  6. A large group of stars and planets held together by gravity
  7. The name of our galaxy, that contains the Earth and the Solar System
  8. Areas between two meridians sharing the same time
  9. The science of making maps
  10. One half of the Earth

21 Clues: One half of the Earth • The science of making maps • A huge ball of very hot gases in space • The imaginary line around which Earth rotates • A natural or artificial body that orbits a planet • Areas between two meridians sharing the same time • Sun, planets, and other objects that orbit the sun • An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the Equator • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2020-11-30

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where one plate moves under another
  2. is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic
  3. Occur at all three types of boundaries
  4. Center of an earthquake
  5. is a record written by a seismograph
  6. Reptile fossil found in South America and Africa
  7. crust, is the crust that is ender the world
  8. Island arc, a chain of volcanoes that develop parallel to a trench
  9. boundary, Two plates sliding past each other
  10. Wegener, is the scientist who made the theory on continental drift
  11. The central or innermost portion of the Earth
  12. boundary, Mountains are formed at
  13. spreading, The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor
  14. range, Series of mountains
  15. drift, Slow movement of continents
  16. Hess, The seafloor spreading theory was proposed by
  17. is the mineral that's a major component or continental crust
Down
  1. the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  2. deposits, Evidence that Africa was once cold
  3. is extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface
  4. waves, Move faster through denser or move rigid materials
  5. boundary, type of boundary do plates moves away from each other
  6. Form mostly at converging and diverging plate boundaries
  7. Andreas Fault, It is one of the most famous transform fault
  8. plumes, is an upwelling of abnormally hot rock within the Earth's mantle
  9. are long, narrow depressions on the seafloor
  10. spot, a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma
  11. Forms from the mantle and its recycled back into the mantle
  12. lithosphere, Divided into several parts
  13. is the outermost layer of a planet
  14. is a layer inside a planetary body
  15. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth

32 Clues: Center of an earthquake • range, Series of mountains • boundary, Mountains are formed at • is the outermost layer of a planet • is a layer inside a planetary body • drift, Slow movement of continents • where one plate moves under another • is a record written by a seismograph • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • Occur at all three types of boundaries • ...

Earth Science 2020-11-25

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a microplate very close to us
  2. government site monitoring earthquakes
  3. the word for magma exiting a volcano
  4. mountain build happens on this crust
  5. organ that collects oxygen from water
  6. history found in ocean bottom rock
  7. the iss takes pictures for students
  8. theory of movement of continents
  9. rigid upper mantle plus crusts
  10. the salmon found by the pointer finger
  11. helped to map Earth's internal structure
  12. he proposed the movement of continents
  13. the earth's natural satellite
  14. nasa probe that has left the solar system
Down
  1. mtns formed by India collision with Asia
  2. the denser of the 2 types of crust
  3. crust moving under another crust
  4. a plate found near Peru and Chile
  5. discovered by Harry Hess
  6. the solid part of the Earth's core
  7. both crusts moving toward each other
  8. a boundary, crusts are moving away
  9. protects earth from Sun's particles
  10. the fin on the back of a fish
  11. example is Africa splitting of continent
  12. minor plate at tip of Argentina
  13. the part of the mantle inside a volcano
  14. the bulk of Earth (84%)
  15. place new rock formed at ocean bottom
  16. name for landmass 260 million yrs ago
  17. your thumb reminds you of this fish
  18. salmon relating to your ring finger
  19. a drainage that collects all the water
  20. the planet that will host a helicopter
  21. large area of volcanoes and earthquakes

35 Clues: the bulk of Earth (84%) • discovered by Harry Hess • a microplate very close to us • the fin on the back of a fish • the earth's natural satellite • rigid upper mantle plus crusts • minor plate at tip of Argentina • crust moving under another crust • theory of movement of continents • a plate found near Peru and Chile • the denser of the 2 types of crust • ...

Earth 2 2021-05-05

Earth 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the type of weathering caused by chemical elements
  2. solid; rocky; relating to Earth
  3. are naturally occurring, solid, inorganic substances.
  4. people who study minerals
  5. One of the most ancient branches of astronomy, measuring the motion of astronomical beings
  6. rocks containing valuable materials
  7. a solid mass of geological materials
  8. physical and chemical breakdown of a rock
  9. The study of the sun, moon, stars, planets, comets, gases, galaxies, dust, and other non-earthly bodies & phenonema
  10. a chemical element with the symbol Au, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.
  11. Huge celestial bodies made up of mostly hydrogen (H) and helium (He)
  12. a granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.
  13. angle bar an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section.
  14. is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve varying mechanical and electrical properties.
  15. An important figure who impacted astronomy greatly
  16. the transport of rock particles, sediments, and soils by water, wind, or glaciers.
  17. the type of weathering caused by physical elements
  18. the type of weathering caused by biological elements
Down
  1. thin aluminum sheeting used especially to cover and wrap food
  2. A group of stars that seem to form an image
  3. a chemical element with the symbol Cu.
  4. The largest & longest of the 88 modern constellations, which its name means 'snake' in Greek
  5. a type of rocks formed by physical or chemical changes to an existing rock
  6. a type of rock made by accumulation of sediments
  7. Scientists who study astronomy involving invisible, and sometimes purely theoretical things
  8. the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance
  9. A close cousin to astronomy
  10. a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.
  11. The Greek plural term for 'clouds'
  12. a non-crystalline, often transparent amorphous

30 Clues: people who study minerals • A close cousin to astronomy • solid; rocky; relating to Earth • The Greek plural term for 'clouds' • rocks containing valuable materials • a solid mass of geological materials • a chemical element with the symbol Cu. • physical and chemical breakdown of a rock • A group of stars that seem to form an image • ...

Planet Earth 2021-06-02

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A hole in the earths crust that releases steam, ash and lava onto the surface
  2. Refers to the shininess of a material or how the light reflects off of it.
  3. The movement of rock and mineral grains from one place to another
  4. __________Scale used to measure the intensity of an earthquake.
  5. How easily a mineral is to scratch.
  6. The name for the super-continent.
  7. The silt, sand, mud, and gravel carried by rivers.
  8. ____________weathering where living things cause the breakdown of rocks over time.
  9. A hole in the earths crust that releases steam, ash and lava onto the surface
  10. The rock form created from layers of sediment settling upon one another
  11. Event when a tectonic plate moves or breaks suddenly.
  12. The break up or disintegration of rocks caused by mechanical, chemical, or biological sources
Down
  1. ___________weathering is the physical break up or disintegration of rocks caused by gravity, temperature change and frost wedging.
  2. Solid center of the earth.
  3. hot liquid rock from the mantle of the earth.
  4. A large crack in a rock or the Earth's crust.
  5. Preserved impressions in rock that represent living organisms from millions of years ago.
  6. The naturally occurring building block materials that make up rocks.
  7. The hard surface of the earth that we live on.
  8. _________weathering where chemicals present on the surface or in the atmosphere that when mixed with water react and cause disintegration of the rock.
  9. Hot fluid rock that is still beneath the earths surface
  10. A scientist that studies the earth.
  11. The process of placing materials that are carried by wind water and ice
  12. A type of rock formed from intense heat and pressure.
  13. The rock form created from hot magma coming up to the surface and cooling.
  14. When tectonic plates come together.
  15. The way a material breaks apart. It will break with smooth and flat/planes.
  16. When tectonic plates move apart.
  17. Very hot solid rock underneath the crust.
  18. Liquid iron and nickel at the center of the earth.

30 Clues: Solid center of the earth. • When tectonic plates move apart. • The name for the super-continent. • How easily a mineral is to scratch. • A scientist that studies the earth. • When tectonic plates come together. • Very hot solid rock underneath the crust. • hot liquid rock from the mantle of the earth. • A large crack in a rock or the Earth's crust. • ...

Earth Systems 2021-05-17

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the biosphere includes plants and animals, microscopic organisms such as
  2. rocks contain silica- silicon and oxygen
  3. made of plastic-like rock
  4. this is the only layer of the geosphere from which we can obtain samples
  5. describes all the living things on Earth
  6. this layer contains more than 80% of all gas found in the atmosphere
  7. causes winds in the Northern hemisphere to spin clockwise and counterclockwise in the Southern hemisphere
  8. made of molten iron and nickel
  9. made of hot, hard and strong plastic-like rock, the lower mantle.
  10. the total mass of that element compared to the mass of other elements
  11. water without salt in it
  12. is a mineral that makes up the majority of rocks in the crust
  13. the process of water seeping into the ground
  14. the international space station orbits in this layer of the atmosphere
  15. describes all the water on Earth
Down
  1. When a tectonic plate covered in oceanic crust converges or collides with a tectonic plate covered in continental crust, the oceanic plate sinks or _____ below the continental plate because it’s denser.
  2. the most abundant element in the atmosphere
  3. water evaporates out of the leaves through the small openings.
  4. the upper part of the mantle. It is made of soft, weak and viscous rock
  5. describes all the rocks found on and in Earth’s ground
  6. the most abundant element on Earth
  7. describes the air on Earth. It includes the gases that surround Earth
  8. made of solid iron and nickel
  9. crust is thick and made of granite. It is 30 to 60 km thick.
  10. the total volume of that element compared to the volume of other elements
  11. made of solid, cool and rigid rock, tectonic plates
  12. crust is very thin and dense. It is 5 to 8 km thick.
  13. 97% of all water on earth is ____

28 Clues: water without salt in it • made of plastic-like rock • made of solid iron and nickel • made of molten iron and nickel • describes all the water on Earth • 97% of all water on earth is ____ • the most abundant element on Earth • rocks contain silica- silicon and oxygen • describes all the living things on Earth • the most abundant element in the atmosphere • ...

Planet Earth 2022-06-10

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person or animal that lives in a particular place,
  2. bank, the land at either edge of a river,
  3. a young animal (bear),
  4. an animal that hunts other animals,
  5. the condition of being extremely poor,
  6. the distance from one side to another,
  7. the solid surface of the earth that lies under the ocean,
  8. the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day,
  9. an area of water smaller than a lake,
  10. bulb, a rounded glass container that produces light,
  11. range, a group of hills or mountains,
Down
  1. a meeting especially one that happens by chance,
  2. (of the weather or the sea) having strong winds or big waves,
  3. eruption, an occasion when a volcano explodes,
  4. relating to forms of energy produced by for example the sun,
  5. the distance across something from one side to the other,
  6. the measurement of something from end to end,
  7. a movement of water in a particular direction,
  8. an animal that is killed for food by another animal,
  9. the ability to do things that need physical or mental effort,
  10. the distance down from the top of something to the bottom,
  11. the quality of being tall,
  12. not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants,

23 Clues: a young animal (bear), • the quality of being tall, • an animal that hunts other animals, • an area of water smaller than a lake, • range, a group of hills or mountains, • the condition of being extremely poor, • the distance from one side to another, • bank, the land at either edge of a river, • the measurement of something from end to end, • ...

Earth Science! 2022-10-23

Earth Science! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ____ sites are becoming more vulnerable because development often destroys natural defenses such as wetlands and sand dunes
  2. Examines the mixture of gasses that is held to the planet by gravity and thins rapidly with altitude
  3. science, the name for all the sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth
  4. _____ produces a variety of weather, which creates the basic pattern of global climates
  5. External processes include erosional effects of water, ____ , and ice
  6. astronomy is useful in probing the ____, of our environment
  7. Oceanography is the study of the composition and movements of seawater, coastal processes,____ topography, and marine life
  8. _____ geology examines the materials composing Earth and seeks to understand the processes that operate beneath and upon its surface
  9. The global trend toward ____, concentrates millions of people into places that are vulnerable to natural hazards
  10. Strives to establish an orderly _____ arrangement of the physical and biological changes that have occurred in the geologic past
  11. Earth Science Is ____ Science. It explores important relationships between people and the natural environment
  12. Geologic time scale - divides the 4.6-***-year history into different units and provides a ____, time frame within which the events of the geologic past are arranged
  13. The scientific study of the universe, which includes the observation and interpretation of celestial bodies and phenomena
Down
  1. _____ areas are exposed to seismic (earthquake) and volcanic hazards due to inappropriate land use and poor construction practices, along with rapid population growth
  2. ____ activities alter the composition of the atmosphere - air pollution and global climate change is an example of people influencing Earth Processes
  3. River flooding can be drastically ____ by clearing forests, building cities, and constructing dams
  4. Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and atmospheric phenomena; the study of ____ and climate
  5. ____ the scientific study of the oceans and oceanic phenomena
  6. earth science includes geology, oceanography, meteorology, and _______
  7. Sea level rise____ to global warming
  8. Geologic time is the span of time since the formation of Earth, about 4.6 ____ years
  9. ______ geology's goal is to understand the origin of Earth and the development through its 4.6-billion-year history
  10. the science that examines Earth, its form and composition, and the changes it has undergone and is undergoing aka "study of earth".
  11. geology comes before Earth history
  12. ______ includes water and soil, metallic and nonmetallic minerals, and energy. It also creates the foundation of modern civilization
  13. Internal forces include earthquakes, ____ , volcanic structures
  14. Natural ___, Includes volcanoes, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, and hurricanes
  15. Alterations to the environment that were intended to ____, society often have the opposite effect

28 Clues: geology comes before Earth history • Sea level rise____ to global warming • astronomy is useful in probing the ____, of our environment • ____ the scientific study of the oceans and oceanic phenomena • Internal forces include earthquakes, ____ , volcanic structures • External processes include erosional effects of water, ____ , and ice • ...

Earth Processes 2022-08-21

Earth Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the removal of soil by water
  2. the center part of the earth
  3. the laying down of sediment carried by the wind
  4. a thin layer of gases that surrounds the earth.
  5. water leaving the land or surface
  6. the solid part of earth's interior
  7. is the solid earth made of rock soil, minerals that exist on the surface.
  8. the physical wearing of earths surface by wind
  9. is the place where life exists in all forms.
  10. the arrangement of features on the surface of the earth
  11. causes rocks to crumble
Down
  1. dont know-
  2. a body of rock that holds groundwater.
  3. the weather conditions in the area
  4. water that is beneath the earth's surface
  5. dont know.
  6. is water that is on the surface of the earth
  7. an area of land that separates water flowing to different rivers.
  8. is the solid outer part of the earth
  9. dont know yet
  10. breaking down of substances such as rocks and minerals

21 Clues: dont know- • dont know. • dont know yet • causes rocks to crumble • the removal of soil by water • the center part of the earth • water leaving the land or surface • the weather conditions in the area • the solid part of earth's interior • is the solid outer part of the earth • a body of rock that holds groundwater. • water that is beneath the earth's surface • ...

earth science 2016-09-15

earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The saltiness of water
  2. A mass of glacial land ice
  3. The second layer of the ocean
  4. The land area where water enters the ground and replenish the ground water
  5. Sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years
  6. Land areas where water covers the surface for significant periods
  7. The process in which liquid water changes into vapor
  8. The process that ice can directly transform into water vapor
  9. inland bodies of fresh or saline water
  10. The movement of water around the earth's surface
  11. An aquifer in which groundwater is free to rise up to its natural level
Down
  1. The total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock
  2. The water trapped and held down by pressure between rock above the aquifer
  3. Permanent body of ice
  4. Passageway where particles and dissolved substances are transported
  5. The total amount of water in the planet
  6. A moving body of surface water that flows downslope toward sea level because of gravity
  7. The are where the ground water where the groundwater flows out of the aquifer
  8. The average length of time spent by water molecule in a reservoir
  9. Fresh water found in the rock and soil layers beneath the surface
  10. The large bodies of fresh or saline water

21 Clues: Permanent body of ice • The saltiness of water • A mass of glacial land ice • The second layer of the ocean • inland bodies of fresh or saline water • The total amount of water in the planet • The large bodies of fresh or saline water • The movement of water around the earth's surface • The total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock • ...

Earth Structure 2016-10-19

Earth Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle together make up a zone of rigid,brittle rock called?
  2. Which one of the earth layers that mostly consists of iron and nickel?
  3. ___ mantle has a temperature in a range of 1,400°C – 3,000°C
  4. Which part of earth's mantle with the thickness of only 100 km?
  5. The thinnest earth layer
  6. Inner core radiates its heat by?
  7. mostly of oxygen and ____.
  8. Term used when all the continents were joined to be one giant continent.
  9. made
  10. ____ in the outer core generates the magnetic field.
Down
  1. The middle layer of earth's interior layer.
  2. The theory of plate tectonics was proposed at the beginning of the last century by a German scientist named _____
  3. ___ layers differ in chemical composition.
  4. Tectonic plates move because of convection currents in the Earth’s mantle. These are driven by the ____ produced by the decay of radioactive elements inside the Earth.
  5. The continental crust is broken into pieces called ____ plates.
  6. ____ rocks are made when molten rock cools down and solidifies.
  7. Texture of earth's inner core.
  8. ____ occur when molten rock pushes up through weaknesses in the crust.
  9. ____ layers differ in their strength or rigidity. These layers do not correspond on a one-to-one basis with the compositional layers.
  10. Type of earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins.

20 Clues: made • The thinnest earth layer • mostly of oxygen and ____. • Texture of earth's inner core. • Inner core radiates its heat by? • ___ layers differ in chemical composition. • The middle layer of earth's interior layer. • ____ in the outer core generates the magnetic field. • Type of earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins. • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2016-10-27

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the condition of equilibrium, comparable to floating, of units of the lithosphere above the asthenosphere
  2. with no net electric charge and a mass slightly larger than that of a proton
  3. a geological landform that rises significantly above the surrounding land
  4. a steep-sided, usually circular depression formed by either explosion or collapse at a volcanic vent
  5. breakdown of rock due to physical or chamical change
  6. the layer of gases (air), that surrounds a planet or moon
  7. the study of earthquakes, and of the structure of the Earth by both natural and artificially generated seismic waves
  8. a ridge-shaped fold of stratified rock in which the strata slope downward from the crest
  9. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch
  10. rocks formed from years of sediment compacting together and becoming hard
  11. pertaining to fragmented rock material formed by a volcanic explosion or ejection from a volcanic vent
  12. the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents
  13. a crack or fracture in the earth's surface in which there has been movement of one or both sides relative to the other
  14. is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity
  15. a coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments (> 2 mm) within a matrix of finer grained material
  16. the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water
  17. change in phase from a liquid to a gas
  18. a period of time in Earth's history when large ice sheets covered the Polar regions of the Earth
  19. the prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases
  20. a mudflow composed chiefly of pyroclastic material on the flanks of a volcano
  21. is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface, which is commonly refined into various types of fuels
  22. a description of the physical features of an area of land
  23. alignment of minerals in a metamorphic rock, producing a layered appearance
  24. a steep-sided rounded extrusion of highly viscous lava squeezed out from a volcano and forming a dome-shaped or bulbous mass above and around the volcanic vent
  25. the outermost layer of the Earth
  26. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  27. 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.
  28. evidence in rock of the presence of past life, such as a dinosaur bone, an ancient clam shell, or the footprint of a long-extinct animal as well as life history artifacts.
Down
  1. pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed by the emplacement of magma in pre-existing rocks
  2. a trough or fold of stratified rock in which the strata slope upward from the axis
  3. the formation, advance and retreat of glaciers and the results of these activities
  4. either the northern or southern half of the Earth as divided by the equator, or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian
  5. flat and low landform located near the mouth of a river
  6. outward movement of winds from a high-pressure zone
  7. molten rock under the Earth's surface
  8. the direct change from the solid to the vapor phase
  9. the solid layer of rock under the loose surface (soil, clay, gravel, sand) of the Earth
  10. are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere.
  11. weathering processes that are the result of chemical reactions
  12. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  13. a volcano that is composed of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic material, along with abundant dikes and sills. Viscous, intermediate lava may flow from a central vent
  14. glacial deposits laid down directly by glaciers or laid down in lakes, ocean, or streams as result of glacial activity
  15. it is a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of a volcano into itself, making it a large, special form of volcanic crater.
  16. a large wave produced from an earthquake underwater
  17. is a statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together
  18. the gaseous state of water
  19. 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
  20. the removal of sediments by wind/running water/gravity/ice
  21. the loose upper layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow
  22. it is a colloid of fine solid particles or liquid droplets, in air or another gas.

50 Clues: the gaseous state of water • the outermost layer of the Earth • molten rock under the Earth's surface • change in phase from a liquid to a gas • outward movement of winds from a high-pressure zone • the direct change from the solid to the vapor phase • a large wave produced from an earthquake underwater • breakdown of rock due to physical or chamical change • ...

Earth Science 2017-01-28

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the edge of a plate
  2. plate boundary in which the plates move toward each other
  3. continental margin far from a plate boundary
  4. rigid layer composed of rust and upper mantle
  5. solid outer layer of the earth
  6. zone where one plate moves under another plate
  7. level ocean floor
  8. plastic layer in the upper mantle
  9. The earth's lithosphere is composed of 8 large (and many small) _____.
Down
  1. melted rock from the mantle
  2. molten inner layer of the earth
  3. shallow seafloor surrounding continents
  4. underwater mountain range
  5. narrow deep ocean floor
  6. weather patterns of the ancient past
  7. plume of rising magma not on a plate boundary
  8. plate boundary in which the plates move away from each other
  9. solid center of the earth
  10. hot, deformable layer of the earth
  11. continental margin on a plate boundary
  12. plate boundary in which the plates move horizontally along the boundary
  13. Meteorologist who first proposed continental drift theory

22 Clues: level ocean floor • the edge of a plate • narrow deep ocean floor • underwater mountain range • solid center of the earth • melted rock from the mantle • solid outer layer of the earth • molten inner layer of the earth • plastic layer in the upper mantle • hot, deformable layer of the earth • weather patterns of the ancient past • continental margin on a plate boundary • ...

The Earth 2017-01-31

The Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A blend of gases that envelops and protects the Earth
  2. Includes metamorphism, erosion and melting
  3. That's what you study if you want to know more about eruptions
  4. That's what you study if you're very interested in the Earth
  5. The study of climate
  6. All the water on Earth, in all physical states, is called like that
  7. The singer of Queen
  8. The scientific study of the weather
  9. That's what you are passionate about if you want to study earthquakes
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  1. They can be open or closed or isolated
  2. It's formed by all living organisms
  3. The 44th President of the USA
  4. Includes the hydrosphere, the atmosphere and the lithosphere
  5. The study of the movement, distribution, and quality of salt water on Earth
  6. The rocky, external layer of the Earth
  7. When geology... goes back through history
  8. The study of the movement, distribution, and quality of fresh water on Earth
  9. It's made up of never ending exchanges of water
  10. A system of food chains
  11. It's about the movement of plates

20 Clues: The singer of Queen • The study of climate • A system of food chains • The 44th President of the USA • It's about the movement of plates • It's formed by all living organisms • The scientific study of the weather • They can be open or closed or isolated • The rocky, external layer of the Earth • When geology... goes back through history • ...

The Earth 2017-02-02

The Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
  2. a piece of land almost surrounded by water
  3. these are toxic and dirty substances that pollute the environment
  4. energy obtained from nature
  5. dangerous place from which emits lava
  6. it is process which cause fast industrial development
  7. substances friendly for environment
  8. it is substance which is very healthy and useful for people
  9. piece of land surrounded by water
  10. a low area of land between hills or mountains
Down
  1. for example Atakama
  2. very high and dangerous form of land
  3. it take place when somewhere is too many people
  4. large natural sandpit
  5. place where was lived Ann Shirley
  6. person who deal with environment and take care about it
  7. a place on the coast where ships may find shelter
  8. all things that live together and affect each other
  9. colorful underwater rock which usually consist of living organisms
  10. elektromagnetic waves which may be used to cure cancer
  11. floating mass of ice
  12. for example Niagara
  13. place where rubbish are stored
  14. major cause of air pollution in big cities
  15. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

25 Clues: for example Atakama • for example Niagara • floating mass of ice • large natural sandpit • energy obtained from nature • place where rubbish are stored • place where was lived Ann Shirley • piece of land surrounded by water • substances friendly for environment • very high and dangerous form of land • dangerous place from which emits lava • ...

Earth Science 2018-04-29

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how a trait is expressed (example: brown hair)
  2. body system that moves the bones in your body
  3. body system that informs your body what to do through electrical signals in the brain
  4. the specific alleles for a trait (example: Rr)
  5. type of organism that consumes another organism as a source of energy
  6. cell organelle that turns sunlight into glucose in plant cells
  7. type of organism that can produce its own food
  8. cell organelle that is a jelly-like substance that fills the cell
  9. body system that spreads blood and nutrients around in your body
  10. body system that fights disease and infection
  11. body system that is made out of bone
  12. One organism benefits while the other is harmed over a long period of time
  13. Process that requires sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. It turns these ingredients into glucose and oxygen.
  14. body system that allows you to breathe and receive oxygen
Down
  1. type of cell with a nucleus
  2. cell organelle that stores water
  3. cell organelle that acts as the control center
  4. One organism benefits while the other is harmed
  5. type of cell that has no nucleus
  6. process that requires glucose and oxygen, it produces carbon dioxide, energy, and water.
  7. body system that processes your food and turns it into energy
  8. wall cell organelle that provides a rigid box shape to plant cells
  9. Both organisms benefit
  10. One organism benefits while the other is stays neutral
  11. cell organelle that produces energy for the cell

25 Clues: Both organisms benefit • type of cell with a nucleus • cell organelle that stores water • type of cell that has no nucleus • body system that is made out of bone • body system that moves the bones in your body • body system that fights disease and infection • how a trait is expressed (example: brown hair) • cell organelle that acts as the control center • ...

Earth Systems 2019-05-08

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Winds in a large area
  2. A mass of cold air
  3. The lower layer of the thermosphere
  4. How humid a place is compared to the temperature
  5. Prefix for middle
  6. Water turning into vapor and going to the air
  7. A mass of air that won't move
  8. This is where weather occurs
  9. Water falling from the air
  10. Only occurs in the troposphere
  11. Taking care of something
  12. Hair like clouds
  13. This is where the ozone layer is
  14. The quality of the air
  15. Rainy/Storm
Down
  1. Heat through fluids
  2. Winds in a small area
  3. the cover of gases surrounding the earth
  4. The middle layer of the atmosphere
  5. Usually associated with clear skies
  6. A difference in air pressure causing movement
  7. A mass of air
  8. Breezes from land to sea
  9. Evaporation on plants
  10. The theory that because the Earth is rotating, the wind will move in different directions
  11. The outermost layer in our atmosphere
  12. Breezes from the sea to land
  13. Layered clouds
  14. Usually associated with cloudy, rainy weather
  15. Bad air quality
  16. This contains the ionosphere and the exosphere are
  17. A narrow band of very strong air currents encircling the globe
  18. A mass of warm air
  19. Puffy clouds
  20. Rain Rain full of pollutants

35 Clues: Rainy/Storm • Puffy clouds • A mass of air • Layered clouds • Bad air quality • Hair like clouds • Prefix for middle • A mass of cold air • A mass of warm air • Heat through fluids • Winds in a small area • Winds in a large area • Evaporation on plants • The quality of the air • Breezes from land to sea • Taking care of something • Water falling from the air • Breezes from the sea to land • ...

Earth Sience 2019-11-14

Earth Sience crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a collection of one or more minerals.
  2. Cracking of rock mass by the expansion of water as it freezes in crevices and cracks.
  3. is a general term that refers to all changes in the original shape and size of a rock body.
  4. energy moving outward from the focus of an earthquake.
  5. magma that is forced to the surface.
  6. Mountain frequently occur in elongate linear belts.
  7. Processes at or near Earth's surface that cause rocks and minerals break down
  8. Molten rock from which minerals are formed.
  9. is a large wave occurring in an enclosed body of water such as a lake and sometimes referred to as a slosh.
  10. process of removing Earth minerals from their original sites through weathering and transport.
  11. is the force per unit area acting on a solid.
Down
  1. the total amount of water on a planet.
  2. is a change in shape or volume of a body of rock as a result of stress.
  3. rocks that are formed from the accumulation of deposited rock particles, fragments and organic material underwater.
  4. Changes in rock composition or texture.
  5. made of silicon and oxygen and make up 92% of Earth's crust.
  6. Flowing water will lift and carry small sediments such as silt and sand.
  7. Vibration of the Earth produced by the rapid release of energy.
  8. large ice fields that slowly flow downhill over time.
  9. thinnest section on earth’s crust is found beneath.

20 Clues: magma that is forced to the surface. • a collection of one or more minerals. • the total amount of water on a planet. • Changes in rock composition or texture. • Molten rock from which minerals are formed. • is the force per unit area acting on a solid. • Mountain frequently occur in elongate linear belts. • thinnest section on earth’s crust is found beneath. • ...

WJEC Earth 2023-07-05

WJEC Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The theory that states that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into several large and small plates
  2. Supercontinent made up of all the continents joined together. It was this that ‘drifted’ apart in the idea of continental drift
  3. Rocks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean are younger than those at the edge. This shows evidence of _____ _____ ________
  4. The type of fit of the edges of the continents observed by Wegener
  5. The opening at the top of a volcano
  6. These are found in the mantle and cause the movement of the tectonic plates
  7. Similar ones found on different continents and provide evidence for continental drift
  8. The boundary where two tectonic plates collide
  9. The scientist who first proposed the theory of continental drift
  10. The unit of measurement for the distance moved by tectonic plates each year
  11. Solid, hot and made of iron and nickel
Down
  1. The explosive release of volcanic ash, gases, and rocks
  2. These form at constructive and destructive plate boundaries
  3. A sudden shaking or trembling of the ground caused by volcanic activity
  4. The boundary where two tectonic plates collide and one is forced beneath the other
  5. The molten rock that erupts from a volcano
  6. Found outside the earth's crust
  7. The boundary where two tectonic plates move apart
  8. The solid outermost layer of the Earth
  9. The boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  10. Liquid iron and nickel too and very hot
  11. The layer of the Earth located between the crust and the core

22 Clues: Found outside the earth's crust • The opening at the top of a volcano • The solid outermost layer of the Earth • Solid, hot and made of iron and nickel • Liquid iron and nickel too and very hot • The molten rock that erupts from a volcano • The boundary where two tectonic plates collide • The boundary where two tectonic plates move apart • ...

Puzzling Earth 2024-01-19

Puzzling Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two tectonic plates come together
  2. Antineutrinos produced by the decay of the radioactive elements in the Earth.
  3. The solid, hot inner part of the mantle
  4. The more stable ending isotope after radioactive decay.
  5. The emission of energy (ionizing radiation)
  6. The thick part of Earth's crust that makes up land.
  7. The thinner, denser layer of Earth's crust made up of the ocean
  8. Measures the amount of radioactive material left in an object and compares it to the amount of decay product.
  9. Waves that are caused by sudden movement of materials in the Earth, tectonic plates.
  10. The original unstable isotope.
Down
  1. The theory of how land forms are created based on the movements inside the Earth.
  2. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. Cycles that are driven by heat occurring in the mantle.
  4. The liquid outside layer around the Inner Core.
  5. A rock in space that falls down to Earth.
  6. Semi-solid thickest layer of the Earth.
  7. The solid, iron, innermost layer in the center of the Earth.
  8. The solid outer part of the Earth composed of the crust and upper mantle.
  9. The semi solid upper mantle underneath the lithosphere.
  10. When two tectonic plates slide past each other.

20 Clues: The original unstable isotope. • When two tectonic plates come together • Semi-solid thickest layer of the Earth. • The solid, hot inner part of the mantle • A rock in space that falls down to Earth. • The emission of energy (ionizing radiation) • The liquid outside layer around the Inner Core. • When two tectonic plates slide past each other. • ...

Restless Earth 2024-01-05

Restless Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the theory that explains how large pieces of tectonic plates move and change shape
  2. What is magma that flows on Earth's surface
  3. What is a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  4. What is an opening at the surface of Earth through which volcanic material passes
  5. What is the block below the fault plane
  6. What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  7. What is the movement of matter due to differences in density
  8. What is molten rock material that contains trapped gas under the Earth's surface
  9. What is a vent or fissure in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
  10. What type of stress squeezes or pushes rock together
  11. What is the block above all blocks except a vertical vault
Down
  1. What is the process by which rock changes shape under stress
  2. What is the crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other
  3. What type of stress stretches or pulls rocks apart
  4. Name the location where two fault blocks meet
  5. What is a volcanically active area of Earth's surface
  6. What type of stress pushes rocks in parallel but opposite directions
  7. What is the supercontinent thst formed 300 million years ago
  8. What is the boundary between tectonic plates that colliding
  9. Name the process that occurs when rock layers bend under stress

20 Clues: What is the block below the fault plane • What is magma that flows on Earth's surface • Name the location where two fault blocks meet • What type of stress stretches or pulls rocks apart • What type of stress squeezes or pushes rock together • What is a volcanically active area of Earth's surface • What is the block above all blocks except a vertical vault • ...

EARTH (Easy) 2023-11-29

EARTH (Easy) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Used to compare means of two groups?
  2. Simulation model used to calculate outcomes from random variables
  3. type ____, false-positive error
  4. extreme data point
  5. hypothesis denoted by H0
  6. measures dispersion in squared units
  7. _____ is used to determine the relationship between two variables
  8. correlation that results from bias or manipulation of data
  9. simplest measure of dispersion
  10. what is the standard error with standard deviation of 30 and sample size of 25?
Down
  1. hypothesis denoted by H1
  2. non-robust measure of dispersion, abbr
  3. type ____, false-negative error
  4. best professor ever!
  5. non-robust measure of central tendency
  6. a mass movement of Earth material down a slope
  7. divides the data into four equal segments
  8. difference denoted by (y-ŷ)
  9. analysis tool for variance
  10. robust measure of central tendency
  11. Assumes sampling distribution of mean will be normal abbr

21 Clues: extreme data point • best professor ever! • hypothesis denoted by H1 • hypothesis denoted by H0 • analysis tool for variance • difference denoted by (y-ŷ) • simplest measure of dispersion • type ____, false-negative error • type ____, false-positive error • robust measure of central tendency • Used to compare means of two groups? • measures dispersion in squared units • ...

Earth Science 2023-11-09

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When the sun starts rising and the ocean starts receding.
  2. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.
  3. a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook.
  4. the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  5. Happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth.
  6. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another.
  7. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust.
  8. a space of partial illumination between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
  9. the tidal phase during which the tidal current is flowing seaward
Down
  1. the second layer of a star's atmosphere, located above the photosphere and below the solar transition region and corona.
  2. water at its lowest level, as in a stream
  3. When a tidal current moves toward the land and away from the sea
  4. the bottom of a sea or ocean.
  5. The oldest eon and dates from 4.5–4.0 billion years ago.
  6. coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.
  7. an occasion when the sun looks like it is completely or partially covered with a dark circle because the moon is between the sun and the Earth.
  8. the season between winter and summer.
  9. The third season of the year, coming after summer and before winter.
  10. a period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other.
  11. The warmest season of the year

20 Clues: the bottom of a sea or ocean. • The warmest season of the year • the season between winter and summer. • water at its lowest level, as in a stream • coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring. • the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust • Happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth. • ...

Earth Formation 2024-01-03

Earth Formation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth land masses
  2. A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
  3. largest layer of the earth. This layer contains hot rock, below the crust.
  4. Earth's outermost layer.
  5. A group of parts that work together as a whole (Such as the Earth)
  6. Earth's outermost layer.
  7. Form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred between molecules through molecular collisions or direct contact.
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  10. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
  11. Core layer of a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth. It is solid due to immense pressure
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  2. The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  3. core layer of molten metal, movement of the liquid causes Earth's Magnetic Field
  4. the ability to do work
  5. A usually light colored igneous rock that is coarse grained and found in continental crust
  6. Forces that Build up Earth (Volcanoes & Earthquakes)
  7. dark, fine grained, makes up oceanic crust
  8. Forces that Wear away land (Weathering & Erosion)
  9. All the water on earth
  10. Occurs in mantle and outer core, heat transfer by movement of a liquid
  11. Force which pulled dust, ice, and gasses together to form Earth

22 Clues: Earth land masses • the ability to do work • All the water on earth • Earth's outermost layer. • Earth's outermost layer. • A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth • dark, fine grained, makes up oceanic crust • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves • Forces that Wear away land (Weathering & Erosion) • Forces that Build up Earth (Volcanoes & Earthquakes) • ...

Puzzling Earth 2024-01-09

Puzzling Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Outer part of the earth.
  2. Current made by moving fluid.
  3. Below lithosphere made of upper mantle.
  4. Ocean.
  5. Largest part of the inside of earth.
  6. Result of radioactive decay.
  7. What is destroyed due to radioactive decay.
  8. Land.
  9. Where two or more continental crusts meet.
  10. Something generated by radioactive decay.
Down
  1. Part of the lithosphere that moves.
  2. A rock that falls from space.
  3. Two or more plates move away from each other.
  4. This goes through the earth due to earth quakes and it can't be seen.
  5. This is in the earth and is 9,392 degrees Fahrenheit.
  6. An unstable nucleus loses energy due to radioactivity.
  7. How you find a half life of an element.
  8. 84% of earths volume.
  9. Two or more plates slide past and nothing happens.
  10. Made of iron and makes magnetic field.

20 Clues: Land. • Ocean. • 84% of earths volume. • Outer part of the earth. • Result of radioactive decay. • A rock that falls from space. • Current made by moving fluid. • Part of the lithosphere that moves. • Largest part of the inside of earth. • Made of iron and makes magnetic field. • How you find a half life of an element. • Below lithosphere made of upper mantle. • ...

Puzzling Earth 2024-01-24

Puzzling Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. isotopes decaying creating heat
  2. space rock that lands on earth
  3. largest layer under crust
  4. ground above water
  5. where plates smash into each other
  6. New isotope formed from decay
  7. neutrino emitted from decay
  8. currents that transfer heat in the earth
Down
  1. Vibration caused by movement in the earth
  2. main part of mantle
  3. where plates move away from each other
  4. solid crust and upper mantle
  5. tectonic plates sliding beside each other
  6. isotope that decays
  7. ground under water
  8. dating technique used to date rocks
  9. theory of tectonic plates
  10. solid center of earth
  11. Liquid part of Earth´s center
  12. third layer of the atmosphere

20 Clues: ground under water • ground above water • main part of mantle • isotope that decays • solid center of earth • theory of tectonic plates • largest layer under crust • neutrino emitted from decay • solid crust and upper mantle • Liquid part of Earth´s center • third layer of the atmosphere • New isotope formed from decay • space rock that lands on earth • isotopes decaying creating heat • ...

Earth Science 2024-05-17

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust bending without breaking.
  2. A rock that has been changed from their original form.
  3. Hot or cold mixture of water and rock fragments that flows down the slopes of a volcano.
  4. The innermost part of Earth.
  5. One of the super continets that formed when pangaea split in two
  6. The outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere
  7. large portions of land on the earths surface.
  8. A metamorphic rock known as greenstone.
  9. Sandstone, limestone, and shale.
  10. liquid, is about 1300 miles (2092 km) thick.
  11. First landmass exists.
Down
  1. Parts of earths crust.
  2. hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
  3. The molten rock in the mantel.
  4. 100km of rigid rock inculding part of the crust and upper mantel.
  5. When a rock is folded downwards.
  6. The hot Semi-solid layer beneath the crust.
  7. A large split or crack in earths crust.
  8. The outer layer of the earth.
  9. Blocks of rock broken apart pushed upwards.

20 Clues: Parts of earths crust. • First landmass exists. • The innermost part of Earth. • The outer layer of the earth. • The molten rock in the mantel. • crust bending without breaking. • When a rock is folded downwards. • Sandstone, limestone, and shale. • A large split or crack in earths crust. • A metamorphic rock known as greenstone. • The outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere • ...

Earth Rover 2024-03-07

Earth Rover crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Native name of Italian city, shares etymology with a French Emperor (6)
  2. Korean food made from salted and fermented vegetables (6)
  3. Holiday resort nation in the Indian Ocean (8)
  4. African River (Two nations take their name from it) (5)
  5. Nicknamed the 'City of Eternal Spring', was once home to Pablo Escobar's cartel (8)
  6. Body of airplane (8)
  7. Commonly spoken language in Brazil, Angola, Mozambique & Portugal (10)
  8. Country name is translated, meaning 'village' (6)
  9. Italian flat bread combined with tomato and cheese (5)
  10. Made up French Indochina along with Vietnam & Cambodia (4)
  11. Part of the name of 4 countries, etymology is the Portuguese word for black people living South of the River Senegal (6)
Down
  1. Capital of second largest South American country (11)
  2. Asian capital city, roughly the size of Wales (5)
  3. Spanish archipelago off the coast of Africa, also a yellow songbird (6)
  4. This city is the birthplace of Jazz (10)
  5. Northernmost city of the United Kingdom (9)
  6. Lake in Western Europe, has a Freddie Mercury statue overlooking it (6)
  7. Its capital cities could be either Tbilisi or Atlanta (7)
  8. Code for airport named after young American President (3)
  9. Country of origin of music styles ska and reggae (7)
  10. Code for airport named after French WW2 Hero & President (3)
  11. Location of the Oracle in Ancient Greece (6)

22 Clues: Body of airplane (8) • This city is the birthplace of Jazz (10) • Northernmost city of the United Kingdom (9) • Location of the Oracle in Ancient Greece (6) • Holiday resort nation in the Indian Ocean (8) • Asian capital city, roughly the size of Wales (5) • Country name is translated, meaning 'village' (6) • Country of origin of music styles ska and reggae (7) • ...

Earth Word 2023-10-25

Earth Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a network of satellites and receiving devices used to determine the location of something on Earth
  2. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates
  3. a chain or group of islands that forms from volcanic activity along a subduction zone
  4. what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
  5. the layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores
  6. a long crack in the surface of the earth
  7. A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another
  8. he is most remembered as the originator of continental drift hypothesis
  9. the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts
  10. the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water
  11. any of several continuous submarine mountain chains rising from the ocean floor
  12. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth
  13. When two plates come together
  14. smaller earthquakes that occur in the same general area during the days to years following a larger event or "mainshock."
Down
  1. openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface
  2. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth
  3. a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
  4. the movement of an ice sheet over a land surface
  5. a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface
  6. the predicted future landmass might be extremely hot, plagued by volcanoes and largely inhospitable
  7. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  8. the outermost solid layer of the lithospheric tectonic plates under the oceans that covers much of the Earth's surface
  9. The relative movement between the two sides of a geologic fault.
  10. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  11. The density- and heat-driven cycling, transfer or circulation of energy through which material initially warms up and becomes relatively less dense
  12. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  13. a series of extremely long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean
  14. the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice
  15. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  16. a transverse or longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth

30 Clues: When two plates come together • a long crack in the surface of the earth • the movement of an ice sheet over a land surface • places where plates slide sideways past each other • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • The relative movement between the two sides of a geologic fault. • ...

Earth Science 2023-10-16

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solid thickest layer of the Earth.
  2. It create their own food.
  3. The meaning of this word is vapor or steam.
  4. He postulated the idea that the planet is formed out of nebula.
  5. The totality of all the life form on Earth.
  6. The northern lights is found in the _____.
  7. Smallest known particle.
  8. It is the outermost layer.
  9. It is the lowest layer of the atmosphere.
Down
  1. Carl Friedrich Von Weizsacker proposed the ________.
  2. An interstellar cloud of dust and gases.
  3. Negatively charged atom.
  4. All the abiotic and biotic factors are found in this area.
  5. The building blocks of matter.
  6. It is formed of a dense interstellar cloud.
  7. It is considered as the third and last boundary.
  8. Gerald P. Kuiper is what kind of astronomer.
  9. It slows down the meteors that enter our Earth.
  10. According to _______, the sun extended the hot atmosphere throughout the solar system.
  11. It is considered as a closed system.

20 Clues: Negatively charged atom. • Smallest known particle. • It create their own food. • It is the outermost layer. • The building blocks of matter. • It is considered as a closed system. • The solid thickest layer of the Earth. • An interstellar cloud of dust and gases. • It is the lowest layer of the atmosphere. • The northern lights is found in the _____. • ...

Earth Science 2023-10-12

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is an inorganic, naturally occurring solid that has definite chemical composition and atomic structure.
  2. What is this theory that also known as Parallel Universe?
  3. This is mostly made up of methane simple chemical compound that is made up of C & H atoms.
  4. This is the operation of logging trees or clearing of forested land.
  5. What is this theory that implies that the universe started from a point of singularity?
  6. What is this theory that presented by Alan Guth,Andrei Linde,Paul Steinhart & Andy Albrecht in 1980?
  7. What is a device that stores enery?
  8. What is this hypothetical kind of matter that cannot be seen w/ telescope?
  9. Who proposed the Bigbang Theory?
  10. This is used to build and maintain an organism's body.
  11. What is the other term or name of the lithosphere?
  12. Cannot be replenished or regenerated on a human time cycle.
  13. This includes the rocks of the crust & mantle,the metalic liquid outer core, and the solid metalic inner core.
  14. What is the process where liquid vapor changes into water droplets?
  15. Can be replenished or regenerated on a human time cycle.
  16. This dissolves & transports chemicals within and to and from a cell.
  17. What is the organisms that use light or chemical energy to run their life processes?
  18. This is the water that falls to the earth when it's raining.
  19. This is the movement of water into the ground from the surface.
  20. What do you find in atmosphere that surround the Earth's air?
  21. What is the rock that form from exposure to intense heat or pressure?
  22. It is the ability to resist being scratched.
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  1. What is the process where liquid water changes into water vapor?
  2. What is the energy that offers an enormous & clean energy?
  3. What is this theory that proposed by Albert Einstein & Richard Tolman (1930)?
  4. What is the loose surface material that covers most land?
  5. What is the rock that form the compaction and cementation of sediments?
  6. This is the movement of solid, liquid and gaseous water through the atmosphere.
  7. This influences how quickly atoms & molecules move.
  8. This subsystem is the total amount of water that includes water on the surface, underground, and air.
  9. This is when a mineral breaks irregularly.
  10. What is the rock that form from the cooling & solidification of lava or magma?
  11. This is the way in which a mineral breaks along smooth flat planes.
  12. This is a great cloud of gas & dust (nebula) collapse because of a gravitational pull.
  13. What is the Electric power distribution company in the Philippines?
  14. What is this theory that expands has no beginning or end?
  15. What is a thin gaseous layer that envelopes the lithosphere?
  16. This is the color of the powdered mineral.
  17. This is defined as a gravitationally bound system of stars.
  18. What is the enery that utilizes kinetic energy of falling or running water to turn a turbine generator & generate electricity?
  19. What is this energy of the empty space & is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate?
  20. This is the set of all life forms on Earth.
  21. This is the process where ice and snow change into water vapor, skipping the liquid phase.
  22. It is how a mineral reflects light.
  23. This is when the evaporation of liquid water from plants and trees into the atmosphere.
  24. This is naturally occuring liquid composed of complex hydrocarbons.
  25. What is the oldest known energy source?
  26. What is the most obvious properties of a mineral?
  27. Black combustible rock made up of elemental C,H,O,N & varying amounts of S.
  28. This is the process where water vapor changes into ice, skipping the liquid phase.

50 Clues: Who proposed the Bigbang Theory? • What is a device that stores enery? • It is how a mineral reflects light. • What is the oldest known energy source? • This is when a mineral breaks irregularly. • This is the color of the powdered mineral. • This is the set of all life forms on Earth. • It is the ability to resist being scratched. • ...

Earth Sci 2023-10-16

Earth Sci crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Consists of different tissues organized together
  2. the air we breathe
  3. Water found at the surface
  4. postively charged atoms
  5. meaning rock
  6. Hypothesis proposed by Carl Weizsacker
  7. negatively charged atoms
  8. german philosopher
  9. consists of all community in the same area
  10. the outer core is the _ phase
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  1. Water found underground
  2. Innermost Layer of the Earth
  3. Dutch Astronomer
  4. Emmanuel Swedenborg's Nationality
  5. 2nd Layer of the Earth
  6. Basic unit of life
  7. 71% of Earths surface
  8. Outermost Layer of the Earth
  9. Smallest Unit of Matter
  10. cloud of dust and gas

20 Clues: meaning rock • Dutch Astronomer • the air we breathe • Basic unit of life • german philosopher • 71% of Earths surface • cloud of dust and gas • 2nd Layer of the Earth • Water found underground • postively charged atoms • Smallest Unit of Matter • negatively charged atoms • Water found at the surface • Innermost Layer of the Earth • Outermost Layer of the Earth • the outer core is the _ phase • ...

Earth Systems 2024-04-12

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
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  1. where tectonic plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes
  2. Deep, elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  3. Large, rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  4. formed at plate boundaries when plates collide
  5. new oceanic crust is formed as when it was all one land mass plates pull apart and magma rises
  6. Hot material rises cool material falls It drives plate tectonics
  7. Extinction events that occur over a long period of time
  8. Includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
  9. Formed after weathering and erosion when sediments compacts and cement
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  1. An opening to the Earth's crust which through molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  2. Tectonic plates move towards each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  3. tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  4. Sudden events that lead to mass extinction
  5. Fractures or zones of weakness in the earths crust
  6. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. A group of the same species living in the same place
  8. Name of the ancient supercontinent
  9. located between the mantle and the outer core
  10. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  11. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within the earth changing a rock that already existed
  12. Rock form when lava or magma cools and hardens

21 Clues: Name of the ancient supercontinent • Sudden events that lead to mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • formed at plate boundaries when plates collide • Rock form when lava or magma cools and hardens • Fractures or zones of weakness in the earths crust • Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • ...

Restless Earth 2024-04-12

Restless Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where tectonic plates slide past each other. Causes earthquackes
  2. Deep, elongated depression in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  3. Name of the ancient supercontinent when all one landmass
  4. an opening in the earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  5. located between the mantle and the outer core
  6. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  7. New oceanic crust if formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  8. Insturments used to measure and record seismic waves
  9. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  10. Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually Forms new crust and rift valleys
  11. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and valcanoes
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  1. plates large rigid pieces of the earth lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  2. hot material rises, cooler meterals sink. It drives plate tectonics
  3. that occur over a longer time period
  4. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic
  5. A group of the same species living in the same area
  6. Sudden Events That led to a mass extinction
  7. fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  8. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  9. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  10. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement

21 Clues: that occur over a longer time period • Sudden Events That led to a mass extinction • located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • A group of the same species living in the same area • fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • Insturments used to measure and record seismic waves • ...

restless earth 2024-04-12

restless earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. were tectonic plates slide past each other. causes earthquakes.
  2. Deep, elongated depressions in the ocean aften acossiated with subduction zones
  3. Formedt plte boundries usually when plates collide.
  4. Tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes.
  5. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement.
  6. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and it is divided into tectonic plates.
  7. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period.
  8. Name of the Ancient supercontinetal when it was all one landmass.
  9. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  10. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen.
  11. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens.
  12. events that led up to a mass extinction.
  13. used to measure and recorded seismic waves.
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  1. material rises, cooler materials sink. it drives plate tectonics.
  2. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed.
  3. Tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms a new crust and rift valleys.
  4. Large, ridged pieces of the earths lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  5. AN opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is psuhed out and creates a new rock
  6. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart magma rises.
  7. located between the mantle and outer core.
  8. A group of the same species living in the same area.

21 Clues: events that led up to a mass extinction. • located between the mantle and outer core. • used to measure and recorded seismic waves. • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens. • Formedt plte boundries usually when plates collide. • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • A group of the same species living in the same area. • ...

restless earth 2024-04-12

restless earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. were tectonic plates slide past each other. causes earthquakes.
  2. Deep, elongated depressions in the ocean aften acossiated with subduction zones
  3. Formedt plte boundries usually when plates collide.
  4. Tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes.
  5. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement.
  6. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and it is divided into tectonic plates.
  7. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period.
  8. Name of the Ancient supercontinetal when it was all one landmass.
  9. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  10. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen.
  11. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens.
  12. events that led up to a mass extinction.
  13. used to measure and recorded seismic waves.
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  1. material rises, cooler materials sink. it drives plate tectonics.
  2. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed.
  3. Tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms a new crust and rift valleys.
  4. Large, ridged pieces of the earths lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  5. AN opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is psuhed out and creates a new rock
  6. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart magma rises.
  7. located between the mantle and outer core.
  8. A group of the same species living in the same area.

21 Clues: events that led up to a mass extinction. • located between the mantle and outer core. • used to measure and recorded seismic waves. • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens. • Formedt plte boundries usually when plates collide. • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • A group of the same species living in the same area. • ...

Earth Vocab 2024-04-12

Earth Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle and is divided into plate tectonics
  2. An opening in the Earth's crust through which motlen rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  3. instruments used to measure and record seismic wave
  4. Name of ancient supercontinent when it was all on land mass
  5. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  6. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  7. extinction events that occur over a longer period
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compactsConvectionnt
  9. Large, Rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  10. Deep, elongated dreppions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
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  1. where tectonic plates SLIDE past each other. cause earthquakes
  2. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  3. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  4. tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  5. Located between the mantle and the outer core
  6. Cycles Hot material rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
  7. Fractures of zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  8. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  9. A group of the same species living in the same area
  10. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within the Earth
  11. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen

21 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • extinction events that occur over a longer period • instruments used to measure and record seismic wave • Fractures of zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • A group of the same species living in the same area • ...

Earth matters 2024-06-16

Earth matters crossword puzzle
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  1. tlo
  2. nesigurnost
  3. migracija
  4. biser
  5. patiti
  6. hlad
  7. osnivač
  8. onečišćenje
  9. zabava
  10. uvala
  11. špilja
  12. siromaštvo
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  1. bolest
  2. sječa drva
  3. ponor
  4. sigurnost
  5. pustinja
  6. podvala
  7. većina
  8. trenutno
  9. očuvan
  10. posaditi
  11. kisik

23 Clues: tlo • hlad • ponor • biser • kisik • uvala • bolest • većina • očuvan • patiti • zabava • špilja • podvala • osnivač • pustinja • trenutno • posaditi • sigurnost • migracija • sječa drva • siromaštvo • nesigurnost • onečišćenje

Earth Science 2024-09-10

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large cloud of gas and dust, such as the one that formed our solar system
  2. is an educated guess that aims to answer the given problem
  3. a force that is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate
  4. allows scientists to be curious of their surroundings
  5. how long it takes for it to travel a complete orbit around the Sun
  6. results which have been obtained through measurements
  7. means everything
  8. variables that are quantities or items that are kept constant throughout the experiment
  9. an assembly of stars and related matter and gas
  10. a variable that is the one that is changed by the scientist
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  1. the law of periods
  2. the law of areas
  3. is the process used to plan and carry out a reliable scientific experiment and find an answer to a question
  4. results can be quickly noted down as descriptions while a raw data table, chart, or graphs
  5. applies to soundwaves
  6. a theory that the universe formed in a huge explosion
  7. oval shape centered on 2 points instead of 1 point
  8. the law of orbits
  9. the galaxy Earth is located in
  10. variables that are the result of the changes that happened to the independent variable

20 Clues: the law of areas • means everything • the law of orbits • the law of periods • applies to soundwaves • the galaxy Earth is located in • an assembly of stars and related matter and gas • oval shape centered on 2 points instead of 1 point • allows scientists to be curious of their surroundings • a theory that the universe formed in a huge explosion • ...

Shaping Earth 2024-10-17

Shaping Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. a bend in the rock layer where plates move together and slowly "scrunch"
  2. a sudden and powerful shaking of the Earth's crust
  3. the vibrations caused by earthquakes which move in all directions from the epicenter
  4. solid rock that makes up Earth's outermost layer
  5. a tall landform that rises at the peak
  6. a high landform with a flat top
  7. a mountain that forms around an opening in Earth's crust
  8. a long narrow crack in the crust where plates are pushed and pulled
  9. melted rock that erupts from a volcano
  10. underwater mountains
  11. a machine that detects and records earthquakes
  12. huge ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes
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  1. the sphere of solid material at Earth's center, the hottest part, probably iron and nickel and solid because of its great pressure
  2. the gently slanting area from the beach into the ocean
  3. melted rock inside a volcano
  4. the steep slope going to the ocean floor
  5. formed when a river meets an ocean or other large water way and depots derbis in a triangle pattern
  6. the liquid layer below the mantle mostly made of iron and nickel
  7. the layer of rock below the crust that can move or change shape with pressure and high temperatures
  8. thin places in Earth’s crust where volcanoes can form

20 Clues: underwater mountains • melted rock inside a volcano • a high landform with a flat top • a tall landform that rises at the peak • melted rock that erupts from a volcano • the steep slope going to the ocean floor • a machine that detects and records earthquakes • solid rock that makes up Earth's outermost layer • huge ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes • ...

Planet Earth 2024-12-05

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. Boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. Supercontinent that existed 160 million years ago
  3. When a rock breaks into pieces with jagged edges
  4. Uses sound waves to map the seafloor
  5. A mass of slowly moving ice
  6. The crust and the solid upper mantle
  7. This country was formed by two divergent plates
  8. The lithosphere is broken up into large areas called ______
  9. This kind of igneous rock is made from cooled lava
  10. Measures the intensity of an earthquake
  11. The center of the Earth: A solid layer made mostly of iron and nickel
  12. This deepsea valley is the deepest point in the ocean
  13. When a mineral breaks into pieces with smooth surfaces
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  1. When a heavier crust collides and goes under a lighter crust
  2. The color of the powdered form of a mineral
  3. Boundary where plates go toward each other
  4. Natural substances that make up rocks
  5. Scientist who studies Earth
  6. This process breaks rocks
  7. This kind of rock has changed its form due to heat and pressure
  8. This property of minerals is measured by the Mohs Scale
  9. This kind of igneous rock is made from cooled magma
  10. When rocks get moved by wind, gravity, or water
  11. What makes the plates move
  12. Mountain range where Mount Everest can be found
  13. This theory says that an old supercontinent split apart
  14. Boundary where two plates move apart

27 Clues: This process breaks rocks • What makes the plates move • Scientist who studies Earth • A mass of slowly moving ice • Uses sound waves to map the seafloor • The crust and the solid upper mantle • Boundary where two plates move apart • Natural substances that make up rocks • Measures the intensity of an earthquake • Boundary where plates go toward each other • ...

Earth & Life 2024-12-02

Earth & Life crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Breaking down of complex molecules
  2. Breakdown of rocks into sediment
  3. The study of parts and structure of organisms
  4. explains the diversity of life on Earth through mechanisms like natural selection.
  5. Process of wearing away Earth's surface
  6. Interacting living and non-living components
  7. Rock formed from sediment
  8. Rock formed from magma
  9. Cycle Formation and transformation of rocks
  10. Remains or traces of ancient organisms
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  1. Naturally occurring inorganic substance
  2. the study of the functions of each part
  3. the process by which organisms maintain a stable internal environment
  4. Variety of life forms
  5. theory states that all living things are made up of cells
  6. Tectonics Movement of Earth's crust
  7. study of cells
  8. Hollow rock formation
  9. study of heredity
  10. Rock altered by pressure/heat
  11. the study of the relationships between living organisms

21 Clues: study of cells • study of heredity • Variety of life forms • Hollow rock formation • Rock formed from magma • Rock formed from sediment • Rock altered by pressure/heat • Breakdown of rocks into sediment • Breaking down of complex molecules • Tectonics Movement of Earth's crust • Remains or traces of ancient organisms • Naturally occurring inorganic substance • ...

Earth Science 2024-11-15

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spots that are particularly hot in the mantle. They can melt the lithosphere and for volcanoes. They are referred to as mantle plumes.
  2. Part of the cause of mountains changing. It is the breaking down of rocks on the Earth's surface.
  3. What do you call the process of an oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate?
  4. Tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide away from each other. This creates crust.
  5. The thickest layer of the Earth that creates convection currents.
  6. Tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  7. The very center of the Earth with two layers (inner and outer).
  8. The thinnest layer of the Earth that holds all of the plates on which the continents and the ocean rest.
  9. The hottest part of the mantle that is in between the lithosphere and the lower mantle.
  10. A break in the Earth's crust.
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  1. Tectonic plate boundary where two plates crash into each other.
  2. Where the edge of plates meet.
  3. Deep holes underwater, formed from Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundaries.
  4. Liquids in the Earth that move tectonic plates.
  5. They are formed from plate tectonics pulling apart creating a crack in the Earth.
  6. Part of the cause of mountains changing. It is the movement of the sediments from where they were.
  7. The part of the Earth that is made up of the upper mantle and the crust.
  8. Things that float on the mantle and are the crust of the Earth broken up into many pieces.
  9. A sudden movement of sediments caused by gravity, such as a landslide.
  10. Large-scale uplift.

20 Clues: Large-scale uplift. • A break in the Earth's crust. • Where the edge of plates meet. • Liquids in the Earth that move tectonic plates. • Tectonic plate boundary where two plates crash into each other. • The very center of the Earth with two layers (inner and outer). • The thickest layer of the Earth that creates convection currents. • ...

Beyond Earth 2024-11-13

Beyond Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the amount of light reflected by a planet or any celestial objects
  2. Composed of ice, frozen gas, rocks and dust
  3. tail forms as gases and plasma escape from the nucleus
  4. Planets that are farthest from the sun
  5. shower is a celestial event in which several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere
  6. The other planets that orbit the sun lie near the plane of Earth’s orbit
  7. survives frictional heating with Earth’s atmosphere and strikes the ground
  8. kuiper named kuiper belt
  9. are small chunks of outer space debris that are attracted by Earth’s gravity.
  10. originates from the constellation Orion.
  11. Planets that are nearer to the sun
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  1. That extends from the nucleus
  2. originates from the debris of the asteroid 2003EH1
  3. Belt comes from another region closer to the sun lying roughly near the Neptune and some distance beyond pluto.
  4. Oort The name of a dutch astronomer
  5. Solar System Includes the four terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
  6. A large bright cloud of dust and gas
  7. Cloud Is a large spherical cloud around the orbits of the planets
  8. it is also called “shooting star” or “falling star”
  9. originates from the constellation Perseus.
  10. Belt Between the inner and outer solar systems
  11. originates from the constellation Leo.
  12. originates from the debris of an asteroid named 3200 Phaeton
  13. Comet is the most popular and famous short-period comet
  14. tail Long visible, glowing tail that forms when the comet is near the sun.

25 Clues: kuiper named kuiper belt • That extends from the nucleus • Planets that are nearer to the sun • Oort The name of a dutch astronomer • A large bright cloud of dust and gas • Planets that are farthest from the sun • originates from the constellation Leo. • originates from the constellation Orion. • originates from the constellation Perseus. • ...

Earth Science 2025-01-23

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A building block to all living things
  2. Non Living
  3. Can not be broken down chemically
  4. Can be unicellular or multicellular
  5. The ability to do work
  6. An idea supported by knowledge
  7. A material that is hard and reflects light.
  8. Stored energy
  9. A type of rock formed from heat and pressure
  10. How much matter is compacted into something
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  1. Living
  2. Always unicellular
  3. Make up the outer most layer of Earth
  4. The top layer of the Earth
  5. Population sharing an area
  6. Were abiotic and biotic factors live together
  7. Energy in motion
  8. Measures heat
  9. Contains Cells DNA
  10. Combining two or more elements

20 Clues: Living • Non Living • Measures heat • Stored energy • Energy in motion • Always unicellular • Contains Cells DNA • The ability to do work • The top layer of the Earth • Population sharing an area • Combining two or more elements • An idea supported by knowledge • Can not be broken down chemically • Can be unicellular or multicellular • Make up the outer most layer of Earth • ...

Restless Earth 2025-04-07

Restless Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pangaea
  2. Faults
  3. Igneous
  4. Sedimentary
  5. Metamorphic
  6. Trenches
  7. Convergent
  8. Volcanoes
  9. Asthenosphere
  10. Divergent
  11. Mountains
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  1. Gradual
  2. Lithosphere
  3. Population
  4. Mesosphere
  5. Seismographs
  6. Convection
  7. Sea-Floor
  8. Tectonic
  9. rapid

20 Clues: rapid • Faults • Gradual • Pangaea • Igneous • Trenches • Tectonic • Sea-Floor • Volcanoes • Divergent • Mountains • Population • Mesosphere • Convection • Convergent • Lithosphere • Sedimentary • Metamorphic • Seismographs • Asthenosphere

Dynamic Earth 2025-08-13

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer of gas that surrounds the earth
  2. Violent rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of the earth
  3. Energy released during an earthquake
  4. Overflow of water that submerges normally dry land
  5. Sudden eruption of molten rock from a mountain
  6. Shaking of ground caused by tectonic plates moving
  7. The shaking of the land in Māori
  8. The thickest layer of earth
  9. Tool that records ground motion during an earthquake
  10. Point on earth's surface directly above the quakes origin
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  1. Wave of energy travelling through the ground
  2. Outside layer of the earth
  3. Sudden downhill movement of rock and soil
  4. Long period of time without rain
  5. Center of the earth
  6. Old term for a giant ocean wave
  7. Giant ocean waves caused by underwater quake
  8. Flooding in Māori
  9. Storm in Maori
  10. Rotating storm systems over warm ocean waters

20 Clues: Storm in Maori • Flooding in Māori • Center of the earth • Outside layer of the earth • The thickest layer of earth • Old term for a giant ocean wave • Long period of time without rain • The shaking of the land in Māori • Energy released during an earthquake • Layer of gas that surrounds the earth • Sudden downhill movement of rock and soil • ...

Earth science 2025-06-10

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a a place where the atmosphere and hydrosphere of earth has living organisms
  2. When heat is getting transferred through something
  3. solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune
  4. when earth makes a full rotation around the sun.
  5. When something is shiny.
  6. another word for force that starts with a p
  7. fusion Is the process when two light atomic nuclei combine to form one.
  8. your birthday happens once a ----
  9. irregularly shaped slab of rock that makes up the crust and upper mantel.
  10. mineral composed of mostly silicon dioxide
  11. 5th planet from the sun
  12. Layer The layer of the atmosphere that protects us from harmful UV rays.
  13. horizontal axis.
Down
  1. when something gets worn down over time.
  2. its an ingredient found in sunscreen that is on the periodic table
  3. Half of a planet divided by the equator
  4. solar panels are an example of --------- ------
  5. Type of rock that are compacted together over time.
  6. in the Earth's crust for millions of years
  7. how we have seasons
  8. the light used in tanning beds.
  9. How compacted a substance is
  10. thing lava comes out of.
  11. The time or day (twice a year when the sun crosses the celestial equate.
  12. a system with millions of stars get held together by gravity.

25 Clues: horizontal axis. • how we have seasons • 5th planet from the sun • When something is shiny. • thing lava comes out of. • How compacted a substance is • the light used in tanning beds. • your birthday happens once a ---- • Half of a planet divided by the equator • when something gets worn down over time. • solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune • ...

Earth Systems 2025-10-01

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – The solid and liquid parts of Earth, including the core, the mantle, rocks and soil.
  2. – The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
  3. - evidence of ancient life used to support the theory of plate tectonics
  4. - evaporation of water from plants
  5. – A scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that continents once formed a single landmass and have since moved apart.
  6. – The regions of Earth that support life.
  7. – Earth’s thin, outermost layer where we live. It is made of solid rock and divided into continental and oceanic.
  8. - magnetic element that makes up Earth's core
  9. – Process where plants use sunlight to make food, created Earth's oxygen
  10. - _________ from the core and mantle drives the movement of the tectonoic plates
  11. – The center of Earth, made of two parts: a solid inner core (iron and nickel) and a liquid outer core that generates Earth’s magnetic field.
  12. – Rain, snow, hail, or sleet falling from clouds.
Down
  1. – The cycle that is partially driven by the movement of tectonic plates.
  2. – The process of water vapour turning into liquid.
  3. – A supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago, when all of Earth’s continents were joined together before breaking apart.
  4. – The thick, middle layer of Earth between the crust and the core. It is mostly solid rock but can flow slowly over time.
  5. – The rigid outer layer of Earth, made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.
  6. - bacteria; Earth’s first life
  7. – The process of liquid water turning into vapour.
  8. – Water that flows over the land surface into rivers and lakes.
  9. – A soft, semi-fluid layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.
  10. – A large, rigid section of Earth’s crust that moves.
  11. – All the water on Earth’s surface and underground.

23 Clues: - bacteria; Earth’s first life • - evaporation of water from plants • – The layer of gases surrounding Earth. • – The regions of Earth that support life. • - magnetic element that makes up Earth's core • – Rain, snow, hail, or sleet falling from clouds. • – The process of water vapour turning into liquid. • – The process of liquid water turning into vapour. • ...

earth science 2025-10-17

earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The acronym that stands for how to use the fire extinguisher.
  2. When the wind or water decides to “borrow” your favorite rock pieces and move them somewhere else.
  3. When you get something in your eye during class you go to the ____.
  4. The last name of a teacher that teaches a type of science.
  5. When a rock breaks apart slowly over time, it’s not crying, it’s just going through (?).
  6. She is crying, so she must be sad. (What skill?)
  7. The glowing ____ looked beautiful in the lights off as I got dismissed from class.
  8. Science Lab ____ ____. Does this sound familiar?
  9. A mountain that literally loses its temper and throws lava everywhere.
  10. I saw 3 dogs walking down the street. (What type of observation?)
Down
  1. Lab assessment—the assignment you used pennies for.
  2. The reason your pencil, your eraser, a
  3. The movies that our teacher is obsessed with.
  4. I’m a guess—a strong one, closer to an estimate. What am I?
  5. Something that has to do with the planet we are on and this class.
  6. When you break any glass, what’s the label of the container you put it in?
  7. She has blond hair and blue eyes. (What type of observation?)
  8. When using Gizmos, we were experimenting, but once seeing the aftermath we wrote the ____ in the chart and formed a conclusion.
  9. “Today we are learning about a certain planet, can you guess it?” “Saturn?” “Nope.”
  10. He is almost everywhere in our classroom and from a favorite movie of Mrs. Baffa’s.

20 Clues: The reason your pencil, your eraser, a • The movies that our teacher is obsessed with. • She is crying, so she must be sad. (What skill?) • Science Lab ____ ____. Does this sound familiar? • Lab assessment—the assignment you used pennies for. • The last name of a teacher that teaches a type of science. • I’m a guess—a strong one, closer to an estimate. What am I? • ...

Beyond Earth 2025-10-20

Beyond Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. asteroids spends most of their time in Earth’s orbit
  2. “shooting star”
  3. The small bodies being part of the Solar system are referred as _____.
  4. asteroid made up of nickel and silicate
  5. It separates the eight planets into half.
  6. The farthest distance from the sun.
  7. the cloud where most comets come from
  8. coined the term “asteroid”
  9. The four planets farther to the sun are the ____ solar system.
  10. the biggest asteroid
  11. When several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere at great speeds.
  12. the asteroids that are bright
  13. the amount of light reflected by a celestial object
  14. the solid mass in a comet
  15. the task force who assigns names to meteor showers
  16. the meteor shower that originates from Orion
  17. It means that the orbits are not confined to the plane of the solar system.
  18. “planetoid / miniature planets”
Down
  1. the meteor shower that came from an asteroid 2003EH1
  2. It is the system of stars.
  3. small chunks of space debris
  4. “dirty snowballs”
  5. The center of our solar system.
  6. formed when a comet gets closer to the Sun
  7. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time outside Earth’s orbit
  8. the meteor shower that originates from Leo
  9. the meteor shower that originates from Perseus
  10. the impact crater that hit Mexico
  11. The four planets closest to the sun are the ____ solar system.
  12. It is a diagram that shows the sun is the center.
  13. asteroids that approach but do not cross Earth’s orbit.
  14. when it hits the Earth’s ground
  15. asteroids mostly made up of carbon
  16. It is composed of the sun and the eight planets.
  17. The closest distance from the sun.
  18. way We are in this galaxy.

36 Clues: “shooting star” • “dirty snowballs” • the biggest asteroid • the solid mass in a comet • It is the system of stars. • coined the term “asteroid” • way We are in this galaxy. • small chunks of space debris • the asteroids that are bright • The center of our solar system. • when it hits the Earth’s ground • “planetoid / miniature planets” • the impact crater that hit Mexico • ...

Earth Crossword 2025-11-06

Earth Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The height of a landform above sea level
  2. All living organisms on Earth
  3. The thickest layer of slowly moving solid rock between the crust and core
  4. A natural feature of Earth’s surface
  5. Slower seismic waves that only travel through solids
  6. Fast-moving seismic waves that travel through solids and liquids
  7. The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points in an area
  8. Elevated flat areas that rise sharply above surrounding land
  9. Solid Earth, including rocks, minerals, landforms, and interior layers
  10. Large, flat areas of land
  11. The arrangement of physical features on Earth’s surface
  12. All water on Earth: oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, ice, snow, and water vapor
  13. The strong, lower part of the mantle
Down
  1. The solid portion of the core, made of iron and nickel
  2. A giant cloud of gas and dust that collapsed under gravity to form the sun and planets
  3. High, steeply rising areas of land, often with peaks
  4. Waves Vibrations caused by earthquakes that travel through Earth
  5. The magnetic field generated by the movement of liquid iron in Earth’s outer core
  6. The liquid portion of the core, made of iron and nickel
  7. The layer of gases surrounding Earth, including oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc.
  8. The central layer of Earth, mostly iron and nickel
  9. The measure of how compact a material is; denser materials sink, less dense materials rise
  10. Rock or material that is melted due to high heat
  11. The partially melted, flowing layer of the mantle below the lithosphere
  12. A tool used by scientists to measure seismic waves
  13. The rigid outermost layer of Earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle
  14. The force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth, forming its spherical shape
  15. The thin, rocky outer layer of Earth; includes continental and oceanic crust
  16. Harmful energy from the sun blocked by the magnetosphere

29 Clues: Large, flat areas of land • All living organisms on Earth • A natural feature of Earth’s surface • The strong, lower part of the mantle • The height of a landform above sea level • Rock or material that is melted due to high heat • The central layer of Earth, mostly iron and nickel • A tool used by scientists to measure seismic waves • ...

Combined Earth 2025-11-18

Combined Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. minor tremor preceding a major quake
  2. condition of being at or near an epicenter
  3. of or like a seismogram
  4. soil capable of liquefaction
  5. describing the size of an earthquake
  6. spreading energy from a quake
  7. formed by sinkhole processes
  8. caused by pushing forces
  9. caused by pulling forces
  10. shape of secondary waves
  11. susceptible to falling structures
  12. formed by lightning in sand
  13. sudden flow of snow or debris
  14. related to the Earth’s crust
  15. rigid outer Earth layer
  16. deepest ocean zone
  17. formed by volcanic steam explosions
  18. generating lake or pool waves
  19. shape of primary waves
  20. located on the ocean floor
  21. movement along huge subduction faults
  22. relating to ground vibrations
  23. U-shaped river curve
  24. crescent-shaped sand dune
  25. strengthened for quake safety
  26. broken by stress
  27. related to underground igneous rock
  28. slope of loose rocks
  29. shape of seismic waves
  30. increase in shaking or earthquake impact
  31. fertile soil
  32. able to recover from quake damage
  33. broken along a fault
  34. caused by wearing away
  35. measurement of earthquake waves
  36. downhill movement of earth
  37. relating to calderas
  38. occurring during the quake
  39. earthquake activity of a region
  40. depression formed by ice melt
  41. process of creating a fault in rock
  42. flattened by erosion
  43. related to frozen water
  44. soil disturbed by freezing
  45. pertaining to ground movement
  46. uplifted crust block
  47. shaped by river sediment
  48. relating to an earthquake’s hypocenter
  49. happening within a plate
  50. related to a sequence of small quakes
  51. pertaining to subduction zones
Down
  1. large-scale crustal motion
  2. producing tsunami waves
  3. closeness to epicenter
  4. displayed by strength distribution
  5. relationship of quakes and faults
  6. consequences of earthquakes
  7. focused at the hypocenter
  8. weathered rock
  9. traveling along Earth’s surface
  10. arch-shaped rock fold
  11. notified of earthquake risk
  12. moved to safety
  13. relating to plate movements
  14. experiencing shaking
  15. river-deposited rock
  16. shaped by wind erosion
  17. honeycomb rock cavities
  18. causing extreme damage
  19. relating to moment magnitude
  20. mountain-building processes
  21. calcium-rich soil
  22. capable of turning liquid under shaking
  23. rebuilt after disaster
  24. relating to recording earthquake waves
  25. highly salty
  26. windblown silt
  27. glacially deposited mound
  28. shaking or trembling
  29. in a manner related to earthquakes
  30. side-to-side movement of rocks
  31. potentially dangerous
  32. similar to Earth’s mantle
  33. sloping debris pile
  34. resembling a tectonic plate
  35. able to forecast quakes
  36. related to soil layers
  37. surface-traveling seismic wave
  38. having a plate boundary
  39. scientist studying earthquakes
  40. capable of producing a tsunami
  41. planning for earthquake safety
  42. hardened glacial deposits
  43. of loose surface rock
  44. adapted to dry climates
  45. relating to the Richter scale
  46. volcanic ash deposit
  47. waterlogged soil
  48. full of broken rock fragments
  49. showing fissures or fractures

100 Clues: highly salty • fertile soil • weathered rock • windblown silt • moved to safety • broken by stress • waterlogged soil • calcium-rich soil • deepest ocean zone • sloping debris pile • experiencing shaking • river-deposited rock • U-shaped river curve • shaking or trembling • slope of loose rocks • broken along a fault • relating to calderas • flattened by erosion • volcanic ash deposit • ...

Earth Science 2025-12-03

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. restoring something to the way it should be by paying a price
  2. shows names, boundaries & shapes of countries, states, cities, etc
  3. a pure substance made of one kind of atom
  4. a push or pull
  5. a theme or unifying idea
  6. atom with more or fewer electrons than protons
  7. explains, model scientists use as a framework to explain their observations
  8. liquid to solid
  9. describes, can be expressed as equations
  10. energy moving objects
  11. correct conclusions drawn from scientists gathering data
  12. energy object is still but has the potential to move
  13. distance between two crests of a wave
  14. particles change directly from vapor to solid
  15. the ability to do work
  16. idea we assume to be true but isn't yet proven
  17. change from liquid to vapor
Down
  1. a workable explanation of what scientists think is happening
  2. anything that takes up space and has mass
  3. person who makes maps
  4. names, symbols & locations of manmade & natural physical features
  5. solid to liquid
  6. opposite of vaporization
  7. solids change directly to vapor
  8. vaporization at temp below the boiling point
  9. the flow of thermal energy from a warmer to a cooler place
  10. a force that acts on an object
  11. an initial explanation for a scientific problem
  12. physical combination of two or more substances
  13. map that shows elevation & landform

30 Clues: a push or pull • solid to liquid • liquid to solid • person who makes maps • energy moving objects • the ability to do work • a theme or unifying idea • opposite of vaporization • change from liquid to vapor • a force that acts on an object • solids change directly to vapor • map that shows elevation & landform • distance between two crests of a wave • ...

Earth Science 2025-12-01

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rocks formed by heat and pressure
  2. Scientist who proposed continental drift
  3. Layer of Earth where convection currents happen
  4. Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  5. Volcano that is not erupting but may someday
  6. Point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus
  7. Solid outermost layer of the Earth
  8. Boundary where plates move apart
  9. Evidence found on different continents showing plates once connected
  10. Center of an earthquake underground
Down
  1. Rock type formed from cooling magma or lava
  2. Massive slabs of the lithosphere
  3. Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust
  4. Boundary where plates collide
  5. Opening of a volcano where gas/ash escape
  6. Melted rock found on Earth’s surface
  7. Thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
  8. Melted rock found below Earth’s surface
  9. Boundary where plates slide past one another
  10. of Fire, Major volcanic zone around the Pacific
  11. Cycle, Cycle that creates, changes, and destroys rocks
  12. Small pieces of broken rock

22 Clues: Small pieces of broken rock • Boundary where plates collide • Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust • Massive slabs of the lithosphere • Boundary where plates move apart • Rocks formed by heat and pressure • Solid outermost layer of the Earth • Center of an earthquake underground • Melted rock found on Earth’s surface • Thick layer of Earth beneath the crust • ...

Planet Earth 2026-03-17

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a mineral containing silicon and oxygen.
  2. relating to the side; sideways movement or position.
  3. an imaginary line around Earth dividing it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  4. material laid down by natural processes (e.g., sediment).
  5. thick and sticky; resists flowing easily.
  6. a large quantity or plentiful amount.
  7. moving apart (e.g., tectonic plates separating).
  8. a 3D shape similar to a sphere but slightly flattened or stretched.
  9. flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator.
  10. rock rock formed from cooled magma or lava.
Down
  1. containing salt.
  2. next to or close to something.
  3. a crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs.
  4. relating to Earth or land.
  5. all water on Earth (oceans, rivers, ice, etc.).
  6. a long period with little or no rainfall.
  7. to refill or restore something used up.
  8. the thick layer of Earth between the crust and the core.
  9. organisms that require oxygen to live.
  10. vapour water in its gaseous state.

20 Clues: containing salt. • relating to Earth or land. • next to or close to something. • vapour water in its gaseous state. • a large quantity or plentiful amount. • organisms that require oxygen to live. • to refill or restore something used up. • a mineral containing silicon and oxygen. • a long period with little or no rainfall. • thick and sticky; resists flowing easily. • ...

Earth Resources 2026-03-10

Earth Resources crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of weathering where rocks are broken down by changes in their minerals (like acid rain).
  2. A group of parts that work together as a whole.
  3. Rock formed from layers of sand, shells, and pebbles squeezed together over time.
  4. A crack in the Earth's crust where movement occurs.
  5. A boundary where two tectonic plates collide or push together.
  6. The shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in the crust.
  7. A solid material made of one or more minerals.
  8. The preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms found in rock.
  9. The process of dropping or depositing sediment in a new location.
  10. A type of weathering where rocks are broken into smaller pieces without changing their composition (like ice wedging).
  11. Rock that has been changed by extreme heat and pressure.
Down
  1. A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  2. The process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces.
  3. Having a connection where two or more things affect each other.
  4. The movement of sediment from one place to another by wind, water, or ice.
  5. A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  6. The only liquid layer of the Earth, made of iron and nickel.
  7. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock and gases escape.
  8. Large sections of the Earth's crust that move on the mantle.
  9. The solid, hottest innermost layer of the Earth.
  10. The thin, rocky outermost layer of the Earth.
  11. Rock formed from the cooling of molten rock (magma or lava).
  12. The thick layer of hot, solid-like rock located between the crust and the core.

23 Clues: The thin, rocky outermost layer of the Earth. • A solid material made of one or more minerals. • A group of parts that work together as a whole. • The solid, hottest innermost layer of the Earth. • A crack in the Earth's crust where movement occurs. • The process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces. • Rock that has been changed by extreme heat and pressure. • ...

Gravity and Space 2023-09-12

Gravity and Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural satellite of Earth
  2. South and south pole will do this
  3. One full rotation of Earth
  4. The force that is pulling us down
  5. North and South poles of a magnet will do this
Down
  1. Circular path taken by one object around another object
  2. Time facing away from the sun
  3. Time facing the sun
  4. Once around the sun
  5. Third planet from the sun

10 Clues: Time facing the sun • Once around the sun • Third planet from the sun • One full rotation of Earth • a natural satellite of Earth • Time facing away from the sun • South and south pole will do this • The force that is pulling us down • North and South poles of a magnet will do this • Circular path taken by one object around another object

Word List 3 2022-08-29

Word List 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Only lasting one day
  2. Pain or suffering
  3. Done or carried on by letters
  4. What the protagonist struggles against
  5. Slightly different from everyone else
Down
  1. Belonging to a particular group of people
  2. Earth centered
  3. God of death
  4. Sun centered
  5. Done with precision and rhythm
  6. Having the same center
  7. Messenger
  8. One who struggles against an obstacle
  9. Bruise

14 Clues: Bruise • Messenger • God of death • Sun centered • Earth centered • Pain or suffering • Only lasting one day • Having the same center • Done or carried on by letters • Done with precision and rhythm • One who struggles against an obstacle • Slightly different from everyone else • What the protagonist struggles against • Belonging to a particular group of people

Nederlandse Woorden 2023-05-08

Nederlandse Woorden crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ---shortcake
  2. makes up 70% of you
  3. under da seaaa
  4. apple of the earth
  5. scrambled fried whatever
  6. tomahawk steak
  7. 3 glasses a day make your bones grow strong
Down
  1. mario eats them to get bigger
  2. bird goes peck peck
  3. meat cutter man
  4. mouse says ñomñom
  5. you have to eat your veggies!
  6. aceitunas
  7. daal is made from

14 Clues: aceitunas • ---shortcake • under da seaaa • tomahawk steak • meat cutter man • mouse says ñomñom • daal is made from • apple of the earth • bird goes peck peck • makes up 70% of you • scrambled fried whatever • mario eats them to get bigger • you have to eat your veggies! • 3 glasses a day make your bones grow strong

Earth day Puzzle 2021-04-22

Earth day Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large naturally occurring community
  2. a source of supply, support, or aid
  3. something within plant and animal species in an environment.
  4. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions
Down
  1. a form of oxygen, O3, with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine
  2. a system, or a group of interconnected elements

6 Clues: a source of supply, support, or aid • a large naturally occurring community • a system, or a group of interconnected elements • the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions • something within plant and animal species in an environment. • a form of oxygen, O3, with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine

Earth Day Festival! 2023-04-08

Earth Day Festival! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bees and butterflies
  2. plant more ____!
  3. reduce, reuse, and...
Down
  1. decayed organic matter used for fertilizer
  2. I "speak for the trees"
  3. a sweet berry growing around campus

6 Clues: plant more ____! • bees and butterflies • reduce, reuse, and... • I "speak for the trees" • a sweet berry growing around campus • decayed organic matter used for fertilizer

Amelia's Christmas Puzzle 2022-12-16

Amelia's Christmas Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A day celebrated on 25 December
  2. Day and ______
  3. A furry grey coloured Australian native animal
  4. The capital city of Italy
  5. One of the houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry beginning with S
  6. Who did Ron Weasley first kiss?
  7. Something you eat in a cone during summer.
  8. A month in the year
  9. A Australian Aboriginal instrument
  10. A thing that proves something or leads to a conclusion
Down
  1. Apollo has one, but Bones does not
  2. Something you wear on your eyes to protect them from the sun
  3. The planet we live on
  4. Who is Sarah's partner?
  5. A country in Asia beginning with T
  6. A formal way to vote in politicians in Australia
  7. Atlantic, pacific are both kinds of what?
  8. A large flightless native Australian bird

18 Clues: Day and ______ • A month in the year • The planet we live on • Who is Sarah's partner? • The capital city of Italy • A day celebrated on 25 December • Who did Ron Weasley first kiss? • Apollo has one, but Bones does not • A country in Asia beginning with T • A Australian Aboriginal instrument • Atlantic, pacific are both kinds of what? • A large flightless native Australian bird • ...

Hurricanes Journeys Lesson 11 2024-04-20

Hurricanes Journeys Lesson 11 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The earth is always spinning
  2. very fast
  3. Very old
  4. Violent, uncontrollable
  5. Guess or estimate
Down
  1. Recorded
  2. Maps, photos, or diagrams usually in nonfiction
  3. Rapidly spinning
  4. Event or occurrence
  5. Happens on a cold glass on a hot day
  6. Where something comes from

11 Clues: Recorded • Very old • very fast • Rapidly spinning • Guess or estimate • Event or occurrence • Violent, uncontrollable • Where something comes from • The earth is always spinning • Happens on a cold glass on a hot day • Maps, photos, or diagrams usually in nonfiction

14 2024-04-03

14 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to move through the air, using wings
  2. to move through water using the arms and legs
  3. the first meal of the day
  4. to examine sth to see if it is correct, safe or acceptable
  5. the day of the week after Monday and before Wednesday
  6. a building where people stay, usually for a short time, paying for their rooms and meals
  7. the surface of the earth that is not sea
Down
  1. on the day before today
  2. not in danger
  3. we use it to speak
  4. to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth
  5. to hit sb/sth with your foot
  6. in a short time from now; a short time after sth else has happened

13 Clues: not in danger • we use it to speak • on the day before today • the first meal of the day • to hit sb/sth with your foot • to move through the air, using wings • the surface of the earth that is not sea • to move through water using the arms and legs • the day of the week after Monday and before Wednesday • to examine sth to see if it is correct, safe or acceptable • ...

Reasons for the seasons Crossword Puzzle. 2021-11-29

Reasons for the seasons Crossword Puzzle. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when the suns away
  2. the imaginary line that tilts to change seasons
  3. the line that separates the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere
  4. the largest star
  5. The earths shape
  6. 23.5 degrees
  7. pole the pole thats in the northern hemisphere
  8. false information
  9. 12 ____ in a year
  10. bright light
  11. when the suns out
  12. north to south
  13. 365 days
Down
  1. What we live on
  2. low light
  3. the opposite way on the clock
  4. 23.5_
  5. pole the pole thats in the southern hemisphere
  6. east to west
  7. northern star

20 Clues: 23.5_ • 365 days • low light • 23.5 degrees • east to west • bright light • northern star • north to south • What we live on • the largest star • The earths shape • false information • 12 ____ in a year • when the suns out • when the suns away • the opposite way on the clock • pole the pole thats in the southern hemisphere • pole the pole thats in the northern hemisphere • ...

Spelling words week 7 2022-03-07

Spelling words week 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something that makes you cry when cutting
  2. similar to practise
  3. Stop living
  4. Acting for higher official
  5. Not invited
  6. feeling sad
  7. solving a problem
  8. Gap in Earth
  9. the first part of something
  10. getting better at something
  11. Great to it's appearance.
  12. Sad
  13. This colour matches the sun
Down
  1. A number with 7 numbers
  2. Unpleasant or harmful
  3. He tied the shoelace
  4. Person who does not drive only walks.
  5. are not
  6. Day before
  7. Dishonest
  8. great enthusiasm.
  9. Young or looking young
  10. The opposite

23 Clues: Sad • are not • Dishonest • Day before • Stop living • Not invited • feeling sad • Gap in Earth • The opposite • solving a problem • great enthusiasm. • similar to practise • He tied the shoelace • Unpleasant or harmful • Young or looking young • A number with 7 numbers • Great to it's appearance. • Acting for higher official • the first part of something • getting better at something • ...

Nature and landscape 2023-10-30

Nature and landscape crossword puzzle
Across
  1. territory surrounded by sea
  2. Hanging construction
  3. Sensation experienced when the temperature drops
  4. They have petals and are of many colors
  5. Radiant day
  6. Third planet of the solar system
  7. Route to travel
  8. Small mountain
  9. Animal grazing place
  10. Atmospheric disturbance with winds and precipitation
Down
  1. Space used for grow
  2. Rocky coast
  3. Place to fish
  4. Large population
  5. Artificial water reservoir
  6. Emit light and shine
  7. Fungi kingdom
  8. Deep cavity of the earth
  9. Natural water reservoir in a depression in the ground
  10. Thick and low fog

20 Clues: Rocky coast • Radiant day • Place to fish • Fungi kingdom • Small mountain • Route to travel • Large population • Thick and low fog • Space used for grow • Hanging construction • Emit light and shine • Animal grazing place • Deep cavity of the earth • Artificial water reservoir • territory surrounded by sea • Third planet of the solar system • They have petals and are of many colors • ...

Earth's Lines, Hemispheres, States, Continents, and Countries 2024-03-11

Earth's Lines, Hemispheres, States, Continents, and Countries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Second largest of the Great Lakes
  2. Northern Lights
  3. Largest river by discharge volume
  4. Day of the Dead
  5. Largest hot desert in the world
  6. Between the eastern and western hemispheres
  7. Cowboys
  8. Between the northern and southern hemispheres
  9. Forbidden City
  10. Known for alligators
  11. Highest mountain in Maine
Down
  1. Largest lake in Maine
  2. Sydney Opera House
  3. Russia's symbolic center
  4. Right above the USA
  5. Golden Gate Bridge
  6. Eiffel Tower
  7. Fifth largest lake in the world
  8. At the top of the Earth
  9. Second largest ocean

20 Clues: Cowboys • Eiffel Tower • Forbidden City • Northern Lights • Day of the Dead • Sydney Opera House • Golden Gate Bridge • Right above the USA • Second largest ocean • Known for alligators • Largest lake in Maine • At the top of the Earth • Russia's symbolic center • Highest mountain in Maine • Fifth largest lake in the world • Largest hot desert in the world • Second largest of the Great Lakes • ...

our puzzle 2023-06-15

our puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. summer or christmas
  2. beach wear
  3. a great way to start the day
  4. dallas is known for this
  5. lincoln, glencoe, and tietze
  6. mom really wants this
  7. it's up
  8. dylan's birthday
  9. like a lobster
  10. actors put this on
  11. many of them in the sea
Down
  1. tent and s'mores
  2. cecily's birthday
  3. the greatest sport on earth
  4. lacking courage
  5. a type of suit
  6. most kids' favorite part of the year
  7. the Wernzes have two
  8. dad is *always* doing this
  9. six of twelve
  10. boy or ball

21 Clues: it's up • beach wear • boy or ball • six of twelve • a type of suit • like a lobster • lacking courage • tent and s'mores • dylan's birthday • cecily's birthday • actors put this on • summer or christmas • the Wernzes have two • mom really wants this • many of them in the sea • dallas is known for this • dad is *always* doing this • the greatest sport on earth • a great way to start the day • ...

Units 16-20 vocab 2025-05-20

Units 16-20 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Assassin's _____
  2. DDT (science documentary
  3. E.T. is extra__________
  4. I can't go into that tunnel, i am __________
  5. 1+1= 7
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. doctor
  8. to cause something to be untrue
  9. half of a circle
  10. me and probably you
  11. not closer to one side
  12. rock, paper, ________
  13. 1+1=2
Down
  1. Walt Disney
  2. D-Day
  3. 1, 2, 3, _, 5, 6, 7
  4. fair
  5. tooth
  6. minecraft block
  7. YOU SUCK!!!!
  8. Lion
  9. T-rex
  10. "I got to the event ____ bus
  11. the earth is flat
  12. me at sports

25 Clues: fair • Lion • D-Day • tooth • T-rex • 1+1=2 • 1+1= 7 • doctor • Walt Disney • YOU SUCK!!!! • me at sports • minecraft block • Albert Einstein • Assassin's _____ • half of a circle • the earth is flat • 1, 2, 3, _, 5, 6, 7 • me and probably you • rock, paper, ________ • not closer to one side • E.T. is extra__________ • DDT (science documentary • "I got to the event ____ bus • to cause something to be untrue • ...

Georgia's BDay 2026-01-06

Georgia's BDay crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pigs tails
  2. Alessandro drinks this, sometimes
  3. Queen Of Soul
  4. Requires gravy
  5. Milky Way etc
  6. Dulce
  7. 3600 seconds
  8. SP Mesa > IT ...
  9. They have big chimneys
  10. LT35
  11. Acqua
  12. Earth, Fire
  13. Summer in Australia
  14. A castle & a bird
Down
  1. Annie's temp residings
  2. Semper in mente mea
  3. Shakespeare died on this day
  4. On this condition
  5. Gay
  6. I had this on you when we met
  7. 22
  8. Drive west on sunset
  9. Finished when it floats
  10. Frizzante e.g
  11. Gluttony etc
  12. Hasta..
  13. Vogue

27 Clues: 22 • Gay • LT35 • Dulce • Acqua • Vogue • Hasta.. • Pigs tails • Earth, Fire • 3600 seconds • Gluttony etc • Queen Of Soul • Milky Way etc • Frizzante e.g • Requires gravy • SP Mesa > IT ... • On this condition • A castle & a bird • Semper in mente mea • Summer in Australia • Drive west on sunset • Annie's temp residings • They have big chimneys • Finished when it floats • Shakespeare died on this day • ...

Space 2022-01-14

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earth is kept in orbit around the sun by what?
  2. the circle the earth makes around the sun is called?
  3. this planet is closest to the earths size.
  4. when the moon is getting bigger.
  5. this planet has the most moons.
  6. when you can see the entire moon.
  7. when a satellite gets higher it gets what?
Down
  1. what is 24 period also known as?
  2. when the moon is getting smaller.
  3. when half the moon is visible the first time.
  4. when you can't see the moon.
  5. this planet is the closest to the sun.

12 Clues: when you can't see the moon. • this planet has the most moons. • what is 24 period also known as? • when the moon is getting bigger. • when the moon is getting smaller. • when you can see the entire moon. • this planet is the closest to the sun. • this planet is closest to the earths size. • when a satellite gets higher it gets what? • ...

Earth’s Trip Around the Sun 2020-09-11

Earth’s Trip Around the Sun crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Northern Hemisphere season that begins in March
  2. Month when Earth is farthest from the Sun
  3. Invisible line around Earth’s waist
  4. No sunset here on summer solstice (two words)
  5. Earth’s _______ of rotation is tilted 23.5°
  6. Earth’s farthest point from the Sun
  7. When the Sun is directly overhead at noon on the equator
Down
  1. Earth’s closest point to the Sun
  2. Shortest day in Northern Hemisphere (two words)
  3. Southern Hemisphere season that begins in December
  4. Earth’s orbit is not a perfect ______________
  5. Month when Earth is closest to the Sun

12 Clues: Earth’s closest point to the Sun • Invisible line around Earth’s waist • Earth’s farthest point from the Sun • Month when Earth is closest to the Sun • Month when Earth is farthest from the Sun • Earth’s _______ of rotation is tilted 23.5° • Earth’s orbit is not a perfect ______________ • No sunset here on summer solstice (two words) • ...

Physics Menu Project-Tristan Moye 2024-03-08

Physics Menu Project-Tristan Moye crossword puzzle
Across
  1. water stored underground
  2. what the earth itself does in a day
  3. two plates moving towards each other
  4. when the moon is fully illuminated by the sun
  5. brings warmer weather to an area
  6. two plates sliding against each other
Down
  1. what the earth does around the sun in a year
  2. one plate being forced under the other
  3. natural disaster that forms near the equator over warm water
  4. two plates moving away from each other
  5. brings cooler weather to an area
  6. a 2d map used to see 3d objects

12 Clues: water stored underground • a 2d map used to see 3d objects • brings cooler weather to an area • brings warmer weather to an area • what the earth itself does in a day • two plates moving towards each other • two plates sliding against each other • one plate being forced under the other • two plates moving away from each other • what the earth does around the sun in a year • ...

Choice Board 3 Jacob Spence 2023-05-13

Choice Board 3 Jacob Spence crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Object will not change motion unless a force acts on it.
  2. When all the continents were together.
  3. A chart of all the elements
  4. The moon goes through these phases.
  5. causes seasons because of the rotation.
  6. The substance's mass per unit of volume.
  7. A bunch of food chains put together.
  8. What the news tells us the day will be like.
  9. This is what holds us to earth.
Down
  1. When the earth spins on its axis.
  2. This is the energy that has not been used.
  3. This is at the center of our solar system.

12 Clues: A chart of all the elements • This is what holds us to earth. • When the earth spins on its axis. • The moon goes through these phases. • A bunch of food chains put together. • When all the continents were together. • causes seasons because of the rotation. • The substance's mass per unit of volume. • This is the energy that has not been used. • ...

GEOLOGY 2017-06-28

GEOLOGY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wrinkles or bends produced in rocks while they are in plastic state
  2. equal length of day and night
  3. large intrusions with no definite lower limit
  4. horizontal intrusion
  5. responsible for picking up rock grains and moving them often
  6. indentation
  7. finger like intrusion
  8. the earth into to two equal halves
  9. formed from hot molten materials through solidification
  10. number of cirques that gnaw into a ridge
  11. attraction to a magnet
  12. movement of water along a smooth channel
  13. movement of the solid parts of the earth
  14. color of a thin layer of the finely powdered minerals
  15. provides a due to the internal structure of a mineral
  16. study of the structure and composition of earth
  17. one of the smallest planets
  18. it has not erupted for along time
  19. splitting/breaking along certain planes
  20. sandstone is made up of _____
  21. cresent-shape dune
Down
  1. ridge and hills formed when a melting glacier leaves its moraines
  2. hill of wind-blown soil deposited over a rock,tree etc.
  3. results of crustal movements
  4. caused by landslide
  5. often red or white, becomes darker when it cools
  6. mixture of metallic element and waste mineral
  7. generates tremendous amount of energy from nuclear reactions
  8. lower layer:behaves as if it were blast
  9. uppermost layer:behave as if it were granite
  10. north-south location of any place in earth
  11. earth tremors that accompany faulting movement of great rock masses
  12. ability to absorb light
  13. natural solid materials of the earths crust
  14. a fracture on a rocks surface,along which there is displacement of the broken surface
  15. due to either explosive volcanic activity
  16. attacks the mineral,iron bearing minerals
  17. great island of rock that have been raised above the surface of the crust
  18. the extent of the open water across which a wind blows
  19. a small lake that occupies a glacial cirque

40 Clues: indentation • cresent-shape dune • caused by landslide • horizontal intrusion • finger like intrusion • attraction to a magnet • ability to absorb light • one of the smallest planets • results of crustal movements • equal length of day and night • sandstone is made up of _____ • it has not erupted for along time • the earth into to two equal halves • ...

Astronomy 2024-04-25

Astronomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Why do we have seasons?
  2. The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
  3. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
  4. The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object
  5. The moon blocks sunlight from Earth, when the new moon passes directly between the sun and Earth.
  6. A tide with the least difference between low and high tide; occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles: at the first and third quarter moons.
  7. The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth.
  8. The periodic rise and fall of ocean water caused by the gravitational pull of the moon
  9. An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South Poles, about which Earth rotates
  10. The cause of day and night
  11. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
Down
  1. A tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide; occurs when the sun and the moon are in a line: at a new moon and a full moon.
  2. The movement of an object around another object, Earth's = 365 1/4 days
  3. this planets tilt is 23.5 degrees
  4. The larger part of the shadow surrounding the darkest part.
  5. Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon
  6. the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
  7. a push or pull exerted on an object
  8. an object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion
  9. The spinning motion of a planet on its axis Earths = 24 hours
  10. The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
  11. Earths revolution is 356 and1/4 _______ long
  12. the study of the universe beyond Earth, including the sun, moon, planets, and stars

23 Clues: Why do we have seasons? • The cause of day and night • this planets tilt is 23.5 degrees • a push or pull exerted on an object • Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon • Earths revolution is 356 and1/4 _______ long • The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth. • The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion • ...

Air Pressure and Humidity 2014-02-05

Air Pressure and Humidity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the two days a year that there are equal hours of day/night
  2. the process in which liquid water from oceans, lakes and streams turns into water vapor
  3. the two days a year where there are the most/least hours of daylight
  4. the temperature at which air cannot hold any more water vapor and it begins condensing
  5. the force exerted by air because it has mass
  6. the amount of water vapor in the air
  7. one spin of the earth on its axis
  8. moving air
Down
  1. distance from sea level
  2. what happens when water droplets in clouds become heavy and fall to the ground
  3. what must happen to liquid water in order for it to evaporate
  4. type of pressure associated with moist, warm air
  5. type of pressure associated with dry, cold air
  6. there are different seasons on earth because earths axis is _________
  7. one orbit of the earth around the sun
  8. what must happen to water vapor in order for it to condense into liquid

16 Clues: moving air • distance from sea level • one spin of the earth on its axis • the amount of water vapor in the air • one orbit of the earth around the sun • the force exerted by air because it has mass • type of pressure associated with dry, cold air • type of pressure associated with moist, warm air • the two days a year that there are equal hours of day/night • ...

Unit 1 Science Vocab 2024-10-09

Unit 1 Science Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A description of how something works or why something happens
  2. The length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun one time
  3. The sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun
  4. A period of time that is 24 hours long and includes daytime and nighttime
  5. Information that supports an answer to a question
  6. An arrangement of stars as seen from Earth
  7. The pull between Earth and other objects which acts without even touching
  8. A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky
Down
  1. Something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world
  3. Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation
  4. To make a picture in your mind using information from different sources
  5. To move in a regular path around something
  6. The only star in our solar system
  7. An attempt to find out about something
  8. A huge object in space that gives off heat and light

16 Clues: The only star in our solar system • An attempt to find out about something • To move in a regular path around something • An arrangement of stars as seen from Earth • Information that supports an answer to a question • A huge object in space that gives off heat and light • Something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...

Science Vocabulary Words 2025-04-28

Science Vocabulary Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a period of time that is 24 hours long and includes daytime and nighttime.
  2. the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun.
  3. the pull between Earth and other objects, which acts even without touching.
  4. observations or measurements recorded in an investigation.
  5. to make a picture in your mind using information from different sources.
  6. a description of how something works or why something happens.
  7. something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  8. a huge object in space that gives off heat and light.
Down
  1. an arrangement of stars as seen from Earth.
  2. a scientist who studies stars, planets, and other objects in the universe.
  3. to move in a regular path around something.
  4. information that supports an answer to a question.
  5. the length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun once
  6. something scientists make to answer questions about the real world.
  7. an attempt to find out about something.
  8. the only star in our solar system.

16 Clues: the only star in our solar system. • an attempt to find out about something. • an arrangement of stars as seen from Earth. • to move in a regular path around something. • information that supports an answer to a question. • a huge object in space that gives off heat and light. • something we observe to be similar over and over again. • ...

Module 4 A Vocabulary: Nature 2026-03-09

Module 4 A Vocabulary: Nature crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A thick tropical forest where it rains almost every day.
  2. A very hard, natural substance found in the ground.
  3. A deep, narrow valley with very steep rock sides.
  4. A huge round object in space, like Earth or Mars.
  5. An open area of land used for crops or animals (like cows).
  6. A tiny, bright point of light in the night sky.
  7. The small, flat, green part of a plant or tree.
Down
  1. The solid surface of the earth that we walk on.
  2. Land that is outside of cities, with many farms and nature.
  3. The blue space above the earth with clouds and the sun.
  4. The large, round, white object in the sky at night.
  5. A tropical forest with many tall trees and wild animals.
  6. A high, steep area of rock, often next to the sea.
  7. A narrow way or track made for walking.
  8. A tall plant with a wooden trunk and branches.
  9. The green plant that covers the ground in a park or garden.

16 Clues: A narrow way or track made for walking. • A tall plant with a wooden trunk and branches. • The solid surface of the earth that we walk on. • A tiny, bright point of light in the night sky. • The small, flat, green part of a plant or tree. • A deep, narrow valley with very steep rock sides. • A huge round object in space, like Earth or Mars. • ...

Lemon tree 2022-06-20

Lemon tree crossword puzzle
Across
  1. we don't work on this day
  2. when you are alone you are in ...
  3. used to describe a sky
  4. is on a chair
  5. expecting
  6. tell with melody
  7. to take place
  8. move on the side
  9. another color
  10. on your neck
Down
  1. when you are just by yourself
  2. not slow
  3. opposite of outside
  4. above the earth
  5. a doll is one
  6. opposite of everything
  7. be able to
  8. using a car
  9. we take one instead of a bath
  10. color
  11. cherries grow on it

21 Clues: color • not slow • expecting • be able to • using a car • on your neck • a doll is one • is on a chair • to take place • another color • above the earth • tell with melody • move on the side • opposite of outside • cherries grow on it • opposite of everything • used to describe a sky • we don't work on this day • when you are just by yourself • we take one instead of a bath • ...

Journeys 1.5 final 2020-10-18

Journeys 1.5 final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a part of the day we sleep
  2. to start
  3. up to
  4. where we plant seeds
  5. to gain knowledge
  6. an area with its original features
  7. with someone else
  8. prepared to start
  9. moving in constant direction
  10. the earth
Down
  1. types
  2. a place where we live
  3. a young man
  4. to not have anything
  5. to repeat
  6. nearly
  7. a man with a child
  8. the number after seven
  9. having lived for a short amount of time
  10. to go on top of something
  11. comfortable temperature

21 Clues: types • up to • nearly • to start • to repeat • the earth • a young man • to gain knowledge • with someone else • prepared to start • a man with a child • to not have anything • where we plant seeds • a place where we live • the number after seven • comfortable temperature • to go on top of something • a part of the day we sleep • moving in constant direction • an area with its original features • ...