earth day Crossword Puzzles

Random Quiz 2021-03-15

Random Quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. Clothing for your legs
  2. spotted animal
  3. hamilton
  4. a planet
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  1. happy
  2. green
  3. cozy top
  4. warming night/morning/mid day drink

8 Clues: happy • green • cozy top • hamilton • a planet • spotted animal • Clothing for your legs • warming night/morning/mid day drink

PLANETS 2024-09-22

PLANETS crossword puzzle
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  1. answer for why
  2. opposite for big
  3. it means to spin
  4. past tense for spin
  5. a noun
  6. it has 24 hours
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  1. the opposite of close
  2. first planet from the sun
  3. fifth planet from the sun
  4. the third planet from the sun
  5. it has 365 days
  6. farthest planet from the sun
  7. it is cold

13 Clues: a noun • it is cold • answer for why • it has 365 days • it has 24 hours • opposite for big • it means to spin • past tense for spin • the opposite of close • first planet from the sun • fifth planet from the sun • farthest planet from the sun • the third planet from the sun

Space 2024-08-29

Space crossword puzzle
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  1. An object that is made of ice, gas, dust, and small rocks that can have a tail when closer to the sun.
  2. The only star in our Solar System, medium in size and yellow in color.
  3. The changes in weather patters due to the tilt of Earth and its revolution.
  4. the force of attraction that pulls bodies towards the center of the Earth or any other physical body having mass.
  5. A spherical shaped rock or mass of gas that revolves around the Sun.
  6. The third planet from the Sun and is the only planet in our Solar System with life.
  7. The movement of the Earth during one complete trip around the sun causing the seasons and seeing different patterns of stars.
  8. A system that is four billion years old and contains the sun, planets, asteroids, and comets.
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  1. A galaxy spiral shaped that contains our Solar System
  2. The movement of the Earth when it spins on its axis causing day and night and the stars appearing to move.
  3. An object that is smaller than a planet and orbits the sun, made of rock and metal.
  4. Far away suns that look like points of light in the sky, burning balls of gas.
  5. The largest planet in the Solar System.
  6. Consists of gas, dust, and billions of stars.
  7. The closest planet to the sun.
  8. A natural satellite that orbits a planet.

16 Clues: The closest planet to the sun. • The largest planet in the Solar System. • A natural satellite that orbits a planet. • Consists of gas, dust, and billions of stars. • A galaxy spiral shaped that contains our Solar System • A spherical shaped rock or mass of gas that revolves around the Sun. • The only star in our Solar System, medium in size and yellow in color. • ...

Day by Day 2021-04-01

Day by Day crossword puzzle
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  1. What Samson was known for.
  2. Confidence.
  3. Something you are concerned about.
  4. Work
  5. A feeling of anxiety, or of reverence.
  6. Comfort when you have a loss.
  7. Another word for promise.
  8. The person who composed the music.
  9. Something someone gives you.
  10. To mix.
  11. Something given instead of trouble or punishment.
  12. An archaic word meaning gladly.
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  1. A cause of great trouble.
  2. Give someone a responsibility.
  3. When someone says they will do something.
  4. "Therefore I tell you do not ___ about your life."
  5. A test
  6. A measure of time.
  7. Passing quickly.
  8. Someone who gives advice and direction.
  9. Authority, strength.
  10. The first name of the author.
  11. The last name of the translator.

23 Clues: Work • A test • To mix. • Confidence. • Passing quickly. • A measure of time. • Authority, strength. • A cause of great trouble. • Another word for promise. • What Samson was known for. • Something someone gives you. • Comfort when you have a loss. • The first name of the author. • Give someone a responsibility. • An archaic word meaning gladly. • The last name of the translator. • ...

Rylan 2024-09-09

Rylan crossword puzzle
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  1. The Lord wiped out every living thing on earth: Ch.7 V:23
  2. Make yourself an ark of __________. Ch.6 V:14
  3. Of every clean animal, take with you seven pairs, one pair, a male and its mate; Ch.7 V:2
  4. The flood continued upon the earth for ________ days. Ch.7 V:17
  5. On the precise day named, Noah and his sons, ______, Ham and Japheth. Ch.7 V:13
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  1. Noah was ______ hundred years old when the flood waters came upon the earth. Ch.7 V:6
  2. When the Lord saw how great was man's ___________ on earth. Ch.6 V:5
  3. together with every kind of wild beast, every kind of _________ animal. Ch.7 V:14
  4. In the eyes of God the earth was ________ and full of lawlessness. Ch:6 V:11
  5. Gradually the waters receded from the earth. At the end of _____ hundred and fifty days, the waters have diminished. Ch:8 V:3

10 Clues: Make yourself an ark of __________. Ch.6 V:14 • The Lord wiped out every living thing on earth: Ch.7 V:23 • The flood continued upon the earth for ________ days. Ch.7 V:17 • When the Lord saw how great was man's ___________ on earth. Ch.6 V:5 • In the eyes of God the earth was ________ and full of lawlessness. Ch:6 V:11 • ...

Coco Solar system 2023-10-19

Coco Solar system crossword puzzle
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  1. The phase when the sunlit side of the Moon is facing towards Earth
  2. An event where one object in space blocks another from view
  3. An attractive force between any two objects that have massOn Earth, gravity pulls objects towards Earth's centre. In space, it keeps objects in orbit.
  4. model A model of the Solar System in which Earth is at the centre
  5. A planet made up mostly of icy materials Uranus and Neptune are ice planets.
  6. The time it takes a planet to rotate once
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  1. A half of the Earth, either north or south of the EquatorThe United States is in the northern hemisphere.
  2. A representation of an idea, object or system
  3. moon Any phase when less than half of the sunlit side of the Moon can be seen
  4. When the Moon passes into the Earth's shadow
  5. A group of millions or billions of stars
  6. A large space rock that orbits the Sun

12 Clues: A large space rock that orbits the Sun • A group of millions or billions of stars • The time it takes a planet to rotate once • When the Moon passes into the Earth's shadow • A representation of an idea, object or system • An event where one object in space blocks another from view • The phase when the sunlit side of the Moon is facing towards Earth • ...

Aarish's Crosswoard 2024-04-30

Aarish's Crosswoard crossword puzzle
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  1. we live here
  2. biggest mammal
  3. has few zeros
  4. we have it everyday
  5. we have as a treat
  6. it help us to be smart
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  1. we cant live with out you
  2. something goes round and round
  3. we follow through the day
  4. we use to write
  5. once a year
  6. useful in summer
  7. keep things safe
  8. people use to walk
  9. we relax here
  10. we use at the beach

16 Clues: once a year • we live here • has few zeros • we relax here • biggest mammal • we use to write • useful in summer • keep things safe • people use to walk • we have as a treat • we have it everyday • we use at the beach • it help us to be smart • we cant live with out you • we follow through the day • something goes round and round

Christmas Crossword 2024-12-13

Christmas Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Baked in the shape of a person
  2. Often found under a Christmas tree
  3. A Christmas decoration hung on doors and walls.
  4. The Dutch name is "Sinterklass"
  5. There are 11 of these a year in BC. The next _______ after Christmas is the New Year's Day.
  6. Classified under the deer family(Cervidae)
  7. Will Ferrell's role in a Christmas movie
  8. This season arrives when the Earth tilts away from the Sun.
  9. The second day of Christmastide
  10. 3 days after the Winter Solstice
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  1. Often used for Christmas trees
  2. An anthropomorphic snow sculpture
  3. A word used to describe celebration and cheerfulness.
  4. Charles Dickens' "A Christmas _____"
  5. A fictional character who has a pet dog named "Max"
  6. Peppermint sticks
  7. December 25th
  8. The second word of a famous carol
  9. Used to be the tenth month in the roman calendar.

19 Clues: December 25th • Peppermint sticks • Often used for Christmas trees • Baked in the shape of a person • The Dutch name is "Sinterklass" • The second day of Christmastide • 3 days after the Winter Solstice • An anthropomorphic snow sculpture • The second word of a famous carol • Often found under a Christmas tree • Charles Dickens' "A Christmas _____" • ...

Random 2023-12-08

Random crossword puzzle
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  1. slowest animal in the world
  2. tallest animal in the world
  3. biggest planet in solar system
  4. longest river in the world
  5. hot weather
  6. the planet next to earth
  7. the country with most islands
  8. snow
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  1. most popular sport in the wold
  2. Santa claus
  3. popular old band
  4. the day you were born
  5. largest country in the world
  6. smallest planet in solar system
  7. Santas helpers
  8. most populated country

16 Clues: snow • Santa claus • hot weather • Santas helpers • popular old band • the day you were born • most populated country • the planet next to earth • longest river in the world • slowest animal in the world • tallest animal in the world • largest country in the world • the country with most islands • most popular sport in the wold • biggest planet in solar system • ...

Beyond the Earth 2022-10-18

Beyond the Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. at the end of the day we see the amazing ______
  2. the Earth _____ around the sun
  3. the ___ gives all life a source of energy
  4. ______ pulls us down to the ground
  5. to teach children about stars teachers make _______ online
  6. ___ is repersented by a lion
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  1. the ____ takes a month to complete a full cycle
  2. the Earth ____ and gives the illusion that the sun is moving
  3. we see the _____ at night
  4. ___ is the name of a constellation and the name of a god
  5. a _____ is a repeating cycle

11 Clues: we see the _____ at night • a _____ is a repeating cycle • ___ is repersented by a lion • the Earth _____ around the sun • ______ pulls us down to the ground • the ___ gives all life a source of energy • the ____ takes a month to complete a full cycle • at the end of the day we see the amazing ______ • ___ is the name of a constellation and the name of a god • ...

Earth Science 2012-11-29

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. / The time it takes for half of the atoms in a radioactive sample to decompose
  2. / Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.
  3. / Measurement refers only to the order in which events occurred
  4. / Correlated rocks from many localities around the world.
  5. / Matched rocks of the same age from different localities
  6. / Tectonic activity titled older sedimentary rock layers, & erosion planed the off, before younger sediment accumulated
  7. / Thin, widespread sedimentary layer that deposited rapidly.
  8. / This Era is when mammals and grasses became abundant.
  9. / States that life forms have changed throughout geologic time
  10. / Eras that are subdivided
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  1. / Eons divide into ______
  2. / This Era contains fossils of early life forms, such as invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles & ferns
  3. / A nearly complete composite record of geologic time
  4. / Unconformity in which sedimentary rocks lie on igneous rocks.
  5. Dating / The process of determining the absolute age of rocks, minerals & fossils.
  6. / Hadean, Archean, Proterozioc Eons are commonly referred to as this
  7. / Sedimentary rocks deposited without interruption
  8. / Age in years
  9. / Remains and other traces of prehistoric life preserved in rocks.
  10. / The largest time units

20 Clues: / Age in years • / The largest time units • / Eons divide into ______ • / Eras that are subdivided • / Sedimentary rocks deposited without interruption • / A nearly complete composite record of geologic time • / This Era is when mammals and grasses became abundant. • / Correlated rocks from many localities around the world. • ...

Changing Earth 2012-12-03

Changing Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. A layer of liquid metals that surrounds the inner core
  2. When one plate sinks beneath another
  3. Huge underwater mountain ranges
  4. the force exerted when an object presses on, pulls on or pushes against another object
  5. the switch in direction where the north pole becomes the south pole and the south pole becomes the north pole
  6. a fracture, or break, in Earths lithosphere, along which blocks of rock move past each other
  7. A hypothesis created by alfred Wegener
  8. Thin layer of cool rock
  9. plates Parts of the lithosphere broken into many large slaps of rock
  10. a super continent of all the continents joined together; alfred Wegener called it this
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  1. a layer of hotter softer rock in the upper mantle
  2. A ball of hot solid metals
  3. the energy transfer by the movement of material
  4. the shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rock along a fault
  5. A motion that transfer heat energy in a material
  6. as ridges continue to widen creating a gap called this
  7. Earth's thickest layer, measuring nearly 2900 kilometers (1700 miles)
  8. the point on Earths surface directly above the focus
  9. A place where heated rock rises in plumes, or thin columns from the mantle
  10. Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle together form this
  11. the point underground where rock first begins to move

21 Clues: Thin layer of cool rock • A ball of hot solid metals • Huge underwater mountain ranges • When one plate sinks beneath another • A hypothesis created by alfred Wegener • the energy transfer by the movement of material • A motion that transfer heat energy in a material • a layer of hotter softer rock in the upper mantle • the point on Earths surface directly above the focus • ...

Earth Science 2012-11-14

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. by magma pushing through the the crust
  2. current of which hot air rises and cool air falls
  3. giant wave of which is caused by movement of the Earth underwater
  4. of North America, Europe and Asia
  5. scientist who had the theory of continental drift Alfred *******
  6. name of the single continent
  7. layer of which is approximatley 100km thick that convers the Earth
  8. type of movement where tectonic plates collide
  9. denser of the two crusts
  10. LINESCracks in the Earth's crust caused by plates sliding together
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  1. process of which the forces of gravity pull the oceanic plate under the continential plate
  2. TECTONICS/The theory of the formation and movement of the plates that cover the Earth's surface
  3. by rapid movement of the ground and a rpaid release of energy as plates move
  4. type of movement where tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. instrument capable of of detecting plate movement not perciptible to humans
  6. layer of hot semi-solid rock material that the crust of the Earth floats on
  7. light crust made from aluminium and silicon
  8. continent of which South America, Australia, Antarctica and Africa once consisted of
  9. ******* magnitude scale was developed by Charles F *******
  10. DRIFT/The theory that the continents are all part of the single continent Pangeae

20 Clues: denser of the two crusts • name of the single continent • of North America, Europe and Asia • by magma pushing through the the crust • light crust made from aluminium and silicon • type of movement where tectonic plates collide • current of which hot air rises and cool air falls • ******* magnitude scale was developed by Charles F ******* • ...

Earth Science 2013-06-04

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. rocky body that orbit in a region in the solar system known as the asteroid belt
  2. hard-shelled animal whose body had three sections
  3. two plates slide past each other
  4. forces that cause rocks on either side of faults to push in opposite directions
  5. crust and top of mantle
  6. instrument that records and measures seismic waves
  7. mineral that is mined because they contain useful metals or nonmetals
  8. chunk of rock that strikes the surface of a planet or moon
  9. forms when rocks are changed into different kinds of rocks by heat and pressure
  10. two plates come together and collide
  11. use symbols to protray the land as if viewed from above
  12. trait or behavior that helps organisms survive
  13. the age of one object compared to the age of another object
  14. come from the remains of living things
  15. chunk of rock that burns up in a planet's atmosphere
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  1. divided into epochs
  2. forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud and hardens into the shape of the organism
  3. top portion of the mantle
  4. forms when molten rock (magma) cools and hardens
  5. states that each rock layer is older than the one above it
  6. divided into periods
  7. two plates are moving apart
  8. point on Earth's surface directly above where the energy is released in an earthquake
  9. forms from the compaction and/or cementation of sediments
  10. gives important information about past life and environments on Earth
  11. forces that push or squeeze rocks together
  12. huge,looping eruptions of gas
  13. forces that pull rocks apart

28 Clues: divided into epochs • divided into periods • crust and top of mantle • top portion of the mantle • two plates are moving apart • forces that pull rocks apart • huge,looping eruptions of gas • two plates slide past each other • two plates come together and collide • come from the remains of living things • forces that push or squeeze rocks together • ...

Earth Quakes 2014-01-16

Earth Quakes crossword puzzle
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  1. large waves
  2. where plates slide past each other
  3. man credited with Theory of Plate Tectonics
  4. thickest type of crus
  5. boundary where plates pull apart
  6. Wegener man credited with Theor of Continental Drift
  7. forms at an ocean-ocean divergent boundary
  8. this forms above a subduction zone where plates converge
  9. name of super continent that existed 250 million years ago
  10. forms at a continental-continental divergent boundary
  11. ___ plate
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  1. forms at continental-continental convergent boundary
  2. zone where one plate sinks below another
  3. tectonic______
  4. when the ground shakes because of movement of plate boundaries
  5. forms at an oceanic-continental convergent boundary
  6. it is not lava till it reaches the surface
  7. crust that always sinks at a convergent boundary
  8. shoots out lava
  9. earths layer that is broken into large moving pieces

20 Clues: ___ plate • large waves • tectonic______ • shoots out lava • thickest type of crus • boundary where plates pull apart • where plates slide past each other • zone where one plate sinks below another • forms at an ocean-ocean divergent boundary • it is not lava till it reaches the surface • man credited with Theory of Plate Tectonics • ...

Earth Science 2013-11-11

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. who proposed theory of continental drift
  2. type of stress that pulls rocks apart
  3. Plate _________________
  4. boundary where 2 plates collide together
  5. A fault is a _______ in rock along which rocks on either side of break move
  6. fault where 2 rocks move past each other
  7. type of stress that pushes rocks in opposite horizontal directions
  8. A fold is when there is a bend in rocks ________ breaking.
  9. an upcurved fold
  10. bending of te rock without breaking
  11. when all continents were together as 1 giant landmass
  12. force that applies pressure to rocks in the earths crust
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  1. a gently dipped bend
  2. boundary where 2 plates move apart
  3. a downcurved fold
  4. fault where the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall
  5. type of stress that pushes rocks together
  6. fault where the hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall
  7. boundary where 2 plates move past each other
  8. break in rock along which rocks on either side of the break move

20 Clues: an upcurved fold • a downcurved fold • a gently dipped bend • Plate _________________ • boundary where 2 plates move apart • bending of te rock without breaking • type of stress that pulls rocks apart • who proposed theory of continental drift • boundary where 2 plates collide together • fault where 2 rocks move past each other • type of stress that pushes rocks together • ...

Beyond Earth 2015-07-27

Beyond Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. They neither spiral nor elliptical
  2. is a congregation of solar system, stars, dusts, and gases held together by gravity
  3. are large groups of smaller galaxy clusters or galaxy groups and are among the largest known structures of the cosmos
  4. are composed of alloys of iron and nickel
  5. outer visible layer of the sun
  6. is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite
  7. is a natural science which is the study of celestial objects
  8. are composed of a mixture of stony silicate material and iron.
  9. asteroids that orbits outside the outer solar system
  10. most common type of meteorites
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  1. common type of galaxy
  2. is a unit of length used informally to express astronomical distances
  3. is a planet that orbits a star other than the Sun, a stellar remnant, or a brown dwarf
  4. Stars including their creation, evolution ,and death
  5. refers to group or stars within the galaxy that resembles each other in terms of age, spartial distribution, or chemical composition
  6. is the cloud of gas that became the sun
  7. used to study the features of the sun
  8. are minor planets that circe the Sun in a region called the Asteriod Belt
  9. are glowing fragment of rock matter in space that burn and glow upon entering the atmosphere of Earth.
  10. is the large, dim region surrounding the entire galaxy

20 Clues: common type of galaxy • outer visible layer of the sun • most common type of meteorites • They neither spiral nor elliptical • used to study the features of the sun • is the cloud of gas that became the sun • are composed of alloys of iron and nickel • Stars including their creation, evolution ,and death • asteroids that orbits outside the outer solar system • ...

Beyond Earth 2015-04-12

Beyond Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. closer to the sun warmer mostly rock
  2. when a planet spins on its axis
  3. heavily cratered rock, ice crust, ice mantle, rock core
  4. sixth planet in order, ringed, very low density
  5. probes that found new information about outer planets
  6. The earth and other planets revolve around the sun
  7. the sun and planets make up this
  8. the way planets revolve around the sun
  9. second planet to the sun, atmosphere thick and toxic
  10. largest known volcano in the solar system
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  1. largest planet in solar system and fifth planet in order
  2. 4 gaseous planet
  3. largest moon in solar system
  4. the gas or air that surrounds the planet
  5. Vast disks of icy comets, located near Neptune's orbit
  6. third planet from sun, water exists as 3 states of matter
  7. farthest from the sun mostly gaseous planets
  8. last of gas planet, orbit overlaps Pluto's, dark spot, bluish tint
  9. the orbit at which a planet spins around the sun
  10. smallest planetoid to the sun , different orbital plane tilted 17 degrees
  11. closest planet to the sun, weak magnetic field
  12. smallest gas planet,7th planet ,bluish tint, spins like tire
  13. fourth planet from the sun, red planet, surface iron oxide dust

23 Clues: 4 gaseous planet • largest moon in solar system • when a planet spins on its axis • the sun and planets make up this • closer to the sun warmer mostly rock • the way planets revolve around the sun • the gas or air that surrounds the planet • largest known volcano in the solar system • farthest from the sun mostly gaseous planets • ...

Earth terminologies 2016-10-19

Earth terminologies crossword puzzle
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  1. Forces that shape the Earth's surface
  2. A large mass of ice that moves over the land
  3. map: A map which shows points of equal elevation as a line
  4. When all the continents separated
  5. Half of the earth's surface, there are 4 in total
  6. the layer that is before the outer core
  7. Plant life
  8. The study of the interrelationships between life forms and their environment
  9. Magma that reaches the Earth's surface
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  1. A land where little to no water is in it and filled with sand
  2. Molten rock that lies beneath the surface of the Earth
  3. Zero degrees latitude, divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemisphere
  4. The crust of the ocean
  5. A mantle layer that is before the outer core
  6. A layer that compromises the Earth's crust, it's divided into tectonic plates
  7. the deepest core inside the Earth
  8. The long term trend in weather conditions of an area
  9. The plant and animal life on the Earth
  10. The core after the inner core
  11. Animal life

20 Clues: Plant life • Animal life • The crust of the ocean • The core after the inner core • the deepest core inside the Earth • When all the continents separated • Forces that shape the Earth's surface • The plant and animal life on the Earth • Magma that reaches the Earth's surface • the layer that is before the outer core • A large mass of ice that moves over the land • ...

Earth Science 2016-09-17

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. The process in which liquid water changes into vapor
  2. the change from vapor into liquid or solid
  3. The movement of water around earth's surface
  4. The saltiness of water
  5. During rain, water moves downhill towards a surface water body
  6. Rain that falls into the land surface penetrates the soil in a process
  7. Are large inland bodies of fresh or saline water
  8. Short distance, the water enters the channels and becomes
  9. A moving body of surcafe water that flows downslope toward sea level
  10. Land areas where water covers the surface for significant periods is referred to as
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  1. A permanent body of ice which consists largely of recrystallized snow
  2. Is a natural event wherein an area that is usually dry is submerged under water
  3. Are characterized by intense, high-velocity torrent of water that occurs in an existing river channel with little to no notice
  4. Are small and shallow lakes
  5. The average length of time spent by water molecule in a reservoir
  6. A soil rock or sediment that is frozen for more than 2 consecutive years
  7. The line that seperates individual drainage basin
  8. The narrow elongated landform seperating individual streams within a basin
  9. are constructred along streams to contain the flow of water
  10. A mass of glacial land ice

20 Clues: The saltiness of water • A mass of glacial land ice • Are small and shallow lakes • the change from vapor into liquid or solid • The movement of water around earth's surface • Are large inland bodies of fresh or saline water • The line that seperates individual drainage basin • The process in which liquid water changes into vapor • ...

earth science 2016-09-15

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

20 Clues: Permanent body of ice • The saltiness of water • The second layer of the ocean • sheet. A mass of glacial land ice • Large inland bodies of fresh or saline water • The total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock • The process in which liquid water changes into vapor • water budget. The total amount of water in the planet • ...

Earth Science 2016-11-01

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. -the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator.
  2. -a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women.
  3. -theweather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
  4. -a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  5. -the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  6. layer -that prevents dangerous radiation from the Sun from reaching the surface of the Earth.
  7. -A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  8. circle - is the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth.
  9. -the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere
  10. -the lowest region of the atmosphere.
  11. -a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
  12. -a very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
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  1. - the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  2. -a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.
  3. -low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
  4. -(of a river or road) follow a winding course.
  5. rocks -the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow.
  6. -a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
  7. -the region of the upper atmosphere in which temperature increases continuously with altitude
  8. -the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere
  9. -the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch.
  10. core - is the second to last layer of the Earth.
  11. -an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
  12. -Earth's innermost part and according to seismological studies.
  13. -the tough outer part of a loaf of bread.

25 Clues: -the lowest region of the atmosphere. • -the tough outer part of a loaf of bread. • -a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • -(of a river or road) follow a winding course. • rocks -the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow. • -the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch. • core - is the second to last layer of the Earth. • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2016-10-27

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves An elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
  2. the distance between two successive wave crests or troughs.
  3. property possessed by certain rocks of breaking with relative ease along parallel planes or nearly parallel surfaces in their crystal structures where the bonds are weakest.
  4. a volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content.
  5. a term applied to large areas of basaltic lava presumably extruded from fissures.
  6. A rocky space object that can be from a few hundred feet to several hundred km wide.
  7. the tendency of a moving object to continue in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place.
  8. a sedimentary rock composed of combustible matter derived from the partial decomposition of plant material.
  9. The movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed.
  10. A zone of the earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere and consists of several hundred kilometers of deformable rock.
  11. a type of thermal spring which ejects water intermittently with considerable force.
  12. Is the part of the earth between the core and the the crust.
  13. The change occurs primarily due to heat, pressure, and the introduction of chemically active fluids.
  14. it is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
  15. weathering processes that are the result of chemical reactions. Example: the transformation of orthoclase to kaolinite.
  16. a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances, absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis.
  17. The outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  18. is the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet.
  19. a supercontinent that existed from the Jurassic to Early Tertiary after splitting from Pangea.
  20. A type of rock that contains sufficient minerals with important elements including metals that can be economically extracted from the rock.
  21. The temperature at which a liquid changes to a vaporous state.
  22. Is a hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.
  23. A smaller earthquake that occurs after a previous large earthquake, in the same area of the main shock.
  24. Any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere.
  25. It is measured by assessing the patterns of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time.
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  1. a slowly moving mass of ice.
  2. turbulent stream water flow down a steep gradient, but not as steep as in a waterfall.
  3. the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe.
  4. a seismic body wave that involves particle motion, alternating compression and expansion, in the direction of wave propagation. It is the fastest seismic wave. compare S-wave .
  5. a seismic body wave that involves particle motion from side to side, perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.A waves are slower than P-waves and cannot travel through a liquid.
  6. He molten rock material that originates under the Earth's crust and forms igneous rock when it has cooled.
  7. the vertical distance between the crest and adjacent trough of a wave.
  8. ridge An underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
  9. the dust-sized, sharp-edged, glassy particles resulting from an explosive volcanic eruption.
  10. A caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids.
  11. energy that travels through space in the form of waves without the intervention of matter, as in the transport of heat from the Sun to the Earth.
  12. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  13. The innermost part of a core, specif. a solid sphere in the middle of the fluid core such as the iron-nickel core of the Earth.
  14. the process by which an unconsolidated deposit of sediments is converted in to solid rock.
  15. The branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.
  16. A pure substance composed of two or more elements whose composition is constant.
  17. the amount of water vapor in the air. Water vapor is the gaseous state of water and is invisible.
  18. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
  19. The state or quality of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it.
  20. Cracks in rock are a mechanism of brittle deformation in response to stress.
  21. The definition of air pressure is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air.
  22. a group of changes.
  23. A segment of continental crust, usually in the interior of a continent, that has been tectonically stable for a long time commonly a billion years or longer.
  24. a naturally occurring chemical compound.
  25. the smallest component of an element.

50 Clues: a group of changes. • a slowly moving mass of ice. • the smallest component of an element. • a naturally occurring chemical compound. • the distance between two successive wave crests or troughs. • Is the part of the earth between the core and the the crust. • ridge An underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics. • ...

Earth Science 2018-04-12

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ,formed when Earth's plates collide
  2. ,liquid inner layer of the Earth
  3. ,the place where the waves hit the surface, directly over the focus
  4. ,the movement of Earth caused by the sudden release of energy
  5. ,waves that move back and forth
  6. ,the solid inner layer of the Earth
  7. ,the process that causes new ocean crusts
  8. ,waves that bounce up and down
  9. ,formed when large sections of the crust are faulted and uplifted
  10. ,forms when one plate gets pushed under another plate
  11. ,a theory of how the plates move
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  1. ,moving because they rest on plasticlike layers within the mantle
  2. ,magma when it erupts through an opening or vent of the Earth's surface
  3. ,the cycle in which hot magma of forced up and cools
  4. ,formed when Earth's crust is stretched and pushed up by forces
  5. ,in the Earth's crust where plates rub against each other build energy that releases waves
  6. ,the exact spot inside the Earth where an earthquake starts
  7. ,melted rock
  8. ,the movement of continents
  9. ,the thickest layer of the Earth

20 Clues: ,melted rock • ,the movement of continents • ,waves that bounce up and down • ,waves that move back and forth • ,liquid inner layer of the Earth • ,the thickest layer of the Earth • ,a theory of how the plates move • ,formed when Earth's plates collide • ,the solid inner layer of the Earth • ,the process that causes new ocean crusts • ...

earth vocabulary 2020-02-25

earth vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rising up
  2. the middle relating to or denoting rock that has been extruded at the earth's surface as lava or other volcanic deposits.
  3. a glacial period
  4. the density of the item
  5. chain the type of mountain range
  6. time age of rocks
  7. fossil
  8. that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
  9. big crack
  10. the formula or bond of chemicals
  11. the place where the lava is stored.
  12. erosion beneath the Hercynian unconformity has removed most of the Westphalian strata
  13. solified from lava or magma
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  1. fossil record bacteria
  2. causing disruptiveness or annoyance
  3. the action of arranging something in layers.
  4. when the necleus loses strenght from raioactivitie.
  5. the theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes.
  6. consisting of thin sheets or laminae
  7. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying
  8. placing one thing above another so they coincide.
  9. type measurment of weight and composition
  10. the record of a fossil shape and sizes and models of the fossils
  11. outer layer
  12. the changable material
  13. layers of rocks
  14. big

27 Clues: big • fossil • big crack • outer layer • the rising up • layers of rocks • a glacial period • time age of rocks • fossil record bacteria • the changable material • the density of the item • solified from lava or magma • the formula or bond of chemicals • chain the type of mountain range • causing disruptiveness or annoyance • the place where the lava is stored. • ...

The Earth 2019-10-18

The Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A European country that looks like a boot on the map.
  2. People speak this language in Egypt.
  3. The largest ocean.
  4. The capital of this country is Hanoi.
  5. The capital of Italy.
  6. The Mississippi River is in this continent.
  7. The capital of Spain.
  8. This ocean is between Great Britain and the USA.
  9. This language is spoken in India.
  10. The capital of Great Britain.
  11. The capital of Egypt.
  12. A European country. Its flag is red and yellow.
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  1. The capital of France.
  2. The smallest ocean.
  3. The largest country in the world.
  4. A continent and a country.
  5. There is a maple leaf on the flag of this country.
  6. It forms a continent together with Asia.
  7. The capital of Germany.
  8. A hot continent.
  9. The capital of India.
  10. One of the longest rivers in the world.

22 Clues: A hot continent. • The largest ocean. • The smallest ocean. • The capital of Italy. • The capital of Spain. • The capital of India. • The capital of Egypt. • The capital of France. • The capital of Germany. • A continent and a country. • The capital of Great Britain. • The largest country in the world. • This language is spoken in India. • People speak this language in Egypt. • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2021-02-04

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs when two plates moves toward each other
  2. when the hanging wall moves up
  3. folds in adjacent layers with different wavelengths and shape
  4. strata dip away from axial center
  5. is a force acting on a rock per unit area, Any rock can be strained. Strain can be elastic, brittle, or ductile
  6. occurs when the hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall
  7. a geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  8. strata dip toward axial center
  9. bottom of the ocean
  10. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
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  1. occurs when two plates moves away
  2. strata dip toward center in all direction
  3. a break in earths crust where older rocks are pushes above younger rock
  4. a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.
  5. youngest strata in the center
  6. strata dip away from center in all direction
  7. is the result of gravitational forces acting on the young, raised oceanic lithosphere around mid-ocean ridges
  8. force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  9. angular fold with straight limbs and small hinges
  10. oldest strata in the center

20 Clues: bottom of the ocean • oldest strata in the center • youngest strata in the center • when the hanging wall moves up • strata dip toward axial center • occurs when two plates moves away • strata dip away from axial center • strata dip toward center in all direction • strata dip away from center in all direction • occurs when two plates moves toward each other • ...

Active earth 2020-05-12

Active earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. line / a crack in earths crust created by movement of tectonic plates.
  2. / the thinnest part of the earth that we live on
  3. core / hottest part of the earth
  4. volcano / A type of volcano that is rounded at the top
  5. hole / a hole that occurs in the earth from a movement of tectonic plates
  6. crust / the thinner type of crust
  7. / when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  8. / What happens when the volcano reaches a certain time
  9. current / movement of magma in the mantle
  10. / an earthquake that happens within a singular tectonic plate
  11. / a piece of technology used to measure the power of earthquakes
  12. / thickest part of the inner earth
  13. / the word that is used where the earthquake exactly happens
  14. core / second hottest part of the earth
  15. crust / the thicker part of the earths crust
  16. / hot liquid that comes
  17. plate / The thing under the crust that moves our continents
  18. plate / the plate that Australia is on
  19. / a mountain that spews out hot lava and ash once every few years
  20. / The way that plates move when mountains are formed
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  1. flow / the flow of hot ash that can reach 100 mph
  2. / the place on the crust of the earth that is exactly above the origin of the earthquake
  3. / the way that plates collide to create an earthquake
  4. / upper layer of the earth's mantle
  5. / a type of volcano that is very tall and pointy
  6. / when the oceanic plate gets forced up by continental plates
  7. / name of former super continent
  8. earthquake / earthquakes that involve two different plates
  9. volcano / volcano that can still erupt
  10. / a word to describe power of a earthquake E.G. 3.6
  11. zone / cracks in an area of usually a shield volcano
  12. volcano / a volcano that the top has eroded and become a bowl at the top
  13. / when two tectonic plates rub against each other
  14. / a layer of hot, semi-molten rock below the crust
  15. floor spreading / when the floor of the sea separates.
  16. wave / a wave not as powerful as a tsunami but is caused by the tide not the tectonic plates
  17. activity / the phrase used to describe earthquakes or other earth vibrations
  18. Wegener / name of the scientist who came up with the tectonic plate theory
  19. / a large wave usually caused by a volcanoes and earthquakes
  20. of fire / A ring around the pacific ocean where 75% of the worlds volcanoes are
  21. scale / the way we measure earthquake shocks

41 Clues: / hot liquid that comes • / name of former super continent • core / hottest part of the earth • crust / the thinner type of crust • / thickest part of the inner earth • / upper layer of the earth's mantle • volcano / volcano that can still erupt • plate / the plate that Australia is on • core / second hottest part of the earth • ...

Science - Earth 2020-12-20

Science - Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an instrument used to detect and measure seismic waves from earthquakes
  2. an opening in Earth's surface through which magma is released
  3. physical layer below the lithosphere made of to tock that flows very slowly (like silly putty)
  4. The layer of the Earths core that is a liquid
  5. the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid due to density differences
  6. The thin shell on the outside of the earth
  7. a shaking of Earth's surface
  8. the rigid uppermost part of the mantle that makes us the plates that move along the surface
  9. the solid sphere in the center of the earth
  10. a metallic element that reacts easily with oxygen and is very common on earth
  11. The part of the earth between the core and the crust
  12. the type of matter that makes up a object
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  1. The center of the earth
  2. is the lower part of the mantle
  3. the part of earth's mantle where convection currents occurs
  4. High temperature
  5. a hard metallic element that does not react easily with oxygen
  6. a large group of minerals that make up 90% of the earth's rocky crust
  7. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mas
  8. Our planet
  9. how compact a substance is in a certain area
  10. the fluid layer of iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core and lies below the mantle of the earth
  11. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance

23 Clues: Our planet • High temperature • The center of the earth • a shaking of Earth's surface • is the lower part of the mantle • the type of matter that makes up a object • The thin shell on the outside of the earth • the solid sphere in the center of the earth • how compact a substance is in a certain area • The layer of the Earths core that is a liquid • ...

Earth Science 2021-03-04

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pluton is derived from this word
  2. example of viscosity from the book
  3. ejected lava fragments that harden in the air
  4. when a volcano's activity ends
  5. plume hotter-than-normal mantle material
  6. volcanic activity that occurs within a plate
  7. a pluton that forms where magma flows between parallel layers of sedimentary rock
  8. Broad and gentle slopes
  9. a landform made of magma that hardened in a volcano's pipe and later was exposed by erosion
  10. an opening to the surface
  11. large volcanic mountain composed of layers of both lava and pyroclastic deposits
  12. a lens-shaped pluton that has pushed the overlying rock layers upward
  13. a body of intrusive igneous rock that has a surface exposure of more than 100 square kilometers
  14. the long belt of volcanoes that circles much of the Pacific Ocean
  15. substance's resistance to flow
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  1. a scorching mixture of glowing volcanic particles and gases that sweep rapidly down the volcano's flanks
  2. particles produced in volcanic eruptions
  3. eruptions of lava that eventually build a mountain
  4. a volcanic landform produced by a repeated eruptions of very fluid, basaltic lava
  5. volcano that started to erupt in 1999 in Ecuador
  6. a pluton that forms when magma moves into fractures that cut across rock layers
  7. magma outside of the volcano
  8. water-soaked volcanic ash and rock slide rapidly downhill
  9. steep-walled depression located at the summit of a volcano
  10. structures that result from the cooling and hardening of magma beneath Earth's surface

25 Clues: Broad and gentle slopes • an opening to the surface • magma outside of the volcano • when a volcano's activity ends • substance's resistance to flow • pluton is derived from this word • example of viscosity from the book • particles produced in volcanic eruptions • plume hotter-than-normal mantle material • volcanic activity that occurs within a plate • ...

Earth Systems 2021-03-18

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The stuff that things are made of
  2. When a liquid turns into a gas
  3. A group of atoms joined together in a particular way
  4. A supply of something that is useful
  5. All of the liquid water and ice on Earth
  6. To try something again using what you learned the last time you tried it
  7. To put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something
  8. The air that surrounds the Earth
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  1. A description of how something works or why something happens
  2. A person who uses science knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem
  3. All the living things on the Earth
  4. substances
  5. When gas turns into a liquid
  6. To try to make something new to solve a problem
  7. A process in which substances change into different substances
  8. The solid part of the Earth
  9. What you can observe or measure about something that helps you figure out what it is
  10. Water that has been used and now contains
  11. A group of parts that work together
  12. Matter that is made of only one kind of atom or molecule

20 Clues: substances • The solid part of the Earth • When gas turns into a liquid • When a liquid turns into a gas • The air that surrounds the Earth • The stuff that things are made of • All the living things on the Earth • A group of parts that work together • A supply of something that is useful • All of the liquid water and ice on Earth • Water that has been used and now contains • ...

The Earth 2017-01-31

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

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 • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2017-03-28

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A a geomorphological feature, an irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sand, gravel and till that accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land surface with further melting of the glacier
  2. A process whereby portions of a glacier's leading edge break off as icebergs into an adjacent body of water
  3. Chemical reaction of water with other substances
  4. Breakup of rock due to exposure to processes that occur at earth's surface.
  5. Bends or curves in a river channel
  6. A stream valley that has been glaciated, usually to a typical catenary, or U-shaped, cross section
  7. A U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water
  8. Downslope transportation of large masses of earth by gravity
  9. A depression in the ground formed by a chunk of the glacier that melted after being buried with sediments
  10. Peeling of surface layers from exposed bed rock
  11. Soil layer with physical and chemical properties different than other layers
  12. A long narrow winding ridge consisting of stratified sand and gravel
  13. The process by which sediments are placed onto a surface
  14. A freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream or river
  15. An ridge of unsorted sediments deposited by a glacier
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  1. Top of soil, contains organic materials
  2. A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers
  3. Weathering away rock material by grinding
  4. A ridge of unsorted sediments deposited by a glacier
  5. Area of land drained by a river
  6. The area around a stream that could drain into the stream
  7. A thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center
  8. An amphitheater valley formed by glacial erosion
  9. Sand and silt deposited along the front of a glacier by the meltwater streams of a glacier
  10. The area along the banks of a meandering river that are prone to flooding at various times
  11. Rain water contains unusually high amounts of acid
  12. A large mass of ice found at high elevations or high latitudes
  13. Removal and transportation of materials by natural agents
  14. Chemical reaction of oxygen with other substances
  15. A teardrop-shaped deposit of sediments re-shaped by a glacier pointing in the direction of glacial movement

30 Clues: Area of land drained by a river • Bends or curves in a river channel • Top of soil, contains organic materials • Weathering away rock material by grinding • Peeling of surface layers from exposed bed rock • Chemical reaction of water with other substances • An amphitheater valley formed by glacial erosion • Chemical reaction of oxygen with other substances • ...

earth systems 2019-05-06

earth systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. contains most of sea breezes and land breezes
  2. air blowing in different directions
  3. the dangerous/toxic things in air and water
  4. the jobs to tend to the air and earth
  5. a breeze from the sea
  6. the second layer of the atmosphere
  7. the layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs
  8. how good the air is
  9. when the earth rotates and wind occurs
  10. winds that are named from the direction they blow
  11. a state where clouds do occur
  12. stretched out clouds
  13. an advancing mass of cold air
  14. an advancing mass of warm air
  15. evaporation of water from plants
  16. the layer in which protects us from arias
  17. the last layer of the atmosphere
  18. cold air sinks and warm air rises
  19. middle
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  1. the layers around earth/the gasses around earth
  2. thin wispy clouds high up
  3. storm cloud
  4. a measure of water vapor and air
  5. the layer of the atmosphere in which meteors burn up
  6. when water gets heated and changes into a gas
  7. a pair of air masses in which neither can overpower the other
  8. pollution mixing with rain
  9. rain fall
  10. a state in which teh sky is clear
  11. a band of western air masses
  12. a breeze from the land
  13. the event where heat,cold,windy,dryness,suniness, rain occurs
  14. the fourth layer of the atmosphere
  15. any type of wind
  16. huge puffy clouds

35 Clues: middle • rain fall • storm cloud • any type of wind • huge puffy clouds • how good the air is • stretched out clouds • a breeze from the sea • a breeze from the land • thin wispy clouds high up • pollution mixing with rain • a band of western air masses • a state where clouds do occur • an advancing mass of cold air • an advancing mass of warm air • a measure of water vapor and air • ...

THE EARTH 2017-07-20

THE EARTH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Largest country in South America
  2. Smallest country in The World
  3. The envelope of gases surrounding Earth
  4. Largest continent in The World
  5. Fastest land animal in The World
  6. Capital of France
  7. Second largest country in The World
  8. Capital of China
  9. The number of continents on Earth
  10. Language spoken by Haiti
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  1. National bird of New Zealand
  2. Coldest continent in The World
  3. Number of oceans in The World
  4. Largest animal in The world
  5. Continent where the Sahara Desert is located
  6. Capital of Italy
  7. Longest river in The World
  8. The layer between the crust and core of the Earth
  9. Largest ocean in The World
  10. The outermost layer of the Earth

20 Clues: Capital of Italy • Capital of China • Capital of France • Language spoken by Haiti • Longest river in The World • Largest ocean in The World • Largest animal in The world • National bird of New Zealand • Number of oceans in The World • Smallest country in The World • Coldest continent in The World • Largest continent in The World • Largest country in South America • ...

Earth History 2018-12-15

Earth History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the genetic makeup of a cell or organism; defined by certain alleles for a particular trait.
  2. remains or traces of animals, plants and other organisms from the past; usually at least 10000 years old
  3. Dating determining the age or order of things from the past or past events without knowing or calculating the actual age
  4. Variation the characteristics that make members of the same species different from one another.
  5. Time Scale timeline that illustrates Earth's past. This timeline includes the divisors of the 4.6 billion years of Earth's geologic and biologic existence, and divides time into eons, eras, periods, and epochs. The divisions of the time scale are based on major events that have caused major geologic or biologic change throughout history, such as mass extinctions.
  6. anatomy the analysis of body structures (body systems , skeletal systems) between two or more different species that provides insight into the genetic/biologic similarities and differences across species
  7. fracture along which blocks of the Earth's crust that can be caused by the shifting or dislodging of the Earth's crust. Types include normal, strike slip, or reverse
  8. rock rock formed by deposition of sand, clay and other pieces of rock that are compacted together under pressure
  9. classification the organization and identification of an organism from general to specific by identifying the organisms' Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, and Species
  10. Body Structures Similar body structures and systems between different species; evidence for biologic evolution
  11. Plate the part of Earth's crust that underlies the oceans
  12. -the complete elimination (dying out) of a species due to the species inability to survive and therefore adapt to its environment.
  13. rock rock created from the transformation of other types of rock through heat and pressure
  14. a beneficial trait that helps an organism survive in its environment.
  15. Change the change in a geographic area caused by earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains forming, and other natural phenomena.
  16. the physical appearance that is a result of the genotype.
  17. Core a core sample of ice removed from a sheet of ice. Properties of the ice and the crystallized components in the ice are used to reconstruct climatic record
  18. radioactive heavy metal that is an abundant source of nuclear energy that has 14 known isotopes used in radioactive dating
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  1. of Evolution the theory that organisms/species change over time, caused by the natural selection of advantageous traits for survival in a particular environment. This theory also proposes that all organisms evolved from a common ancestor.
  2. Change change in an organism's genetic makeup, DNA, that occurs through natural selection of advantageous traits for survival over an extended period of time.
  3. the study of the rocks, processes, and history of Earth
  4. (radioactive)Dating measurement of the known rates of decay of radioactive materials that an object contains in order to determine the age of the object
  5. Selection explanation of how organisms in a population develop traits that allow them to survive and reproduce
  6. a child or animal in relation to its parent or parents.
  7. similarities liknesses in the embryonic stage of development between different species; evidence for evolution.
  8. rocks type of rock formed under or above ground when magma or lava cools
  9. Plate the crust that makes up the continents
  10. of Crosscutting Relationships states rock layers that cut across other rock layers are younger than those they cut
  11. are the different forms of a trait.
  12. Fossil fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to determine the date of the rock layer in which it was found
  13. Tectonics the Earth's lithosphere is broken into major and minor plates of continental or oceanic crust that are in constant motion due to their position above the convection currents of the asthenosphere. The movement of the tectonic plates is responsible for geologic and subsequent biologic change over time.

31 Clues: are the different forms of a trait. • Plate the crust that makes up the continents • the study of the rocks, processes, and history of Earth • a child or animal in relation to its parent or parents. • Plate the part of Earth's crust that underlies the oceans • the physical appearance that is a result of the genotype. • ...

Earth Science 2018-12-11

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. break in Earth’s crust
  2. force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
  3. preserved remains or traces of once living things
  4. transfer of energy by movement of particles
  5. The greatest teacher to ever live
  6. naturally occurring, inorganic solid with crystal like structure and chemical composition
  7. carry energy of an earthquake away from the focus
  8. weak spot in Earth's crust where molten material comes to the surface
  9. number of years since a rock formed
  10. process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it
  11. age of flowering plants
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  1. molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases and water from the mantle
  2. how light reflects off a minerals surface
  3. age of Fishes
  4. when particles get carried away from their source by wind or water
  5. magma that cools and hardens into a mass of igneous rock beneath the surface
  6. the age of a rock compared to that of another rock
  7. color of a minerals powder
  8. transfer of energy through contact of particles
  9. vibrations in the ground that result from movement along faults
  10. transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves, or energy that can travel through space
  11. age of homosapiens
  12. when a mineral breaks apart in an irregular way

23 Clues: age of Fishes • age of homosapiens • break in Earth’s crust • age of flowering plants • color of a minerals powder • The greatest teacher to ever live • number of years since a rock formed • how light reflects off a minerals surface • transfer of energy by movement of particles • transfer of energy through contact of particles • when a mineral breaks apart in an irregular way • ...

Planet Earth 2024-06-16

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of fault that involves plates moving past each other
  2. Breakdown of rocks
  3. Layer that is semi-solid and very dense
  4. Type of rock formed from pressure and has layers
  5. Layer that is completely liquid
  6. Type of volcano that is tall and steep
  7. Seismic waves that come first
  8. Seismic waves that come second
  9. Type of volcano that has a crater
  10. Moving of rock pieces
  11. Outer layer and thinnest layer of the Earth
  12. Molten rock on the surface
  13. Type of fault that involves plates moving apart
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  1. Type of rock formed from other rocks being heated and compressed
  2. Molten rock under the surface
  3. Later that is the hottest, but is solid due to pressure
  4. Type of rock that is formed from melting magma or lava
  5. Type of fault that involves plates moving together
  6. middle of an earthquake on the surface
  7. The supercontinent from hundreds of millions of years ago
  8. Type of volcano that forms islands and oozes lava
  9. Middle of an earthquake below the surface

22 Clues: Breakdown of rocks • Moving of rock pieces • Molten rock on the surface • Molten rock under the surface • Seismic waves that come first • Seismic waves that come second • Layer that is completely liquid • Type of volcano that has a crater • Type of volcano that is tall and steep • middle of an earthquake on the surface • Layer that is semi-solid and very dense • ...

Earth Science 2023-09-08

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These lines tell us how far north or south of the equator we are.
  2. An atom with an electrical charge due to the gain or loss of one or more electrons.
  3. A substance that is made from two or more chemical elements in a fixed proportion, whose atoms are bonded together.
  4. This form of matter has definite shape and volume.
  5. This sphere of earth contains all the water on earth.
  6. These are chemically the most basic and simplest substances.
  7. There are ______ states of matter.
  8. This form of matter doesn't have a definite volume or shape.
  9. A ______ table organizes and shows us all the elements
  10. This is anything that consists of interacting parts.
  11. This is the outermost layer of earth.
  12. An educated guess that answers a question
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  1. This form of matter has a definite volume but a fluid shape.
  2. _____ fuels are the main example of non-renewable resources
  3. The atomic ______ represents the number of protons
  4. These lines tell us how far east or west of the prime meridian we are.
  5. This type of resource can be replenished in a short time.
  6. A naturally occurring, inorganic solid substance with an orderly crystalline structure and a definite chemical composition.
  7. This sphere of earth contains all the life on earth.
  8. This is the innermost layer of earth.
  9. The atomic ________ represents the number of protons AND neutrons.

21 Clues: There are ______ states of matter. • This is the innermost layer of earth. • This is the outermost layer of earth. • An educated guess that answers a question • The atomic ______ represents the number of protons • This form of matter has definite shape and volume. • This sphere of earth contains all the life on earth. • ...

Earth Systems 2023-11-15

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. made up of all living things on Earth
  2. the process of liqid water becoming vapor.
  3. the largest Earth system, includes soil and rocks
  4. the process of water being released by plants
  5. the process of depositing something
  6. frozen solid pieces of the hydrosphere
  7. gradual destruction of diminution of something
  8. how plants make energy
  9. the most abundant gaseous element in our atmosphere
  10. when gas and lava are released from the inside the Earth
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  1. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
  2. gas in our atmosphere necessary for human respiration
  3. a substance that provides nourishment for growth
  4. the process of water falling from clouds
  5. a living thing
  6. the process of water vapor becoming liquid
  7. outermost Earth system, a mixture of gases
  8. solid, crystalline componenets of the geosphere
  9. contains all the Earth's water
  10. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust

20 Clues: a living thing • how plants make energy • contains all the Earth's water • the process of depositing something • made up of all living things on Earth • frozen solid pieces of the hydrosphere • the process of water falling from clouds • the process of liqid water becoming vapor. • the process of water vapor becoming liquid • outermost Earth system, a mixture of gases • ...

EARTH (Easy) 2023-11-28

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

20 Clues: extreme data point • 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 • ...

Dynamic Earth. 2024-05-10

Dynamic Earth. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The inner layer of the earth
  2. A volcanic rock
  3. Melted down siltstone turns into...
  4. The biggest plate
  5. Used to measure the size of an earthquake
  6. Made of small rocks and glass fragments during a volcano eruption
  7. The name of the plate for the land
  8. directly above the form focus
  9. The super continet
  10. While erupting can spew hot magma/lava
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  1. The name of the plates that run under the ocean
  2. Form when magma is cooled slowly in a rock
  3. A glass-like black rock
  4. A type of rock formed when other rocks or living things washed into oceans and lakes
  5. Magma that has reached the surface
  6. A rock formed by high heat and heavy pressure
  7. A shake caused by two plates sliding past each other
  8. What the crust is made up
  9. A remain or imprint of a remain stuck in a rock
  10. A metamorphic rock formed from limestone

20 Clues: A volcanic rock • The biggest plate • The super continet • A glass-like black rock • What the crust is made up • The inner layer of the earth • directly above the form focus • Magma that has reached the surface • The name of the plate for the land • Melted down siltstone turns into... • While erupting can spew hot magma/lava • A metamorphic rock formed from limestone • ...

Earth science 2024-05-07

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. high temperatures deep in the earths crust causes rocks and minerals to melt
  2. rocks from from quickly cooled lava
  3. over time heat and pressure inside the earth squeeze and melt existing rocks
  4. streak is the color of a mineral in powder form
  5. the atoms or ions of a mineral are arranged in a certain pattern
  6. large mineral grains
  7. is the tendency of a mineral to break in a way that is not along a flat surface
  8. magma that reaches to the surface
  9. beneath the oceans/ earth
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  1. pieces of rocks, minerals, remains of living things, and dissolved minerals that come out of water
  2. is a rock that has been changed in form by pressure and heat
  3. a mineral may be one color or many color you cannot identify a mineral by color alone
  4. solid earth materials formed from a mixture of minerals and sometimes other materials
  5. new layers of sediment build up over time, pressing down on older layers underneath
  6. is the tendency of a mineral to break along a flat surface
  7. is a ability of a mineral to resist being scratched
  8. hot temperatures deep inside the earth melts rocks, forming magma
  9. formed when magma or lava cools and becomes solid
  10. forms when minerals come out of solution and settle on the ocean floor
  11. this property describes how a mineral reflects light from its surface

20 Clues: large mineral grains • beneath the oceans/ earth • magma that reaches to the surface • rocks from from quickly cooled lava • streak is the color of a mineral in powder form • formed when magma or lava cools and becomes solid • is a ability of a mineral to resist being scratched • is the tendency of a mineral to break along a flat surface • ...

Earth Science 2024-08-14

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the scientific study of the ocean.
  2. is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature.
  3. is a hypothetical cosmological model concerning the ultimate fate of the universe.
  4. was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist,[7] widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.
  5. was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
  6. occur where two plates slide toward each other to form either a subduction zone.
  7. A ______ is a material or object that produces a magnetic field.
  8. is a layer of gasses that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object.
  9. Who discovered carbon dioxide.
  10. the outer layer composed of pastry or salt.
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  1. is a hypothetical scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe.
  2. also called the ecosphere.
  3. is the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet, minor planet, or natural satellite.
  4. is used to provide an inert protective atmosphere for making fibre optics and semiconductors.
  5. is a hypothetical scenario where the universe continues to expand forever and eventually all matter reaches a final uniform state.
  6. He invented calculus and provided a clear understanding of optics.
  7. planar rock fractures showing evidence of relative movement.
  8. These are where two plates slide apart from each other.
  9. is a substance's mass per unit of volume.
  10. occur where plates are neither created nor destroyed.
  11. the study of everything in the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere.

21 Clues: also called the ecosphere. • Who discovered carbon dioxide. • is the scientific study of the ocean. • is a substance's mass per unit of volume. • the outer layer composed of pastry or salt. • occur where plates are neither created nor destroyed. • These are where two plates slide apart from each other. • planar rock fractures showing evidence of relative movement. • ...

Earth science 2024-08-14

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What term encompasses all scientific disciplines related to the study of Earth, including geology and meteorology?
  2. What concept describes a universe that remains unchanged over time?
  3. Which branch of science focuses on celestial objects and the universe as a whole?
  4. What type of theory describes the rapid expansion of the universe from an extremely hot and dense initial state?
  5. What is the scientific study of weather and atmospheric conditions?
  6. What large body of saltwater covers most of the Earth's surface?
  7. What theory suggests that the universe began from a very dense and hot state and has been expanding ever since?
Down
  1. Who is known for developing the theory of relativity and has made significant contributions to our understanding of physics?
  2. What early model of the universe proposed a primordial state from which the universe expanded?
  3. What layer of gases surrounds the Earth and is crucial for supporting life?
  4. What term describes the layer of Earth consisting of all its water bodies, including oceans, rivers, and lakes?
  5. What is the force that acts between charged particles and is fundamental to electromagnetism?
  6. What system includes all the living organisms on Earth and their interactions with the environment?
  7. What theory proposes the existence of multiple, potentially infinite, universes?
  8. What remains or traces of ancient organisms are used to study past life on Earth?
  9. Which physicist is renowned for his laws of motion and universal gravitation?
  10. What term refers to the solid part of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle?
  11. What fundamental force attracts objects toward the center of the Earth and is responsible for weight?
  12. What is the study of oceans and their phenomena, including marine life and ocean currents?
  13. What field of science involves the study of the Earth's physical structure and substances?

20 Clues: What large body of saltwater covers most of the Earth's surface? • What concept describes a universe that remains unchanged over time? • What is the scientific study of weather and atmospheric conditions? • What layer of gases surrounds the Earth and is crucial for supporting life? • Which physicist is renowned for his laws of motion and universal gravitation? • ...

Earth Science 2024-08-26

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The scientific study of the solid Earth's origin, history, processes, and structure is known as ...
  2. ... braves the high temperatures and molten lava of volcanoes
  3. ... studies the composition and structure of minerals
  4. sciences assumes that natural events, or phenomena, can be explained through careful observation and ...
  5. meteorologists use weather maps, satellite images, and computer models to make ...
  6. ... study glaciers and ice
  7. ... monitor earthquakes worldwide to help protect people and property from harm
  8. the sun basically is a ...
  9. the scientific study of Earth’s oceans
  10. someone who make maps
  11. another area of Earth science
  12. an animal live in the north pole
  13. a fruit that is hard outside but soft and watery inside
  14. the founder of telescope
  15. geology analyze the forces within the Earth to forecast ...
  16. study the ways in which humans interact with their environment in a relatively new field of science called ... science
  17. ... oceanography studies the natural elements in ocean water and pollutants
  18. ... study how old rocks are and determine how different rock layers formed
  19. the earth and the planets circled the ...
  20. earth science is the study of Earth and of the ... around it
  21. natural phenomenon when lava comes out of a mountain
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  1. one type of telescope
  2. ... focus on ecosystems, the complex relationship of all life forms and the environment in a given place
  3. ... focuses on underground water found between soil and rock particles
  4. the maya community was lived in ...
  5. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere
  6. geologists focus on studying ... to gain insights into Earth's past
  7. short periode of time
  8. a small rocky body orbiting the sun
  9. our galaxy
  10. the study of Earth’s atmosphere
  11. an animal live in the south pole
  12. most branches of science are ... with other branches
  13. the Maya used these observations to create accurate
  14. ... oceanography is the study of the processes in the ocean itself, like waves and ocean currents
  15. long periode of time
  16. the founder of telescope is a/an ...
  17. the number of branches of earth science that we have
  18. for many centuries, scientific discoveries were limited to observations of phenomena that could be seen with the ...
  19. one type of telescope
  20. the study of the universe beyond Earth
  21. the first telescope was basically a tube containing ...
  22. the ... tracked the movements of the sun, the moon, and the planets
  23. ... studies inland waters like rivers and lakes
  24. energy sources that can be found in the earth's crust
  25. the special car for moon and mars study
  26. a branch of science that investigates changes in populations of organisms in relation to place over time
  27. examines layers of rock beneath the surface
  28. the only planet where life is possible
  29. energy sources that can be found in the earth's crust

50 Clues: our galaxy • long periode of time • one type of telescope • short periode of time • someone who make maps • one type of telescope • the founder of telescope • ... study glaciers and ice • the sun basically is a ... • another area of Earth science • the study of Earth’s atmosphere • an animal live in the south pole • an animal live in the north pole • the maya community was lived in ... • ...

Scorched Earth 2023-07-15

Scorched Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Relax
  2. He almost suffocated the band with smokes bombs
  3. A perm did not suit him
  4. The Ballroom Broadcast
  5. Mr Badger
  6. The colour of Paul's hippyish plane
  7. The worst goalkeeper in the band
  8. Next
  9. Theatre where BBC In Concert was recorded
Down
  1. Martyn Hanks' description of a band members girlfriends face
  2. A band Scorched Earth once supported
  3. I don't think he makes wooden barrels?
  4. Too many of these
  5. Tommy who?
  6. It rained a lot at this gig!
  7. Paul never had any of this
  8. Producer of EP
  9. A regular venue for the band
  10. Arch Enemy
  11. Definately not a winner
  12. Will tomorrow ever arrive?

21 Clues: Next • Relax • Mr Badger • Tommy who? • Arch Enemy • Producer of EP • Too many of these • The Ballroom Broadcast • A perm did not suit him • Definately not a winner • Paul never had any of this • Will tomorrow ever arrive? • It rained a lot at this gig! • A regular venue for the band • The worst goalkeeper in the band • The colour of Paul's hippyish plane • A band Scorched Earth once supported • ...

Earth CH21 2023-03-23

Earth CH21 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when 2 convergent plates run together and one slips under the other.
  2. natural inorganic solid that makes up rocks.
  3. wave that moves only along Earth's surface and causes the most damage.
  4. rock that is formed in layers and holds fossils.
  5. directly above the focus on the focus on the surface.
  6. also called secondary wave, second to reach recording stations, and cannot move through liquids.
  7. where the earthquake starts.
  8. also called primary wave, first to reach the recording station.
Down
  1. rock that is form from other rocks due to extreme heat and pressure.
  2. weathering that does not change its chemical composition.
  3. the waves that are a direct result from earthquakes.
  4. the thing that the continents move on.
  5. boundary where 2 plates move away from each other.
  6. rock that is formed from cooled and solidified magma.
  7. liquid metal that erupts out of a volcano.
  8. land mass of all the continents.
  9. the removal and transportation of weathered materials by gravity, wind, water, waves, ice, and underground water.
  10. boundary where 2 plates move into each other.
  11. mountain with a hole that spews magma and lava.
  12. where the plate boundaries touch and where most earthquakes originate.
  13. =mass/volume.

21 Clues: =mass/volume. • where the earthquake starts. • land mass of all the continents. • the thing that the continents move on. • liquid metal that erupts out of a volcano. • natural inorganic solid that makes up rocks. • boundary where 2 plates move into each other. • mountain with a hole that spews magma and lava. • rock that is formed in layers and holds fossils. • ...

Earth Science 2023-03-18

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. White objects __ light
  2. Climate near equator where weather is hot
  3. Measures humidity
  4. Removing wide area of trees
  5. Thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
  6. Rural area
  7. Measures wind speed
  8. Urban area
  9. Farming
  10. Hunting and gathering
  11. Climate with warm, wet winters, hot, dry summers
  12. Measures atmospheric pressure
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  1. Rigid layer, uppermost part of mantle
  2. Climate above tree line and cold, icy, snowy, windy
  3. Gasses released into the air, especially by cars and factories
  4. Harmful material that can enter the biosphere
  5. Process of removal
  6. One who studies climates
  7. Dark objects __ light
  8. Measures precipitation
  9. Gases surrounding Earth
  10. Measures wind direction

22 Clues: Farming • Rural area • Urban area • Measures humidity • Process of removal • Measures wind speed • Dark objects __ light • Hunting and gathering • White objects __ light • Measures precipitation • Gases surrounding Earth • Measures wind direction • One who studies climates • Removing wide area of trees • Measures atmospheric pressure • Rigid layer, uppermost part of mantle • ...

Earth vocabulary 2021-10-21

Earth vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño
  2. fluid or gas particles from one place to another
  3. The trade winds or easterlies are the permanent east-to-west prevailing winds
  4. volume of air defined by its temperature
  5. is the temperature at or near a surface
  6. is the emission or transmission of energy
  7. is essentially a clockwise flow of dry, sinking air
  8. pattern of circulation in the atmosphere with associated weather
  9. Southern Oscillation and is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific, including the area off the Pacific coast of South America
  10. together with its northern extension the North Atlantic Drift, is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico
  11. is used differently, and often loosely, in different contexts
  12. map showing the state of the weather over a large area
  13. is the amount of water vapor in the air.
  14. also known as electromagnetic radiation
  15. is radiant light and heat from the Sun
  16. prevailing winds from the west toward the east
Down
  1. has lower pressure at its center than the areas around it
  2. boundary of an advancing mass of warm air
  3. an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.
  4. low-pressure system.
  5. winds that occur in belts that go all around the planet
  6. are winds that blow consistently in a given direction over a particular region on Earth.
  7. the whole mass of air that surrounds the earth
  8. climatic tendency the climate, the air conditions
  9. are the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity
  10. are fast flowing, narrow, meandering, air currents in the atmospheres
  11. tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center
  12. average weather in a given area over a longer period of time.

28 Clues: low-pressure system. • is radiant light and heat from the Sun • is the temperature at or near a surface • also known as electromagnetic radiation • volume of air defined by its temperature • is the amount of water vapor in the air. • boundary of an advancing mass of warm air • is the emission or transmission of energy • the whole mass of air that surrounds the earth • ...

science + earth 2021-10-30

science + earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Au
  2. tornados on earth are how many KM an hour
  3. most common tiger
  4. did Egyptians wee in oat seeds to see if they were pregnant?
  5. invented microphone
  6. to make a potato clock you need copper and...
  7. Got throne after Edward the confessor
  8. is sulphur found on mercury?
  9. "living fossil"
  10. southmost cat
  11. Tornados on Neptune can reach how many KM
Down
  1. who brought castle building to Britain
  2. Fireflies emit...
  3. Sudan has how many pyramids
  4. invented metal detector
  5. first queen to give birth under an anaesthetic
  6. earthquake capital of UK
  7. northmost cat
  8. Romans called Scotland...
  9. water
  10. the III hyenas are brown spotted and...
  11. One gas Jupiter is mostly made of
  12. Egypt has how many pyramids

23 Clues: Au • water • northmost cat • southmost cat • "living fossil" • Fireflies emit... • most common tiger • invented microphone • invented metal detector • earthquake capital of UK • Romans called Scotland... • Sudan has how many pyramids • Egypt has how many pyramids • is sulphur found on mercury? • One gas Jupiter is mostly made of • Got throne after Edward the confessor • ...

Earth Space 2021-10-24

Earth Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stars with low brightness and high temperature
  2. equal amount of light
  3. when an object spins on its axis
  4. actual brightness of a star
  5. one of two things that cause seasons
  6. c shape on a moon
  7. moon phase where light is a round shape and on the left
  8. another term for revolution
  9. giants stars with high brightness and high temperature
  10. season you experience when the hemisphere receives direct light
  11. more or less amount of light
  12. light is on the right
  13. round shape on a moon
  14. light is on the left
  15. brightness seen from earth
Down
  1. season you experience when you get indirect light and the sun is at its lowest point
  2. phase where the moon is in between sun and earth
  3. type of eclipse where the earth casts a shadow on the moon
  4. direction the moon revolves around earth
  5. type of light that provides the most amount of heat
  6. who's gravity has the strongest effect on tides
  7. when an object goes around another object
  8. tides with low high tides and high low tides
  9. star with high brightness and low temperature
  10. stars with various temperatures and brightness where most stars are located
  11. phase where the earth is in between the sun and moon
  12. tides that have the highest high tide and low low tides
  13. star with medium brightness and temperature red
  14. type of eclipse where the moon blocks the sun

29 Clues: c shape on a moon • light is on the left • equal amount of light • light is on the right • round shape on a moon • brightness seen from earth • actual brightness of a star • another term for revolution • more or less amount of light • when an object spins on its axis • one of two things that cause seasons • direction the moon revolves around earth • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2021-12-06

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. it is a hill or mountain where lava pyroclastic materials and gases erupt
  2. It is a process of changing the characteristics of a rock as a result of changes in temperature, pressure, or reactions with hot fluids
  3. internal heat, It fuels the planet’s dynamic processes including plate movements, earthquakes, and volcanism.
  4. rocks, This is a type of rock formed from preexisting rocks and fossils of organisms
  5. When magma rises to the crust it can displace the host or country rock to form structures called?
  6. Refers to transferring of unconsolidated earth’s material via agents like human animal wind and water.
  7. It is a discernible displacement where rocks grind or slide past each other.
  8. plates, These are slabs of the brittle lithosphere which can be able to move due to the plasticity of the underlying asthenosphere
  9. erodibility, It is the vulnerability of soil to erosion caused by rainfall intensity soil properties crop cover and slope.
  10. It is a dynamic planet composed of interacting subsystems, namely: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and the biosphere.
  11. It is the rigid outermost layer of earth that is composed of crust and the uppermost layer of the mantle
  12. It is an aggregate of minerals or minerals which may not contain organic matter.
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  1. This is one of the types of mass wasting that have a slow downhill movement.
  2. push, This is a force that causes hotter less dense material to force itself up through a ridge
  3. , It is a process where there is growth in the size of mineral grains of pre-existing materials
  4. Known as radioactive dating of hotspots show age differences based on plate movements.
  5. These are substances that evaporate easily and can exist in gaseous form on the surface of earth
  6. It is the process of breaking down rocks present at earth’s surface.
  7. It occurs along the plate boundaries or margins and sometimes within the plate.
  8. wedging, It is a process that involves repeated cycles of freezing and thawing of ice.

20 Clues: It is the process of breaking down rocks present at earth’s surface. • it is a hill or mountain where lava pyroclastic materials and gases erupt • This is one of the types of mass wasting that have a slow downhill movement. • It is a discernible displacement where rocks grind or slide past each other. • ...

DYNAMIC EARTH 2021-12-17

DYNAMIC EARTH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this south american country is named after its silver mines
  2. The distance from an atom's nucleus to the outermost orbital of an electron (two words)
  3. When mixed with zinc, this metal forms the alloy brass.
  4. Abundant strong and sturdy metal - part of the alloy steel
  5. These elements are located on the right hand side of the PT (two words)
  6. This lightweight metal burns brightly and is so used to make fireworks
  7. Name given to the extremely reactive Group 1 elements (two words)
  8. Name of columns of the PT.
  9. This highly expensive inert metal is used for electrodes, in making artificial body parts and costly
  10. this alkaline earth metal is used in enemas and for X ray tracing of the digestive system
  11. The ability of an element to attract an electron
  12. The name given to the brightly burning non-metals of the second last column.
  13. Adding this metal to steel gives it great strength and heat resistance
  14. The radioactive metal was Discovered by Madame curie and named after the country of her birth
  15. Over 80% of the element on the PT can be classified as...
  16. Name of rows of the PT
  17. When combined with carbon, this wolfish metal is used for making cutting tools and drill bits
  18. Toxic heavy metal used in reduction columns to turn nitrate to nitrite.
  19. alloy of tin, copper and antimony (formerly lead)
  20. This soft lightweight metal is used in treating bipolar disorder.
  21. A poisonous metalloid
  22. element number 25 used to make stainless steels
  23. This metalloid is found in fly ash.
  24. Only metal liquid at room temperature
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  1. Mendeleev's PT saw the element listed in order of increasing ... (two words)
  2. the only element named after a female
  3. a purple halogen used for its antiseptic properties
  4. the most diamagnetic of all metals. Long considered the element with the highest atomic mass that is stable
  5. The element on the modern PT are organised in increasing..(two words)
  6. resistant lab ware
  7. If you are coated in Zinc, you are said to be..
  8. an unreactive metal used as the cathode in pool ionising systems
  9. (name given to the fairly reactive groups two elements (three words)
  10. this highly toxic post transition metal was used in rat poisons
  11. Russian chemist responsible for drafting the modern Periodic Table.
  12. An element in the same period as the same number of..
  13. Name given to the large block of metals in the centre of the PT (two words)
  14. Name given to the inert elements in the far right column of the PT
  15. key element found in bone mineral
  16. The most abundant element in the universe.
  17. Yellow non-metal used in making gun powder.
  18. This 73rd element is used to make capacitors

42 Clues: resistant lab ware • A poisonous metalloid • Name of rows of the PT • Name of columns of the PT. • key element found in bone mineral • This metalloid is found in fly ash. • the only element named after a female • Only metal liquid at room temperature • The most abundant element in the universe. • Yellow non-metal used in making gun powder. • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2021-12-06

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is one of the types of mass wasting that have a slow downhill movement.
  2. wedging It is a process that involves repeated cycles of freezing and thawing of ice.
  3. It is a process of changing the characteristics of a rock as a result of changes in temperature, pressure, or reactions with hot fluids
  4. It is a discernible displacement where rocks grind or slide past each other.
  5. It fuels the planet’s dynamic processes including plate movements, earthquakes, and volcanism.
  6. erodibility It is the vulnerability of soil to erosion caused by rainfall intensity soil properties crop cover and slope.
  7. When magma rises to the crust it can displace the host or country rock to form structures called?
  8. Refers to transferring of unconsolidated earth’s material via agents like human animal wind and water.
  9. This is a force that causes hotter less dense material to force itself up through a ridge
  10. It occurs along the plate boundaries or margins and sometimes within the plate.
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  1. It is a process where there is growth in the size of mineral grains of pre-existing materials
  2. Known as radioactive dating of hotspots show age differences based on plate movements.
  3. This is a type of rock formed from preexisting rocks and fossils of organisms
  4. These are substances that evaporate easily and can exist in gaseous form on the surface of earth
  5. It is the process of breaking down rocks present at earth’s surface.
  6. It is the rigid outermost layer of earth that is composed of crust and the uppermost layer of the mantle
  7. plates These are slabs of the brittle lithosphere which can be able to move due to the plasticity of the underlying asthenosphere
  8. It is an aggregate of minerals or minerals which may not contain organic matter.
  9. It is a dynamic planet composed of interacting subsystems, namely: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and the biosphere.
  10. it is a hill or mountain where lava pyroclastic materials and gases erupt

20 Clues: It is the process of breaking down rocks present at earth’s surface. • it is a hill or mountain where lava pyroclastic materials and gases erupt • This is one of the types of mass wasting that have a slow downhill movement. • It is a discernible displacement where rocks grind or slide past each other. • ...

Planet Earth 2024-12-18

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fold in the mountain building process going downwards
  2. Core Completely liquid layer of the earth
  3. A fold in the mountain building process going upwards
  4. Igneous rock formed beneath the surface
  5. The process of robroken-downoken down and put somewhere else
  6. How easily a mineral is scratched
  7. A type of boundary where the plates move sideways past each other
  8. A mineral breaking evenly
  9. The place where rock breaks first in an earthquake
  10. Rock formed though intense heat and pressure
  11. Building block of rocks
  12. The place where 2 plates meet
  13. The dropping off of broken down rock
  14. The process by which rock breaks down
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  1. Thickest layer of the earth
  2. Rock formed by cooling magma or lava
  3. Outer layer of the earth
  4. Rock formed by layers of broken-down rock being compressed
  5. A mineral breaking into jagged pieces
  6. Deposition in a fluid medium
  7. Core Solid layer of nickel and copper
  8. Molten rock under the ground
  9. Molten rock above the ground
  10. Igneous rock formed above the surface
  11. Scale Measures the strengths of earthquakes
  12. The way a mineral reflects light
  13. The place directly above the focus
  14. Colour a mineral leaves behind when dragged on a surface
  15. Large pieces of the earth's crust

29 Clues: Building block of rocks • Outer layer of the earth • A mineral breaking evenly • Thickest layer of the earth • Deposition in a fluid medium • Molten rock under the ground • Molten rock above the ground • The place where 2 plates meet • The way a mineral reflects light • How easily a mineral is scratched • Large pieces of the earth's crust • The place directly above the focus • ...

Earth Systems 2025-01-30

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a group of parts that work together
  2. the solid part of Earth
  3. to try something again using what you learned the last time you tried it
  4. matter that is made of only one kind of atom or molecule
  5. a description of how something works or why something happens
  6. all the living things on Earth
  7. all of the liquid water and ice on Earth
  8. a person who uses science knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem
  9. when a liquaid turns into a gas
  10. to try to make something new that solves a problem
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  1. that has been used and now contains harmful substances
  2. reaction/ a process in which substances change into different substances
  3. a group of atoms joined together in a particular way
  4. the air that surrounds Earth
  5. vapor/ water in the form of invisible gas
  6. a supply of something that is useful
  7. what you can observe or measure about something that helps you figure out what it is
  8. the stuff that things are made of
  9. to put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something
  10. when a gas turns into a liquid

20 Clues: the solid part of Earth • the air that surrounds Earth • all the living things on Earth • when a gas turns into a liquid • when a liquaid turns into a gas • the stuff that things are made of • a group of parts that work together • a supply of something that is useful • all of the liquid water and ice on Earth • vapor/ water in the form of invisible gas • ...

AFTER EARTH 2025-02-05

AFTER EARTH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Etki
  2. Uyku Hali
  3. Gemi
  4. İnmek
  5. Ağrı Kesici
  6. Bozulmuş / Kısıtlanmış
  7. İletişim Kurmak
  8. Olmak
  9. Korucu
  10. Düşmanca
  11. İstemek
  12. Kuş Yuvası
  13. Bulut
  14. Kafes
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  1. Korkusuz
  2. Görev
  3. Görüş
  4. Yakın
  5. Algılamak
  6. Yan
  7. Dağ
  8. Uyarı
  9. Tehlike
  10. Baş Dönmesi
  11. Zarar Vermek
  12. Verici / Uyarı Işığı
  13. Sıkıcı
  14. Görünmez
  15. Tırmanmak
  16. Gurur

30 Clues: Yan • Dağ • Etki • Gemi • Görev • Görüş • Yakın • Uyarı • İnmek • Olmak • Gurur • Bulut • Kafes • Sıkıcı • Korucu • Tehlike • İstemek • Korkusuz • Görünmez • Düşmanca • Uyku Hali • Algılamak • Tırmanmak • Kuş Yuvası • Baş Dönmesi • Ağrı Kesici • Zarar Vermek • İletişim Kurmak • Verici / Uyarı Işığı • Bozulmuş / Kısıtlanmış

Dynamic Earth 2025-02-10

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when tectonic plates move apart, this is the type of interaction
  2. the crust of the Earth is broken up into this, and they move very slowly in different ways
  3. the height of a wave; how tall it is and how much energy it carries
  4. molten rock that forms lava & igneous rocks when it flows from the upper mantle
  5. these exciting features occur at boundaries that create space for magma to emerge and erupt from the crust
  6. property describing how much matter is "packed" into a certain volume; or the ratio between mass and volume
  7. these are formed wherever two plates interact in various ways
  8. a more dense tectonic plate that is under the sea
  9. least dense, thinnest, rigid layer of Earth
  10. this "sphere" contains the crust and upper mantle and all their interactions
  11. the least dense kind of plate that is under land
  12. this happens when one plate goes underneath another plate
  13. the number of wave forms in a given period of time
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  1. when tectonic plates come together, this interaction occurs
  2. thickest, "gooey" layer where convection currents affect plate movement
  3. the distance between two wave forms
  4. very dense, very hot, solid layer; contains Fe and Ni
  5. how fast something is
  6. the area that describes the "pull" or attractive force of a magnet
  7. a (very familiar!)hard, solid combination of minerals produced from the cycle of composition and breaking down of the lithospher
  8. liquid, metallic layer that surrounds the solid center
  9. these "folded" features are formed at continental convergent boundaries
  10. trembling, shaking events that occur due to seismic waves
  11. how heat moves in a liquid or gas

24 Clues: how fast something is • how heat moves in a liquid or gas • the distance between two wave forms • least dense, thinnest, rigid layer of Earth • the least dense kind of plate that is under land • a more dense tectonic plate that is under the sea • the number of wave forms in a given period of time • very dense, very hot, solid layer; contains Fe and Ni • ...

Earth Science 2023-12-13

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. deposited sediments at the mouth of a river
  2. land area where water moves to a central location
  3. underground storage of water
  4. Dropping off of sediments
  5. Compacting and cementation rock
  6. Limestone dissolved landforms
  7. fragments of rock
  8. breaking down of rock
  9. material that water can not move through
  10. wind, water, solar energy resource
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  1. change of state of matter (liquid to gas)
  2. location underground where the earthquake happens
  3. Plates moving towards each other
  4. Melting and cooling rock
  5. Enclosed body of water, mix of fresh and salt water
  6. variable that is measured
  7. Plates moving away from each other
  8. outer, solid part of the geosphere
  9. variable that the scientist changes
  10. Transportation of sediments
  11. coal, oil, natural gas energy resource
  12. Heat and Pressure rock

22 Clues: fragments of rock • breaking down of rock • Heat and Pressure rock • Melting and cooling rock • variable that is measured • Dropping off of sediments • Transportation of sediments • underground storage of water • Limestone dissolved landforms • Compacting and cementation rock • Plates moving towards each other • Plates moving away from each other • outer, solid part of the geosphere • ...

Puzzling Earth 2024-01-10

Puzzling Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rigid, outermost layer of the Earth's rocks and minerals, which consists of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. (Dating):A method used to date rocks and other objects based on the known decay rate of radioactive isotopes.
  3. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  4. (Current):Heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle.
  5. the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.
  6. (Core): This core is incredibly dense and composed primarily of iron and nickel.
  7. (Core): Liquid, iron-nickel layer of the Earth and is also responsible for the magnetic field.
  8. A neutrino or antineutrino emitted in decay of radionuclide naturally occurring in the Earth.
  9. (Isotope):The resulting chemical nuclide that is left after the original isotope decays.
  10. The mantle is a layer within the Earth between the crust and the core.
  11. (Boundary):When two tectonic plates move away from each other. Along these boundaries, earthquakes and magma are common.
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  1. (Decay): The process in which a radioactive atom spontaneously gives off radiation in the form of energy or particles to reach a more stable state.
  2. (Isotope):The isotope that decays, forming the daughter isotope after releasing a decay particle.
  3. (Tectonics):a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  4. (Boundary):An area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  5. (crust): Plates that are located beneath the ocean
  6. A solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid
  7. (Boundary):Places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  8. (crust): The layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, which form the continents.
  9. (wave):A mechanical wave of acoustic energy that travels through the Earth or another planetary body.

20 Clues: (crust): Plates that are located beneath the ocean • (Boundary):Places where plates slide sideways past each other. • A solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid • (Current):Heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle. • The mantle is a layer within the Earth between the crust and the core. • ...

Earth Science 2023-10-31

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rocks that are formed under immense heat and pressure
  2. the layer of the Earth that is made of liquid iron & nickel
  3. boundary where plates move towards each other
  4. the thinnest layer of the Earth
  5. wearing away and removal of rock
  6. there are three types of these (also called edges)
  7. the process of crust re-entering the mantle after sea floor spreading
  8. breakdown of rock while it remains in one place
  9. squeezing of sediment by weight of overlying layers
  10. rocks that are formed when molten rocks cool and solidifies
  11. boundary where plates move away from each other
  12. molten rock above the Earth's surface
  13. molten rock underneath the Earth's surface
  14. a volcano that has not been active for some time
  15. the type of weathering done by animals and plants
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  1. boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. a volcano that will never erupt again
  3. the layer of the Earth that is made of solid iron & nickel
  4. rocks that are formed from weathering and erosion followed by compaction and cementation
  5. the type of weathering done by chemicals
  6. the reason why the inner core is solid and the outer core is liquid
  7. "gluing" together of sediment by minerals and crystals
  8. the only layer of the Earth that is a mix of solid and liquid
  9. the type of weathering done by temperature or forces
  10. the place under water where sea floor spreading originates from

25 Clues: the thinnest layer of the Earth • wearing away and removal of rock • a volcano that will never erupt again • molten rock above the Earth's surface • the type of weathering done by chemicals • molten rock underneath the Earth's surface • boundary where plates slide past each other • boundary where plates move towards each other • ...

Earth Science 2023-11-07

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the occurrence or frequency of earthquakes in a region.
  2. hit with force when moving
  3. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  4. a force that changes the direction of an object towards you
  5. an aftereffect of a distressing or traumatic event
  6. the property of matter and radiation which is manifest as a capacity to perform work (such as causing motion or the interaction of molecules).
  7. a real or imaginary line that separates two things
  8. an act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed.
  9. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
  10. 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.
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  1. occurs when plates move towards each other and collide
  2. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  3. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  4. part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantel
  6. a mild tremor preceding the violent shaking movement of an earthquake
  7. occurring in or frequenting the ocean and especially the open sea as distinguished from littoral or neritic waters
  8. As the plates move, their edges ___ and grind against each other.
  9. moving or extending in different directions from a common point
  10. an act of exerting force on someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

20 Clues: hit with force when moving • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet • places where plates slide sideways past each other • an aftereffect of a distressing or traumatic event • a real or imaginary line that separates two things • occurs when plates move towards each other and collide • the occurrence or frequency of earthquakes in a region. • ...

EARTH SCIENCE 2023-10-19

EARTH SCIENCE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A CONCENTRATION OF HEAT IN THE MANTLE CAPABLE OF CREATING MAGMA
  2. A CHAIN OF VOLCANOES THAT DEVELOP PARALLEL TO A TRENCH
  3. A BOUNDARY PRODUCED WHEN TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER
  4. THE SCIENCE THAT STUDIES EARTH
  5. THE OUTER PORTION OF THE EARTH
  6. A BOUNDARY TWO PLATES MOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER CAUSING ONE OF THE SLABS OF THE LITHOSPHERE TO SUBDUCT BENEATH AN OVERRIDING PLATE
  7. ANY BREAK IN A ROCK IN WHICH NO SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE
  8. CONSOLIDATED MIXTURE OF MATERIALS
  9. A THEORY WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THE EARTH'S CRUST IS MADE UP OF PLATES THAT INTERACT IN VARIOUS WAYS THUS PRODUCING EARTHQUAKES, MOUNTAINS, VOLCANOES AND OTHER GEOLOGIC FEATURES
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  1. A REGOIN WHERE THE CRUSTAL PLATES ARE MOVING APART
  2. A CONTINUOUS MASS OF LAND WITH LONG WIDTH AND HEIGHT ON THE OCEAN FLOOR
  3. SECOND TYPE OF EARTHQUAKE WAVE TO BE RECORDED IN A SEISMIC STATION
  4. A DEVICE USED TO RECORD EATHQUAKE WAVES AN EVENT IN WHICH A SLAB THRUST INTO THE MANTLE
  5. THE THICK PART OF THE EARTH'S CRUST NOT LOCATED UNDER THE OCEAN
  6. A MASS OF MOLTEN ROCK FORMED OF DEPTH, INCLUDING DISSOLVED GASES AND CRYSTALS
  7. MOUNTSAINS FORMED IN PART BY IGNEOUS ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SUBDUCTION OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE BENEATH A CONTINENT
  8. THE FIRST TYPE OF SEISMIC WAVE TO BE RECORDED IN A SEISMIC STATION
  9. A DEPRESSION IN THE SEAFLOOR PRODUCED BY SUBDUCTION PROCESS
  10. RIGID SECTIONS OF THE LITHOSPHERE THAT MOVES AS A VENT
  11. A BREAK IN A ROCK ALONG WHICH MOVEMENT HAS OCCURED
  12. VIBRATION OF EARTH DUE TO RAPID RELEASE OF ENERGY
  13. THE THIN PART OF THE EARTH'S CRUST LOCATED UNDER THE OCEANS

22 Clues: THE SCIENCE THAT STUDIES EARTH • THE OUTER PORTION OF THE EARTH • CONSOLIDATED MIXTURE OF MATERIALS • VIBRATION OF EARTH DUE TO RAPID RELEASE OF ENERGY • A REGOIN WHERE THE CRUSTAL PLATES ARE MOVING APART • A BREAK IN A ROCK ALONG WHICH MOVEMENT HAS OCCURED • A CHAIN OF VOLCANOES THAT DEVELOP PARALLEL TO A TRENCH • RIGID SECTIONS OF THE LITHOSPHERE THAT MOVES AS A VENT • ...

Earth Science 2023-10-13

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the formation of coal from plant material by the processes of diagenesis and metamorphism also known as bituminization or carbonification.
  2. The energy released during nuclear fission or fusion, especially when used to generate electricity.
  3. Formed from evaporation or precipitation of minerals in water.
  4. Offered solutions to the unresolved problems revolving the Big Bang Theory.
  5. Rocks that form from exposure to intense heat and/or pressure.
  6. Is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth.
  7. From solidified lava at or near the surface of the earth.
  8. Shiny, black, high-rank coal.
  9. All the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
  10. Black combustible rock made up of elemental C, H, O, N&varying amounts of S.
  11. Humans also cause erosion through recreational activities, like hiking and riding off-road vehicles.
  12. Dull, black, mid-rank coal.
  13. Farming can degrade the topsoil and lead to an increase in erosion.
  14. There is also a constant exchange of heat and moisture between the atmosphere and the hydrosphere.
  15. Is the thin gaseous layer that envelopes the lithosphere.
  16. Is a molten rock material beneath the surface of the earth.
  17. Is another practice that can greatly increase the rate of erosion in a region.
  18. Removal of surface material from Earth’s crust, primarily soil and rock debris, and the transportation of the eroded materials by natural agencies (such as water or wind) from the point of removal.
  19. The present atmosphere is composed of 0.9%
  20. How a mineral reflects light(metallic/non-metallic).
  21. Combination of two lighter atoms to form heavier atom.
  22. Is defined as a gravitationally-bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas & dust, & dark matter.
  23. Incorporates the components of the Nebular Hypothesis & solves the original problems of the Kant-Laplace Hypothesis.
  24. Can generally be defined as a process by which a liquid or solid is transformed into vapour.
  25. The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
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  1. In astronomical proportion, it would appear flat because inflation stretches any initial curvature of the universe to almost completely flat.
  2. Rocks that form the compaction and cementation of sediments.
  3. Its expansion/inflation has NO beginning or end
  4. Also known as Parallel Universe
  5. proposed a single-step process.
  6. The present atmosphere is composed of 21%
  7. Found in geological formations - underneath Earth’ssurface.
  8. Are major contributors to erosion, especially on a local level.
  9. Is a device that stores energy.
  10. That are derived from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
  11. Generally opaque and exhibit a resplendent shine similar to a polished metal.
  12. Is the set of all life forms on Earth.
  13. About 70% of the Earth is covered with______
  14. The present atmosphere is composed of 78%
  15. Is considered a hypothetical kind of matter that cannot be seen w/ telescope.
  16. The way in which a mineral breaks along smooth flat planes.
  17. naturally occurring water that is not salty, and is suitable for consumption if clean or processed.
  18. Is the energy of the empty space & is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate.
  19. Includes the rocks of the crust and mantle, the metallic liquid outer core, and the solid metallic inner core.
  20. Is the color of a mineral in powdered form.
  21. Causes air pollution but still remain used
  22. Are formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms.
  23. Grazing animals are animals that live on large areas of grassland.
  24. Its expansion/inflation has a beginning & end.
  25. It covers all_________from the soil to the rainforest, from mangroves to coral reefs, and from the plankton-rich ocean surface to the deep sea.

50 Clues: Dull, black, mid-rank coal. • Shiny, black, high-rank coal. • Also known as Parallel Universe • proposed a single-step process. • Is a device that stores energy. • Is the set of all life forms on Earth. • The present atmosphere is composed of 21% • The present atmosphere is composed of 78% • Causes air pollution but still remain used • ...

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."
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  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 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 2024-01-11

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The alteration of rocks through changes in temperature, pressure, or mineral composition, often occurring deep within the Earth's crust
  2. The vertical elevation of Earth's surface, often associated with tectonic processes
  3. The process by which eroded materials settle or come to rest, leading to the formation of new landforms
  4. The accumulation and settling of sediments, typically in bodies of water, leading to the formation of sedimentary rocks
  5. Current era, marked by flourishing mammalian dominance and notable ice age episodes
  6. The eruption of molten rock, ash, and gases from the Earth's interior, often resulting in the formation of volcanic landforms
  7. The gradual wearing away of the Earth's surface by natural forces, such as wind, water, or ice
  8. Large-scale movements and deformation of the Earth's crust, often associated with plate tectonics
  9. The process of ice formation, movement, and melting, shaping landscapes through the action of glaciers
  10. A raised block of the Earth's crust lying between two fault lines
  11. The study of the Earth's lithosphere and the large-scale processes that shape it, including plate movements
Down
  1. The longest geological era, encompassing the time from Earth's formation to the beginning of the Paleozoic era
  2. Pre-Phanerozoic era, marked by diverse eukaryotes and a substantial surge in atmospheric oxygen
  3. The sinking or downward displacement of a part of the Earth's crust
  4. The breakdown of rocks into smaller particles through physical, chemical, or biological processes
  5. The bending or curving of rock layers due to compressional forces in the Earth's crust
  6. The physical and chemical changes that occur in sediments after deposition but before lithification, transforming them into sedimentary rocks
  7. Era of abundant life, three distinct periods, characterized by the Cambrian Explosion - a pivotal phase marked by a rapid diversification of complex life forms
  8. The lateral movement of rock masses along a fault, usually in opposite horizontal directions
  9. The breaking and movement of rock along fractures in the Earth's crust
  10. The balancing of the Earth's lithosphere on the denser, semi-fluid asthenosphere
  11. A block of the Earth's crust that has dropped relative to the blocks on either side, forming a depressed structure
  12. Dominance of dinosaurs, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods
  13. processes, Formation of rocks from molten magma, involving cooling and solidification
  14. Faulting, A type of fault where rocks are pushed over each other at a low angle

25 Clues: A raised block of the Earth's crust lying between two fault lines • The sinking or downward displacement of a part of the Earth's crust • The breaking and movement of rock along fractures in the Earth's crust • Faulting, A type of fault where rocks are pushed over each other at a low angle • ...

changing earth 2024-01-20

changing earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. that causes great damage or loss of life
  2. three-dimensional surface or zone
  3. an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
  4. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  5. scientists who study seismic waves.
  6. a mountain or hill, 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.
  7. shake or tremble.
  8. to be broken
  9. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  10. a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake
Down
  1. A central point or region, such as the point at where an earthquake starts
  2. electorates of less than average
  3. a violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart of something
  4. to make damage on something
  5. The location beneath the vent of a volcano where molten rock (magma) is stored prior to eruption
  6. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  7. a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the edges of the Pacific Ocean
  8. a sudden outbreak of something
  9. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
  10. the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

20 Clues: to be broken • shake or tremble. • to make damage on something • a sudden outbreak of something • electorates of less than average • three-dimensional surface or zone • scientists who study seismic waves. • that causes great damage or loss of life • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake • ...

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 • ...

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 2024-10-10

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the state of the atmosphere at any given time and can change quickly. (What we get)
  2. To follow a circular path around a central object
  3. is the average state of the atmosphere and changes over 30 or more years. (What we expect)
  4. Breaks down rock into smaller pieces called sediment
  5. To turn on its axis, the reason why Earth has night and day
  6. Remain or traces of ancient life that have been preserved by natural processes. Ex: shells, bones, stone, imprints etc.
  7. Through pressure layers of sediment and any water are squeezed together
  8. A fixed point which an object spins around
  9. Moves sediment from one place to another. This happens through water, wind, ice
  10. A mixture of gases surrounding the Earth
  11. When the precipitation falls and is collected in oceans, lakes, and rivers.
  12. Drops off sediment to a new place
Down
  1. occurs when the clouds are saturated with water vapor, becoming heavy and dense, causing the water to fall back to Earth in the form of rain or snow.
  2. Sand dunes, rock pedestals are examples of landforms formed by
  3. Go around a point the Earth goes around the Sun causing seasons
  4. is when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and changes back into liquid water, forming clouds
  5. Evaporation from plants
  6. A type of rock formed when sediments, get deposited in layers, and over time with heat and pressure layers get squeezed together
  7. is when thermal energy converts liquid water into a gas, called water vapor.
  8. The force of attraction between all masses in the universe
  9. Canyons, rivers and deltas are all examples of landforms formed by
  10. Water that does not go into the ground but instead flows to the Earth’s surface
  11. U-shaped valleys are formed from

23 Clues: Evaporation from plants • U-shaped valleys are formed from • Drops off sediment to a new place • A mixture of gases surrounding the Earth • A fixed point which an object spins around • To follow a circular path around a central object • Breaks down rock into smaller pieces called sediment • The force of attraction between all masses in the universe • ...

Planet Earth 2024-11-20

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. kliimasoojenemine
  2. õlireostus
  3. alalhoid
  4. välja surema
  5. mäeahelik
  6. prügila
  7. ökoloogiline jalajälg
  8. kõrgustik
  9. madalik
  10. üleujutus
  11. suurenema, suurendama
Down
  1. põud
  2. plastikpakend
  3. taastuvenergia allikas
  4. osoonikiht
  5. tasandik
  6. saastama
  7. inimese poolt tekitatud reostus
  8. org
  9. rannikuala

20 Clues: org • põud • prügila • madalik • alalhoid • tasandik • saastama • mäeahelik • kõrgustik • üleujutus • õlireostus • osoonikiht • rannikuala • välja surema • plastikpakend • kliimasoojenemine • ökoloogiline jalajälg • suurenema, suurendama • taastuvenergia allikas • inimese poolt tekitatud reostus

The Earth 2024-10-24

The Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the method used to date something using the half life and radiometric decay
  2. all the air surrounding the Earth
  3. the outermost layer of crust and inner mantle of the geosphere
  4. an atom that has more or fewer neutrons than its stable form
  5. the entire solid part of the Earth including the surface and interior
  6. the process of losing energy as neutrons decay
  7. the type of rock formed from pieces of other rock and organic matter
  8. two or more elements that have combined chemically
  9. the wearing down of matter due to living organisms
  10. when condensed water falls to the Earth
  11. when water vapor cools into liquid form
  12. the type of rock that forms when other rocks undergo extreme pressure and or heat
  13. the movement of matter from one place to another
  14. any compound that contains carbon
Down
  1. water in all forms in, on, an above the Earth
  2. the weathering of matter as oxygen combines with metals to form other materials
  3. the weathering of water due to acid rain
  4. the cycling of all matter in, around, and on the Earth
  5. the time required for half the amount of an element to decay
  6. precipitation that runs off land into rivers, streams, etc
  7. all living and formerly living things in, on, and above the Earth
  8. the wearing down of matter through friction
  9. the type of rock that forms from molten rock that cools and solidifies
  10. the dumping of matter that has been eroded
  11. when weathering occurs due to the formation of carbonic acid
  12. a chemical element with the atomic number 6 found in all living things
  13. any chemical that has not combined with another element
  14. water vapor that leaves through the leaves of plants due to photosynthesis and cellular respiration

28 Clues: all the air surrounding the Earth • any compound that contains carbon • when condensed water falls to the Earth • when water vapor cools into liquid form • the weathering of water due to acid rain • the dumping of matter that has been eroded • the wearing down of matter through friction • water in all forms in, on, an above the Earth • ...

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.
Down
  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. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  2. sudden events that lead to mass extinction
  3. name of ancient supercontinent when it was all one land mass
  4. located between the mantle and the outer core
  5. a group of the same species living in the same area
  6. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within Earth changing a rock that already existed
  7. fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  8. tectonic plates move toward each other usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  9. an opening at the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  10. plates large rigid peices of thr earths lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  11. where tectonic plates slide past each other causes eathquakes
  12. deep enlongated depressions in the ocean often associated with subduction zones
Down
  1. forms after weathering and erosion when sedimentscompact and cement
  2. extinction events that occur over a longer period of time
  3. tectonic plates move away from eachother usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  4. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle and is divided into tectonic plates
  5. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  6. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  7. instruments used to measure and recors seismic waves
  8. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  9. hot material rises cooler materials sink it drives plate tectonics

21 Clues: sudden events that lead to 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 • instruments used to measure and recors seismic waves • formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • ...

Earth Elements 2022-02-02

Earth Elements crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Important in building a canoe, apparently the sap is quite tasty as well. Their white bark surely is striking in the forest
  2. These have prickly leaves and cones, but in the winter they stand tall and proud against the onslaught of snow
  3. Sometimes it is dense, other times it is dry. Sometimes it is humid, and through it creatures fly
  4. When a tree is cut, all that remains is the stubborn _____
  5. These can be tasty, they can be wrangely, they can be mangled or highly ordered. Most importantly, they keep the plants from getting too much of an ego
  6. When it is spring, the power of these can be so great it sweeps you off your feet. Especially the Kettle
  7. Some of these are considered Great and they are the heart of a community. Particularly fun in the summer, anyone can make a splash!
  8. This is where I am from, and if you look at an akìmazinàzowin, it will be on the left. Traditional unceded territory of the Syilx people
  9. Looking at one of these I can be kept busy for hours. If you get lost, you will almost certainly be looking at one of these for hours
  10. These fall off the trees when it gets hot enough, and make for dangerous Skateboard obstacles
Down
  1. This is a hot topic, so hot it can cook your food, light your way and warm your soul by gathering people around it.
  2. When they are falling from the trees, the days are getting colder, but they colours they provide paint the landscape in colours so beautiful it is worth the winter
  3. They can be used to sit upon, craft things and are especially useful in Ishkòde as fuel
  4. You’re brave if you walk over a stream on one of these, but it's really easy to make things out of
  5. Some are small, some are large. Some are mossy, some are smooth. They even make good pets and friends, but sometimes they can be a bit quiet
  6. This is the blood of people (in a metaphoric and scientific sense), what fuels us, and is so refreshing
  7. They make some unforgettable leaves, and tasty syrup that I enjoy a bit too much
  8. This may be unfamiliar to us in the Outaouais, but for hardy sailors this is their life
  9. Sometimes referred to as Turtle Island, it is larger than comprehensible
  10. Perfect for a quick ishkòde, this is tough to find in the spring melt but easy in the summer

20 Clues: When a tree is cut, all that remains is the stubborn _____ • Sometimes referred to as Turtle Island, it is larger than comprehensible • They make some unforgettable leaves, and tasty syrup that I enjoy a bit too much • They can be used to sit upon, craft things and are especially useful in Ishkòde as fuel • ...

Earth layers 2025-05-20

Earth layers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Force pulling objects together
  2. Preserved remains in rock
  3. Heat movement in the mantle
  4. Deep ocean valley (plate collision)
  5. Giant puzzle pieces of Earth’s crust
  6. Rocks breaking down (wind/water)
  7. Earthquake detector
  8. Earth’s outermost, rocky layer
  9. Crack where earthquakes happen
  10. Thick, semi-solid layer below the crust
  11. Shaking from moving plates (short for earthquake) 📳
  12. Mountain that erupts lava
  13. How tightly packed matter is
  14. Rock in oceanic crust
Down
  1. Crust + upper mantle layer
  2. Hard rock in continental crust
  3. Hot water eruption from ground
  4. Earth’s water layer
  5. Ancient supercontinent
  6. Natural solid (e.g., quartz)
  7. Super-hot center of Earth
  8. Volcanic glass rock
  9. Tiny bits of rock/dirt
  10. Magma that reaches the surface
  11. Molten rock underground

25 Clues: Earth’s water layer • Earthquake detector • Volcanic glass rock • Rock in oceanic crust • Ancient supercontinent • Tiny bits of rock/dirt • Molten rock underground • Preserved remains in rock • Super-hot center of Earth • Mountain that erupts lava • Crust + upper mantle layer • Heat movement in the mantle • Natural solid (e.g., quartz) • How tightly packed matter is • ...

Earth Science 2022-10-11

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The amount of space an object takes up.
  2. Anything that has mass and takes up space.
  3. Violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, red
  4. 3.6 million of these bring nearly $500,000,000 to Vermont each Fall.
  5. Adding to the overall spectrum
  6. A pair of stars that orbit one another.
  7. A massive ball of plasma that radiates light.
  8. Phenomenon in which light moves rapidly away from an observer appears shifted toward the red end of the spectrum.
  9. Any atom or group of atoms that bears one or more positive or negative electrical charges
  10. Tool used to measure mass
  11. A colorful weather spectrum
  12. Something given off
  13. The ratio of mass per unit volume.
Down
  1. Atomically neither positive nor negative.
  2. Vermont's governor
  3. A bright, very large star with low density and relatively low surface temperature.
  4. A measure of the amount of matter in an object.
  5. A band of colors
  6. A type of spectrum of dark lines, or lines of reduced intensity, on a continuous spectrum.
  7. The capitol of Canada
  8. Vermont's highest peak
  9. Color with the shortest wavelength
  10. A cloud of of gas and dust in interstellar space.
  11. Symbol of the astrological sign of leo
  12. Used to separate a beam of light into different colors.
  13. A standard for measurement and comparison of measurements.
  14. At 410 miles it is the longest river in Vermont
  15. It has the density of 1 g/ml.

28 Clues: A band of colors • Vermont's governor • Something given off • The capitol of Canada • Vermont's highest peak • Tool used to measure mass • A colorful weather spectrum • It has the density of 1 g/ml. • Adding to the overall spectrum • Color with the shortest wavelength • The ratio of mass per unit volume. • Symbol of the astrological sign of leo • ...

our earth 2022-10-08

our earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. eben
  2. Landmasse
  3. Sumpf
  4. Osten
  5. Regenwald
  6. Planquadrat
  7. steil
  8. Gitternetz
  9. Gebiet
  10. Kontinent
  11. Ozean
  12. Pfad
  13. Süden
  14. Westen
Down
  1. Äquator
  2. Landschaft
  3. Wüste
  4. Oberfläche
  5. Legende
  6. Region
  7. Maßstab
  8. Meer
  9. Erde
  10. Route
  11. Norden
  12. bedecken

26 Clues: eben • Meer • Erde • Pfad • Wüste • Sumpf • Osten • steil • Route • Ozean • Süden • Region • Gebiet • Norden • Westen • Äquator • Legende • Maßstab • bedecken • Landmasse • Regenwald • Kontinent • Landschaft • Oberfläche • Gitternetz • Planquadrat

Earth Science 2022-06-21

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the hottest part of the earth's atmosphere
  2. What layer separates the rest of the atmosphere from outer space
  3. Hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano is called..
  4. This layer in the atmosphere is where most meteors, or space rocks and metal, burn up before they can crash to the ground.
  5. This layer in the earth is about 2900 km thick
  6. What is the hottest part of the Earth's layer
  7. boundaries- What is it called when one plate slides under the other
  8. When an organism makes a mark in mud or sand it's called a…
  9. The layer of earth that ranges from 4000-9000 degrees
  10. These are formed from pre existing rocks
  11. These rocks change from one form to another
  12. Brittle rocky outer core of the earth
  13. What crust is less dense and thicker
  14. What occurs when two plates slide past each other
  15. These are formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
Down
  1. The lowest part of the Earth's atmosphere
  2. The ozone layer is found in this part of the earth's atmosphere
  3. Where does the earthquake occur underground
  4. What is it called when two plates move apart
  5. a …is an explosion of steam and lava from a volcano
  6. Waves of energy that travel through Earth's layers are called..
  7. The Earth’s surface consists of about 12 large…
  8. What crust is thinner
  9. What is the point above the focus
  10. These are formed when pieces of Earth's crust smash against each other
  11. What is another name for a long crack in the surface of the earth, earthquakes usually occur along these
  12. The fossils of bones, teeth, and shells

27 Clues: What crust is thinner • What is the point above the focus • What crust is less dense and thicker • Brittle rocky outer core of the earth • The fossils of bones, teeth, and shells • These are formed from pre existing rocks • The lowest part of the Earth's atmosphere • Where does the earthquake occur underground • These rocks change from one form to another • ...

Earth Crossword 2022-02-10

Earth Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. top part of mantle & crust
  2. continental crust
  3. layer of molten metal
  4. break in crust
  5. super continent
  6. shape the surface
  7. wear away earths surface
  8. heat transfer by direct contact
  9. heat transfer through empty space
  10. earth's outer skin
  11. 2 plates split apart
  12. 2 plates come together
Down
  1. 2nd layer of the earth
  2. soft britle layer
  3. center of the earth
  4. 2 plates slip past each other
  5. heat transfer by movement of heated fluid
  6. ocean floor sinks into mantle
  7. flow that transfers heat within fluid
  8. ocean floor

20 Clues: ocean floor • break in crust • super continent • soft britle layer • continental crust • shape the surface • earth's outer skin • center of the earth • 2 plates split apart • layer of molten metal • 2nd layer of the earth • 2 plates come together • wear away earths surface • top part of mantle & crust • 2 plates slip past each other • ocean floor sinks into mantle • ...

Earth Puzzle 2022-01-26

Earth Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates slide next to each other
  2. remains of the nuclide after radioactive decay
  3. liquid part of the crust
  4. two tectonic plates meet
  5. tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. waves from inside the earth
  7. below the lithosphere
  8. of the crust and part of the mantle
  9. fitting together on the earths crust
  10. transfer in the mantle
  11. emission of engergy
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  1. in between inner core and mantle
  2. part of the crust
  3. coldest atmospheric layer
  4. emitted in decay in the Earth
  5. what goes under the decay of the daughter isotope
  6. dating by using rocks
  7. center of the earth
  8. rock/debris coming through earths atmosphere
  9. between outer core and crust

20 Clues: part of the crust • center of the earth • emission of engergy • dating by using rocks • below the lithosphere • transfer in the mantle • liquid part of the crust • two tectonic plates meet • coldest atmospheric layer • waves from inside the earth • between outer core and crust • emitted in decay in the Earth • plates slide next to each other • in between inner core and mantle • ...

Earth Puzzle 2022-01-26

Earth Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. coldest atmospheric layer
  2. liquid part of the crust
  3. what undergoes decay of daughter isotope
  4. where two tectonic plates meet
  5. between outer core and crust
  6. neutrino emitted in decay in the Earth
  7. plates move away from each other
  8. in between inner core and mantle
  9. waves from inside the earth
  10. emission of engergy
  11. nuclide after radioactive decay
Down
  1. land part of the crust
  2. heat transfer in the mantle
  3. dating by using rocks
  4. parts of mantle and crust
  5. plates slide next to each other
  6. center of the earth
  7. pieces on the earths crust
  8. rock/debris coming through earths atmosphere
  9. right below the lithosphere

20 Clues: center of the earth • emission of engergy • dating by using rocks • land part of the crust • liquid part of the crust • coldest atmospheric layer • parts of mantle and crust • pieces on the earths crust • heat transfer in the mantle • right below the lithosphere • waves from inside the earth • between outer core and crust • where two tectonic plates meet • ...

Earth Puzzle 2022-01-26

Earth Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. produced by the radioactive decay of the nuclei of another isotope
  2. when 2 plates come together
  3. a solid piece of debris from an object
  4. waves that travel through or over Earth
  5. pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  6. the fourth layer inside the Earth
  7. calculates an age for geologic materials by measuring the amuont of a short-life radioactive element
  8. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  9. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  10. a fluid layer composed of mostly iron and nickel that is above Earth's solid inner core
Down
  1. a neutrino emitted in decay of radionuclide naturally occurring in the Earth
  2. the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
  3. There are 2 types of "Crust" Oceanic and...
  4. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. There are 2 types of "Crust" Continental and...
  7. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  8. a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  9. the Isotope that undergoes decay to form a daughter isotope.
  10. the emission of energy in the form of ionizing radiation

20 Clues: when 2 plates come together • the fourth layer inside the Earth • a solid piece of debris from an object • waves that travel through or over Earth • the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • There are 2 types of "Crust" Oceanic and... • pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle • There are 2 types of "Crust" Continental and... • ...

Earth Science 2022-05-03

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. system of drains that prevents flooding during heavy rainstorms
  2. the study of earthquakes and seismic waves
  3. tectonic plates suddenly slide around and the plates shake, and the energy from that creates waves that echo through Earth
  4. a constructive process whereby soil and rock that are eroded from one location are dropped as sediment in another location
  5. People, animals, insects, and reptiles all disturb the upper layers of the Earth which makes it more easy for weathering and erosion to occur; humans are the biggest 'disturbers' of the Earth.
  6. a destructive process where Earth materials such as rocks and soil are broken down into smaller parts
  7. the movement of materials from one place to another by natural methods
  8. A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake
  9. a tool used to detect, measure, and record seismic waves
  10. A deposit of wind-blown sand
  11. adding sand back onto the beach after it has eroded away
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  1. processes that build up or create land at earth's surface
  2. a natural feature of the earth's surface.
  3. An enlarged bank built up on each side of a river to prevent flooding
  4. a break in Earth's crust that lets magma come out from the mantle and onto Earth's surface
  5. The tearing down of the Earth's surface including weathering, erosion, impact of organisms, earthquakes, and volcanoes
  6. energy released by an earthquake is transferred to the column of water above it and creates waves that travel away from the area
  7. a barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the flow of water
  8. area where two or more tectonic plates meet and show movement
  9. formed when tectonic plates collide and both push up. This creates hills and mountains.
  10. sheets of very old ice that are the size of states and that move along Earth's surface, also create valleys as they slowly grind along the surface

21 Clues: A deposit of wind-blown sand • a natural feature of the earth's surface. • the study of earthquakes and seismic waves • a tool used to detect, measure, and record seismic waves • adding sand back onto the beach after it has eroded away • processes that build up or create land at earth's surface • area where two or more tectonic plates meet and show movement • ...

Earth Science 2022-04-06

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a drill core of ice that can help tell the climates of the past
  2. a number of rigid, but moving, peices of earth's surface
  3. The Age of Reptiles
  4. Subdivisions of the periods of the geologic time scale
  5. apex predator, the last consumer level in a food chain
  6. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
  7. A break in Earth's crust where slabs of rock slip past each other
  8. the result of excess nutrients in a water supply
  9. the longest division of geological time
  10. A burst of evolutionary origins when most of the major body plans of animals appeared in a relatively brief time in geologic history; recorded in the fossil record about 545 to 525 million years ago
  11. Age of Mammals
  12. length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay
  13. ERA OF THE FISH
  14. A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals
  15. Release of nuclear particles and energy from unstable atomic nuclei
  16. A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks.
  17. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  18. Most common cambrian invertebrates, used as index fossils.
  19. Large rocky masses or plates that cover the surface of the Earth like jagged jigsaw pieces
  20. younger layers of rocks are the top layers and older layers are below them.
  21. the third level of consumer is a food web
  22. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  23. the first level of consumers in the food chain
  24. the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust
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  1. A rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  2. the position of an organism in the food chain and
  3. known as the bottom of the ocean food chain.
  4. produces food for itself and others in the food web
  5. Earths outermost layer
  6. the region where two tectonic plates are in contact
  7. A break in the geologic record when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time
  8. The amount of salt in the water
  9. the second level of consumers in a food chain
  10. a plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  11. Liquid magma that reaches the surface
  12. The measure of the clarity of water
  13. the formula for Nitrites
  14. A block of time during which unique rock layers were laid down
  15. A branch of geology which studies rock layers and layering
  16. fossil that existed over a short period of time and lived in many different places.
  17. Name for the time in earths early history that accounts for ninety percent of earth's time, but only cellular organisms lived
  18. the formula for Nitrates
  19. A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past

43 Clues: Age of Mammals • ERA OF THE FISH • The Age of Reptiles • Earths outermost layer • the formula for Nitrites • the formula for Nitrates • The amount of salt in the water • The measure of the clarity of water • Liquid magma that reaches the surface • the longest division of geological time • Molten rock beneath the earth's surface • the third level of consumer is a food web • ...

changing earth 2023-01-08

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

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 is a volcano called if it will no longer erupt • what scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake. • ...

Earth resources 2022-09-26

Earth resources crossword puzzle
Across
  1. oil that spills from oil platforms, tankers, and pipelines that harms the environment
  2. all the aspects of climate are changing because Earth is getting warm
  3. facilities such as roads, water supply, electricity supply, railways
  4. seawater is turned into frest water which people can drink, by removing its salt
  5. rock is broken down by chemical reactions
  6. there isn't enought water for everyone
  7. a gas (sulpur dioxide) that is harmful
  8. a water that's not fresh and it is salty
  9. thangs we need to live, or use to earn a living; for example food, fuel
  10. a plant that we planted
  11. to provide energy, by burning them
  12. has lush vegetation, with many differents species for plants and animal
  13. the wearing away of rock, stones and soil by rivers, waves, wand, or glaciers
  14. is one which we can keep on using, and it won't run out
  15. water that collects below ground
  16. substances added to soil to make it more fertile; the rock at the plate edges get folded upwards, making mountains
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  1. a water that can be drink (not salty water)
  2. where fertile land becomes like a dessert, usually through misuse
  3. is something which occurs naturally
  4. water is evaporated from tge ocean, leaving the salt behind
  5. places that don't get much water
  6. coal, oil, natural gas
  7. occurs without human involment
  8. water from baths and shower sinks
  9. everything around you; air, soil, water, animals, and plant from the natural environment
  10. have enough water but can't afford the infrastructure
  11. resources is a resources we will run out of one day
  12. groundwater that has been sealed into aquifers for thousand or million years
  13. to water crops
  14. the state of being extremely poor

30 Clues: to water crops • coal, oil, natural gas • a plant that we planted • occurs without human involment • places that don't get much water • water that collects below ground • water from baths and shower sinks • the state of being extremely poor • to provide energy, by burning them • is something which occurs naturally • there isn't enought water for everyone • ...

Earth Science 2025-06-09

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dinosaurs bones are called...
  2. When the sun fully revolves around the sun
  3. When two light atomic nuclei combine
  4. The ___ includes the lithosphere
  5. A type of electromagnetic radiation
  6. A rock made by the accumulation of sediments
  7. The reason for the seasons is...
  8. The layer of the Earth that protects us from UV rays
  9. The process of breaking down rocks
  10. Energy you can use more than once
  11. The fifth farthest planet from the sun is...
Down
  1. Amount of force in one area
  2. A mountain or hill that contains lava
  3. ___ is the heating through air
  4. ___ is how much mass is in a given volume
  5. The horizontal axis
  6. ___ is the meaning of "equal night"
  7. Large sections of the lithosphere
  8. ___ supports immune function and wound healing
  9. A half of a sphere is called a ___
  10. What is being put into the experiment
  11. When something is shiny it's called...
  12. Common crystal made of silica
  13. The ___ holds all of the planets
  14. The ___ is a part of the solar system beyond Neptune

25 Clues: The horizontal axis • Amount of force in one area • Dinosaurs bones are called... • Common crystal made of silica • ___ is the heating through air • The ___ includes the lithosphere • The reason for the seasons is... • The ___ holds all of the planets • Large sections of the lithosphere • Energy you can use more than once • A half of a sphere is called a ___ • ...

Earth science 2025-06-09

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. horizontal line represents dependent..
  2. process of atmosphere over a period of time..
  3. Large pieces shaped weird of Earth's outer layer
  4. The degree of compactness..
  5. Earth split into southern and northern..
  6. Toxic gas of oxygen
  7. The reason for the seasons is..
  8. Large gas planet
  9. The transfer of heat In a pot...
  10. Has billions of stars..
  11. The length of earth around the sun..
  12. Is the portion of life on earth...
  13. Purposely changed to effect another variable
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  1. The Romains of an organism
  2. electromagnetic Radiation..
  3. Region beyond neptune..
  4. Silicon dioxide
  5. Energy that can be renewed
  6. A hill that erupts..
  7. reaction to form heavier nuclei
  8. Rock from earth sedimentary surface
  9. A metal element with the industrial process..
  10. The time the earth crosses the equator..
  11. metal glaze
  12. Continuous physical force

25 Clues: metal glaze • Silicon dioxide • Large gas planet • Toxic gas of oxygen • A hill that erupts.. • Region beyond neptune.. • Has billions of stars.. • Continuous physical force • The Romains of an organism • Energy that can be renewed • electromagnetic Radiation.. • The degree of compactness.. • reaction to form heavier nuclei • The reason for the seasons is.. • ...

Dynamic Earth 2025-08-19

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Required for communication/ receiving news.
  2. Molten/ semi molten rock which can be found just beneath the surface of the earth
  3. The outside of something
  4. Different places across the world.
  5. Movement of the water in a sea/ lake/ or river.
  6. Energy from the core of the earth that causes shaking which can be damaging/ non damaging.
  7. The very middle of an object.
  8. a type of currency used to buy things
  9. Very outer edge of the earth where we live
  10. a red body of heat and can be dangerous.
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  1. an essential liquid required for life.
  2. used to create a fire
  3. A red/white liquid which hardens when it cools.
  4. The Maori word for environment
  5. A very sudden, and possibly dangerous situation.
  6. The planet which we live on.
  7. The Maori word for science.
  8. a word which refers to life force.
  9. The inside of something
  10. A point which can be backed up by facts but not 100% known yet.

20 Clues: used to create a fire • The inside of something • The outside of something • The Maori word for science. • The planet which we live on. • The very middle of an object. • The Maori word for environment • Different places across the world. • a word which refers to life force. • a type of currency used to buy things • an essential liquid required for life. • ...

Earth Science 2025-10-14

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Relating to earthquakes or vibrations in Earth
  2. A type of crust found under the oceans
  3. A type of crust that forms the landmasses
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move apart
  5. A mountain that erupts with molten rock
  6. The rigid outer layer of Earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  7. A valley formed where tectonic plates pull apart
  8. The layer of Earth between the crust and the core
  9. The process where one tectonic plate moves under another
  10. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface
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  1. Large sections of Earth's lithosphere that move slowly
  2. The innermost layer of Earth
  3. A fracture in Earth's crust where movement occurs
  4. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by tectonic plate movement
  5. The movement of heated material that drives plate motion
  6. The location where two tectonic plates meet
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  8. The outermost solid layer of Earth
  9. A plate boundary where plates slide past each other horizontally
  10. A large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes

20 Clues: The innermost layer of Earth • The outermost solid layer of Earth • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface • A type of crust found under the oceans • A mountain that erupts with molten rock • A type of crust that forms the landmasses • The location where two tectonic plates meet • A plate boundary where two plates move apart • Relating to earthquakes or vibrations in Earth • ...

Geography Terms 2024-06-05

Geography Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. refers to half the earth that is spherical in shape
  2. how many hemispheres the earth is divided into
  3. a series of imaginary lines that run from pole to pole
  4. the imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole; the earth rotates around it once a day
  5. caused by the yearly rotation of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis
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  1. the art and science of mapmaking
  2. the imaginary line that circles the globe at the center
  3. an area defined by similar characteristics
  4. a series of imaginary lines that circle the globe horizontally

9 Clues: the art and science of mapmaking • an area defined by similar characteristics • how many hemispheres the earth is divided into • refers to half the earth that is spherical in shape • a series of imaginary lines that run from pole to pole • the imaginary line that circles the globe at the center • a series of imaginary lines that circle the globe horizontally • ...

Ancient India 2023-10-19

Ancient India crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The actions required for your position
  2. first empire in ancient india
  3. People who ruled the Indus River Valley
  4. Home to the tallest mountain on earth
  5. Learning to focus by clearing one's mind
  6. The belief that after death a person is born into another form
  7. Marriages were ________
  8. Where people are born into a level and not able to change
  9. tallest mountain n earth
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  1. Steps to achieve happiness taught by buddha
  2. Language that emerged from the Indus River Valley
  3. The mountains on the west side of the Deccan plateau
  4. ancient religion that is currently practiced by millions
  5. God of the universe in the hindu religion
  6. The mountains on the east side of the Deccan plateau
  7. Area of ancient civilization in present-day india and pakistan
  8. Consequences of behavior
  9. _____ were the only ones educated

18 Clues: Marriages were ________ • Consequences of behavior • tallest mountain n earth • first empire in ancient india • _____ were the only ones educated • Home to the tallest mountain on earth • The actions required for your position • People who ruled the Indus River Valley • Learning to focus by clearing one's mind • God of the universe in the hindu religion • ...

Geography 2021-10-03

Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. deepest Point on the Earth
  2. smalest country on the Earth
  3. Highest Mountain on the Earth
  4. In which Country are the Angel Falls
  5. longest River in China
  6. Biggest country in Europe
  7. Biggest city on the Earth
  8. Highest Mountain in Germany
  9. Biggest lake in Switzerland
  10. Biggest Country on the Earth
Down
  1. Highest Country on the Earth
  2. Biggest island on Earth
  3. biggest sea on Earth
  4. Longest River on the Earth
  5. deepest lake on the Earth
  6. Highest waterfall on Earth
  7. Biggest dessert on Earth
  8. Biggest Rain Forest on the Earth
  9. Highest Mountain in Switzerland
  10. Highest mountain on the Earth

20 Clues: biggest sea on Earth • longest River in China • Biggest island on Earth • Biggest dessert on Earth • deepest lake on the Earth • Biggest country in Europe • Biggest city on the Earth • deepest Point on the Earth • Longest River on the Earth • Highest waterfall on Earth • Highest Mountain in Germany • Biggest lake in Switzerland • Highest Country on the Earth • ...

Brayan Salazar 2020-04-28

Brayan Salazar crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a bad-tempered animal and lives in water most of the day
  2. is a horse-like equine that lives in the African jungles
  3. is the animal with the longest neck of all mammals
  4. is the king of the jungle and appears in many disney movies
  5. is an anima that sleeps more than 18 hours a day and is unique in australia
  6. is the only one of its kind that lives in the north pole and feeds on seals
Down
  1. is the oldest animal on earth and lives in lakes or swamps
  2. is the largest animal on the planet and can weigh more than 8 tons
  3. is the fastest feline on earth and reaches over 80 km per hour when running
  4. is a cold-blooded animal that crawls and eats mice
  5. is the bird with the largest beak and a striking color
  6. is an animal that repeats every word you speak

12 Clues: is an animal that repeats every word you speak • is a cold-blooded animal that crawls and eats mice • is the animal with the longest neck of all mammals • is the bird with the largest beak and a striking color • is a horse-like equine that lives in the African jungles • is the oldest animal on earth and lives in lakes or swamps • ...

Earth in Space 2022-06-09

Earth in Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An imaginary line down the centre of an object
  2. An event that occurs two times a year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point.
  3. An event that occurs two times per year when the length of the day and night are equal.
  4. The time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun
  5. The path a body travels around another
  6. A sloped or angled position
Down
  1. The time it takes for a planet to rotate around its axis
  2. Four different periods of the year where different amounts of sunlight hits the Earth due to the Earth's tilt.
  3. A group of stars or planets held together by gravity
  4. Because of its tilt, the earth can be divided into the northern and southern ...
  5. Star at the centre of the solar system that planets orbit around as well as produces heat and light.
  6. The spinning of an object around its axis

12 Clues: A sloped or angled position • The path a body travels around another • The spinning of an object around its axis • An imaginary line down the centre of an object • The time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun • A group of stars or planets held together by gravity • The time it takes for a planet to rotate around its axis • ...

Motions of the Earth 2018-01-08

Motions of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. time taken for the earth to complete one rotation
  2. time taken for the earth to complete one revolution
  3. Motion of the Earth causing change of seasons
  4. Imaginary line passing through the Earth's centre
Down
  1. Motion of the Earth causing day and night
  2. an example of a celestial body
  3. Fixed path in which the planets move around the sun

7 Clues: an example of a celestial body • Motion of the Earth causing day and night • Motion of the Earth causing change of seasons • time taken for the earth to complete one rotation • Imaginary line passing through the Earth's centre • time taken for the earth to complete one revolution • Fixed path in which the planets move around the sun

global system 2013-05-19

global system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. produced in the stomach of cow and sheep
  2. a name for all water on earth
  3. large scale of ocean circulating caused by global density
  4. gas that make up most of earth’s atmosphere
  5. – electromagnetic radiation
  6. when water turns to moist
  7. when people try to kill a lot of trees
  8. – droplets on cold surface
  9. a name for the layers of gases surrounding the planet
  10. something that can be trapped in a greenhouse.
  11. an energy source that does not worn-out when uses eg wind, solar power and water.
  12. something that is delivered from living things
  13. fuels- formed from the past from the remains of living plants or animals.
  14. long time period of a specific weather eg. Winter, spring, summer and fall (autumn)
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  1. where plants and animals interacts with their physical environment.
  2. a name for a climate that can change day to day
  3. how plants make their food
  4. effects- greenhouse gases have the effect on warming earth which is known as ………. …….
  5. milder climate between two glacial period
  6. thick layer of soil that remains frozen for a long time
  7. a name for earth’s land masses
  8. dioxide- colour less and odourless gas. Co2
  9. when discharging something eg gas or radiation
  10. sheet- a permanent layer of ice which covers land
  11. Niño- something that causes dryness in parts of Australia
  12. short radiation and …….. radiation

26 Clues: when water turns to moist • how plants make their food • – droplets on cold surface • – electromagnetic radiation • a name for all water on earth • a name for earth’s land masses • short radiation and …….. radiation • when people try to kill a lot of trees • produced in the stomach of cow and sheep • milder climate between two glacial period • ...