the earth Crossword Puzzles

Vocab crossword 2022-03-30

Vocab crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. no more left of species
  2. the Earth gets warmer
  3. loss of the place you live
  4. all the rock on earth
  5. natural gasses
  6. all the air on earth
  7. parts of a habitat
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  1. the place something lives
  2. when you cut down a ton of trees
  3. an organism that feeds on organic matter
  4. when fertile land becomes a desert
  5. you are a being
  6. all the living things on earth
  7. gasses that trap
  8. all the water on earth

15 Clues: natural gasses • gasses that trap • you are a being • parts of a habitat • all the air on earth • the Earth gets warmer • all the rock on earth • all the water on earth • no more left of species • the place something lives • loss of the place you live • all the living things on earth • when you cut down a ton of trees • when fertile land becomes a desert • ...

Unit #1 Review 2023-10-18

Unit #1 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Shows what the Earth really looks like
  2. A low area of land between hills or mountains
  3. A round shape like a ball
  4. Shows natural features, elevation,and landforms
  5. A group or chain of islands
  6. Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
  7. Shows borders of states/countries and major cities
  8. Map feature that shows directions
  9. How much above or below sea level an area is
  10. The relationship between distance on Earth and distance on a map
  11. To change something so that it is no longer accurate
  12. Divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemishpheres
  13. Divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
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  1. Used for showing larger areas
  2. Used for showing smaller areas
  3. North, South, East, West
  4. A natural feature found on earth
  5. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land
  6. A small river that flows into a larger river
  7. Measured in degrees N and S
  8. Half of the Earth
  9. Map feature that tells what the symbols and colors mean
  10. Large area of salt water
  11. Measured in degrees E and W
  12. An area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries

25 Clues: Half of the Earth • North, South, East, West • Large area of salt water • A round shape like a ball • A group or chain of islands • Measured in degrees N and S • Measured in degrees E and W • Used for showing larger areas • Used for showing smaller areas • A natural feature found on earth • Map feature that shows directions • Shows what the Earth really looks like • ...

Earth's Structure 2023-09-20

Earth's Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock flows through a rift on the ocean floor
  2. crust under the ocean
  3. model explaining how plates make landforms
  4. slow movement of Earth's plates
  5. long row of sharp mountains
  6. Section of Earth's crust
  7. type of current within Earth's mantle
  8. decayed plant and animal matter
  9. so hot it becomes liquid
  10. deep underwater valley
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  1. outer part of earth consists of crust & mantle
  2. layer of soil below the topsoil
  3. solid layer of crust firmly attached to Earth
  4. layer of Earth below the crust
  5. bending upward of Earth's crust
  6. crust that lies under land
  7. layer of solid metal at the center of Earth
  8. layer just below the mantle
  9. a break in Earth's crust
  10. the upper layer of soil

20 Clues: crust under the ocean • deep underwater valley • the upper layer of soil • a break in Earth's crust • Section of Earth's crust • so hot it becomes liquid • crust that lies under land • long row of sharp mountains • layer just below the mantle • layer of Earth below the crust • layer of soil below the topsoil • bending upward of Earth's crust • slow movement of Earth's plates • ...

UNIT 3 2023-05-10

UNIT 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. Says the moon formed from the rapidly spinning molten rock of Earth
  2. Says the moon was created far away and was Caught by Earth’s gravity
  3. star class, the Coolest and are red
  4. star class, the hottest and are blue
  5. Layer Where energy circles around
  6. Large dense clouds of material over the surface of the sun
  7. Explosions of sun material shooting out into space
  8. When solar wind gets disturbed, a blast of energy shoots out and may cause damage to earth
  9. Layer where energy seeps out of the core
  10. Just above photosphere, Thin and gasous
  11. the Moon kind of looks like an egg
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  1. The sun’s equator rotates faster than the poles
  2. The rotation of the moon matches it’s ____ around earth
  3. Small layer of radiative sun we see
  4. Dark spots on the surface of the sun
  5. It’s field changes every __ _____, from solar maximum to solar minimum
  6. Says the Earth smashed against an object the size of Mars
  7. Says the moon formed separately from the Earth
  8. 1:1 rotation to orbit rate
  9. Continuous flow of solar energy

20 Clues: 1:1 rotation to orbit rate • Continuous flow of solar energy • Layer Where energy circles around • the Moon kind of looks like an egg • star class, the Coolest and are red • Small layer of radiative sun we see • star class, the hottest and are blue • Dark spots on the surface of the sun • Just above photosphere, Thin and gasous • Layer where energy seeps out of the core • ...

Space Unit Review 2022-06-15

Space Unit Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When the Earth blocks out the sun and casts a shadow on the Moon.
  2. The basic element that makes up all stars.
  3. Pluto is an example.
  4. The space-telescope that has discovered hundreds of planets outside our solar system.
  5. Earth has a northern one and a southern one.
  6. when the earth, sun and moon form a straight line, and produce extreme high and low tides.
  7. Where stars are "born".
  8. The unit we use to measure distances between stars.
  9. The most common type of star in the universe.
  10. The unit we use to measure distances in the solar system.
  11. The curved path an object takes around a planet or star.
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  1. A small space rock that has fallen to Earth.
  2. When the moon blocks out the sun and casts a shadow on the Earth.
  3. Created by the collapse of very big stars; a point of infinite gravity/density.
  4. The tilt of the earth produces these.
  5. The small, hot, dense "skeleton" of a star.
  6. the type of wave energy we use to communicate in space.
  7. The force that pulls objects with mass together.
  8. The large type of star our Sun will turn into when it reaches the end of its life.
  9. The planet with the most moons in the solar system.
  10. A powerful burst of energy from the Sun.

21 Clues: Pluto is an example. • Where stars are "born". • The tilt of the earth produces these. • A powerful burst of energy from the Sun. • The basic element that makes up all stars. • The small, hot, dense "skeleton" of a star. • A small space rock that has fallen to Earth. • Earth has a northern one and a southern one. • The most common type of star in the universe. • ...

Chapter 9 vocabulary 2026-03-03

Chapter 9 vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 0 degrees of longitude
  2. distance east or west of the prime meridian
  3. farthest point south on the earth
  4. a scientist who studies the air and weather
  5. the movement of one object in its orbit around another object in space
  6. time zone area that has the same clock time within the zone
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  1. also known as latitude
  2. section of earth theat is half of earth north/south and east/west
  3. imaginary line through earth, connecting the south pole and the north pole
  4. imaginary line of latitude halfway between the poles and 0 degrees of latitude
  5. the spinning of earth
  6. the study of earth's land, water, air, and outer space
  7. point farthest point north on the earth
  8. on of seven major land areas on earth
  9. distance north or south of the eaquator

15 Clues: the spinning of earth • also known as latitude • 0 degrees of longitude • farthest point south on the earth • on of seven major land areas on earth • point farthest point north on the earth • distance north or south of the eaquator • distance east or west of the prime meridian • a scientist who studies the air and weather • ...

Science 2022-04-22

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves in which the vibration of the medium is parallel
  2. uppermost region of the Earth's atmosphere
  3. a thick, aqueous (water-based) solution in which the organelles are found
  4. latitude on the Earth 23.5 degrees south of the equator
  5. type of wind that blows from the ocean to the land
  6. imaginary line around the middle of a planet.
  7. means the moon is shrinking
  8. the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere
  9. located inside the cytosol found in the plant cell and animal cell.
  10. latitude on the Earth at 66.5 degrees south
  11. a membrane-bound organelle that contains the DNA of the cell
  12. a scalar quantity that refers to "how much ground an object has covered" during its motion.
  13. a wave vibrating at right angles to the direction
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  1. line of latitude around the Earth, at 66°3 north
  2. When the Earth casts a shadow on the moon
  3. means the moon is growing
  4. layer of Earth's atmosphere that extends 311-621 Miles
  5. When the Moon casts a shadow on the Earth
  6. is a vector quantity that refers to "how far out of place an object is’’
  7. an instrument that can be use to observe small object
  8. extends from about 50 to 85 km (31 to 53 miles) above
  9. the cell's “garbage disposal.”
  10. type of wind that blows from the land to the ocean
  11. It is the second layer of the atmosphere
  12. the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth
  13. Platform where the slide with the specimen is placed
  14. adjustment knob Large knob used for focusing the image under low power
  15. source Provides light for viewing the specimen
  16. orbits the earth and reflects sunlight
  17. part of the microscope that connects the eyepiece tube to the base.

30 Clues: means the moon is growing • means the moon is shrinking • the cell's “garbage disposal.” • the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere • orbits the earth and reflects sunlight • It is the second layer of the atmosphere • When the Earth casts a shadow on the moon • When the Moon casts a shadow on the Earth • uppermost region of the Earth's atmosphere • ...

WhatIsGodsPurposeForTheEarth? 2021-02-24

WhatIsGodsPurposeForTheEarth? crossword puzzle
Across
  1. People who obey God now and in the future, will live in __.
  2. Jesus gave a __ to indicate when the end of suffering would be near.
  3. Jesus will lead God's angels and destroy all who oppose God in a battle called?
  4. Who was the first Woman on earth?
  5. God's original __ was for the first human couple to fill the earth and subdue it.
  6. Has Jehovah abandoned his original purpose for obedient mankind?
  7. Paradise will be __ on earth during Jesus' rule as God's King.
  8. The earth will never be destroyed, it will always be mankind's __.
  9. Psalms 115:16 says, "the heavens belong to Jehovah, but the earth he has __ to the sons of men."
  10. Jesus sent his followers to search for __ people and teach them how to become acceptable to God.
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  1. Jehovah is preparing __ of people for life in the future Paradise.
  2. The first gardenlike paradise was called?
  3. Who was the first Man on earth?
  4. By means of Jesus serving as __ ,God will eliminate sickness, aging and death.
  5. Jehovah put our parents out of Eden because they __ him.
  6. Because God already created angels to live in heaven, he created humans to live on?
  7. According to what you have learned, is it possible for Janet to enjoy life on earth __.

17 Clues: Who was the first Man on earth? • Who was the first Woman on earth? • The first gardenlike paradise was called? • Jehovah put our parents out of Eden because they __ him. • People who obey God now and in the future, will live in __. • Paradise will be __ on earth during Jesus' rule as God's King. • Has Jehovah abandoned his original purpose for obedient mankind? • ...

Solar System 2021-10-28

Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The largest planet in the solar system.
  2. The ____ belt is located between Mars and Jupiter.
  3. The closest planet to the Sun, and it is also the hottest.
  4. The time it takes a planet to rotate on its _____ is equal to a day on that planet.
  5. The seventh planet from the Sun.
  6. This planet takes the longest to travel around the Sun.
  7. This lasts 365 days on the Earth.
  8. These objects are believed to be left over from the beginning of the solar system.
  9. The path the planets take when traveling around the Sun.
  10. The Earth has one, but other planets have many of them.
  11. This planet takes about the same time as the Earth to rotate on its axis one time.
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  1. The beginning of the solar system was about 4.6 _______ years ago.
  2. The galaxy our solar system is located.
  3. This planet has the longest day, taking 243 Earth days to rotate one time.
  4. The Sun and the objects that travel around it.
  5. It is the closest star to Earth made up of mostly helium and hydrogen.
  6. The planet famous for its many rings.
  7. This planet is inhabited by people, 93 million miles from the Sun.
  8. The total number of planets.

19 Clues: The total number of planets. • The seventh planet from the Sun. • This lasts 365 days on the Earth. • The planet famous for its many rings. • The galaxy our solar system is located. • The largest planet in the solar system. • The Sun and the objects that travel around it. • The ____ belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. • ...

dhjg 2022-01-04

dhjg crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Neighbor of the earth
  2. Anstron First person to reach the moon
  3. luminous stars that adorn the sky
  4. Acronym for NASA's Modular Station in Space
  5. Compendium of all galaxies
  6. Galaxy millions of kilometers from Earth
  7. The hottest
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  1. The largest planet
  2. satellite of the earth
  3. The eighth of the solar system
  4. has large rings
  5. dwarf planet
  6. Lumbrera major of the day
  7. Place where Martians are believed to be
  8. System Set of stars and planets
  9. Planet blue and has 27 moons
  10. Home of humanity

17 Clues: The hottest • dwarf planet • has large rings • Home of humanity • The largest planet • Neighbor of the earth • satellite of the earth • Lumbrera major of the day • Compendium of all galaxies • Planet blue and has 27 moons • The eighth of the solar system • System Set of stars and planets • luminous stars that adorn the sky • Anstron First person to reach the moon • ...

Inner and Outer Planets 2023-12-07

Inner and Outer Planets crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is a nickname for the outer planets.
  2. The chemical compound that makes Mars red in color.
  3. All of space and everything in it.
  4. He discovered Jupiter's moons.
  5. An object that orbits a planet.
  6. The planet with most spectacular rings.
  7. The average distance between the Earth and the Sun.
  8. The planet closest to the Sun.
  9. The planet that was demoted to a dwarf planet.
  10. A massive storm in the Jupiterian atmosphere.
  11. The planet that rotates on its side.
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  1. The type of conditions that allow life to exist on Earth.
  2. The are between the inner and outer planets.
  3. More that 10,000 of these can be found on Venus.
  4. The planet closest in size to Earth.
  5. A planet with a diameter of 51,118 kilometers.
  6. This is a nickname for the inner planets.
  7. The largest volcano in our solar system.
  8. The largest and most massive planet.
  9. Its period of revolution is longest, 163.8 Earth years.
  10. A moon of Saturn that my be able to support life.
  11. The planet farthest from the Sun.
  12. One of Jupiter's moons.
  13. The water planet.

24 Clues: The water planet. • One of Jupiter's moons. • He discovered Jupiter's moons. • The planet closest to the Sun. • An object that orbits a planet. • The planet farthest from the Sun. • All of space and everything in it. • The planet closest in size to Earth. • The largest and most massive planet. • The planet that rotates on its side. • The planet with most spectacular rings. • ...

Solar & Lunar Eclipse 2025-11-14

Solar & Lunar Eclipse crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Phase How much of the Moon’s lit side we can see from Earth.
  2. A dark area made when an object blocks light.
  3. The lighter part of a shadow where only some of the light is blocked.
  4. An eclipse where only part of the Sun or Moon is covered.
  5. Anything that has to do with objects in space, like the Sun, Moon, and stars.
  6. When one space object blocks the light from another.
  7. The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space.
  8. When Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon, blocking sunlight from reaching the Moon.
  9. The darkest part of a shadow where all light is blocked.
  10. When the Sun, Earth, and Moon line up in a straight or nearly straight line.
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  1. An event or occurrence in nature, such as a solar or lunar eclipse.
  2. An object that orbits a planet
  3. The slight angle of the Moon’s orbit, which is why eclipses do not happen every month.
  4. The spinning of Earth or another object around its axis.
  5. A simplified representation used to explain how something works, like the Sun–Earth–Moon system.
  6. An eclipse where the Sun or Moon is completely covered.
  7. When the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, blocking sunlight.
  8. Earth’s natural satellite that plays a key role in eclipses.
  9. A moon phase where the entire face of the Moon is lit; needed for a lunar eclipse.
  10. A moon phase where the Moon is between Earth and the Sun; needed for a solar eclipse.

20 Clues: An object that orbits a planet • A dark area made when an object blocks light. • When one space object blocks the light from another. • An eclipse where the Sun or Moon is completely covered. • The spinning of Earth or another object around its axis. • The darkest part of a shadow where all light is blocked. • ...

Introduction to Earth Science 2025-09-04

Introduction to Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The region of permanently frozen water on Earth.
  2. The study of Earth's oceans.
  3. This includes all living organisms on Earth.
  4. Any line circling the Earth parallel to the equator.
  5. The study of materials that make up the Earth and Earth's history and processes.
  6. The study of forces and processes that cause the atmosphere to change.
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  1. The blanket of gases surrounding Earth.
  2. 0 degrees longitude and passes through Greenwich, England.
  3. The part of Earth from its surface down to its center.
  4. The science of mapmaking.
  5. Also known as meridians, these lines meet at the poles.
  6. The line of latitude at 0 degrees and divides the Earth into Northern and southern hemispheres.
  7. All the water on Earth, including in the atmosphere.
  8. The study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere such as the sun and moon.

14 Clues: The science of mapmaking. • The study of Earth's oceans. • The blanket of gases surrounding Earth. • This includes all living organisms on Earth. • The region of permanently frozen water on Earth. • All the water on Earth, including in the atmosphere. • Any line circling the Earth parallel to the equator. • The part of Earth from its surface down to its center. • ...

Map Skills Vocabulary 2016-11-01

Map Skills Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. map Shows the government borders for countries, states and counties, as well as the location of capitals and major cities.
  2. A person who makes maps
  3. An imaginary line of zero degrees longitude which runs from North Pole to South Pole, divides the Earth in half creating the Eastern and Western hemisphere.
  4. An imaginary line through the Pacific Ocean roughly corresponding to 180 degrees longitude to the east of which international circle around the Earth equally distant from the North and South Pole
  5. Imaginary longitude line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole
  6. An element of a map that shows how a unit of distance on the map (such as an inch) relates to actual distance on the surface of Earth.
  7. A system of satellites that determines latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth
  8. (special purpose) Especially designed map to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area.
  9. Scale model of the earth
  10. One of the seven largest areas of land on Earth
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  1. An element of a map that shows what the main subject of the map is
  2. map In addition to country borders, major cities and significant bodies of water, it indicates the location of land-forms like deserts, mountains and plains.
  3. Imaginary lines that run north-south. Measure distance East or West of the Prime Meridian.
  4. One half of a sphere; earth can be divided into eastern and western hemispheres or into northern and southern hemispheres
  5. a general description of where a place is located
  6. Imaginary lines that run east-west. Measure distance North or South of the Equator.
  7. a territory of a nation
  8. A book of maps
  9. A symbol on the map that shows direction
  10. A box or other display on a map that explains the meaning of the symbols used on the map
  11. An imaginary circle around the Earth equally distance from the North and South Pole

21 Clues: A book of maps • a territory of a nation • A person who makes maps • Scale model of the earth • A symbol on the map that shows direction • One of the seven largest areas of land on Earth • a general description of where a place is located • An element of a map that shows what the main subject of the map is • ...

Geology - Plate Tectonics 2023-06-06

Geology - Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  2. Layer of earth between the crust and the core.
  3. How deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occuring.
  4. Molten rock within Earth
  5. Plate boundary where plates crash together.
  6. The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurred.
  7. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  8. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.
  9. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  10. Two things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another.
  11. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  12. The process where earth materials are worn away & moved by forces such as wind or water.
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  1. Plate boundary where plates rip apart.
  2. Plate boundary where one plate slides past another.
  3. The outermost layer of the earth
  4. These rocks started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form.
  5. These rocks form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
  6. The size of something.
  7. Innermost layer of the earth.
  8. A type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above.
  9. The reason something has occurred or is occurring.
  10. Sections of bedrock in between the fault lines of cracks from earthquakes.

22 Clues: The size of something. • Molten rock within Earth • Innermost layer of the earth. • The outermost layer of the earth • Plate boundary where plates rip apart. • Plate boundary where plates crash together. • Layer of earth between the crust and the core. • Height above a given level, especially sea level. • Height above a given level, especially sea level. • ...

Our Earth in motion 2013-10-29

Our Earth in motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this and the antarctic has full daylight oor darkness each Winter and Summer
  2. the line that ddivides the world into Northen and Southern hemispheres
  3. the other side of the world is experiancing daylight
  4. this and the artic circle has full daylight oor darkness each Winter and Summer
  5. there are 24 _______ in the world
  6. the earth does what every 23.52 hours?
  7. there are two of these. One is North and one is South
  8. the earth is on its what?
  9. the earth does this to the sun every year
  10. horizontal
  11. light
  12. a tide that is very jumpy
  13. the season that is cold
  14. the moon has these
  15. the earth is on a 23 degrees what?
  16. the planet that we live on
  17. the thing that shines in the night
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  1. the ocean has these
  2. the season before winter
  3. the shortest or the longest day of the year
  4. vertical
  5. The date when the sun crosses the equator when day and night are equal (September and March)
  6. the earth has _______ line that makes everything fal to the ground
  7. the season that is hot
  8. the thing the earth revolves around every 365.25 days
  9. the other side of the world is experiancing darkness
  10. the place where the greenwich merridian is
  11. has a progressivley bigger part of the moons visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to increasein size.
  12. has a progressively smaller part of the moons visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
  13. a tide that is very weak
  14. this is something that changes as the weather changes

31 Clues: light • vertical • horizontal • the moon has these • the ocean has these • the season that is hot • the season that is cold • the season before winter • a tide that is very weak • the earth is on its what? • a tide that is very jumpy • the planet that we live on • there are 24 _______ in the world • the earth is on a 23 degrees what? • the thing that shines in the night • ...

Earth Systems and Seasons Crossword 2025-01-15

Earth Systems and Seasons Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the position of an object relative to other objects
  2. all the life on Earth
  3. a set of interacting parts forming a more complex group
  4. all the games that surround earth
  5. the path one object takes to travel around another object
  6. period of the year identified by changes in hours of daylight and weather
  7. day of year when the Sun's rays shine straight down on the equator
  8. all the water found on Earth
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  1. day of year when Earth's North Pole is leaning either toward or away from the Sun
  2. tells us the distance from the Equator
  3. the imaginary line the Earth spins on
  4. a system that makes up parts of a larger group
  5. to go around the sun
  6. Star the reference star pointed to by Earth's North Pole
  7. angle the angle that sunlight strikes a surface
  8. rocky material that makes up Earth
  9. how far something is above the ground
  10. how far a location is above sea level
  11. to spin on our axis

19 Clues: to spin on our axis • to go around the sun • all the life on Earth • all the water found on Earth • all the games that surround earth • rocky material that makes up Earth • the imaginary line the Earth spins on • how far something is above the ground • how far a location is above sea level • tells us the distance from the Equator • a system that makes up parts of a larger group • ...

Environmental English 2022-03-29

Environmental English crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person that works for political or social change
  2. the planet which we live on
  3. a community of plants and animals
  4. the mark your life leaves on the environment
  5. when companies lie about sustainibility
  6. a person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment
  7. harmful gases created by industry
  8. the natural world
  9. short way to refer to the earth
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  1. fair and equal treatment
  2. variety of plants and animals
  3. environmentaly friendly
  4. a demonstration against something
  5. trash or harmful contamination
  6. cutting down too many trees
  7. plants animals and the landscape
  8. how the earth is changing due to human activity
  9. the theory that the earth is getting hotter
  10. when all of a species dies
  11. a person that publicly supports something

20 Clues: the natural world • environmentaly friendly • fair and equal treatment • when all of a species dies • the planet which we live on • cutting down too many trees • variety of plants and animals • trash or harmful contamination • short way to refer to the earth • plants animals and the landscape • a demonstration against something • a community of plants and animals • ...

time,tides and seasons 2013-10-29

time,tides and seasons crossword puzzle
Across
  1. circle one month a year this has full daylight for 24 hrs
  2. the time between a full moon and new moon
  3. the time between a new moon and full moon
  4. each country has its own
  5. we do circles around it
  6. the lines going vertically down a map
  7. something resulting from waves
  8. the.....of the moon
  9. the process of turning
  10. the line that separates the southern and northern hemisphere
  11. tide weak tides are called
  12. moon when u cant see the moon
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  1. the Earth.....the sun
  2. tide higher tides are called
  3. the earth spins on an
  4. what keeps us on the ground
  5. the outside of the earth keeping the oxygen in
  6. the season at christmas
  7. the first bit of the coordinate
  8. the earth is on a 23 degree

20 Clues: the.....of the moon • the Earth.....the sun • the earth spins on an • the process of turning • the season at christmas • we do circles around it • each country has its own • tide weak tides are called • what keeps us on the ground • the earth is on a 23 degree • tide higher tides are called • moon when u cant see the moon • something resulting from waves • ...

Moon Phases 2025-03-04

Moon Phases crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force
  2. often called a half moon, the right side is lit up from our perspective on Earth
  3. when the side of the moon we see is completely lit
  4. the celestial object the Earth orbits
  5. when the moon is more than half full
  6. when the water level in the ocean changes due to the gravity from the moon and the sun
  7. when the moon "appears" to be getting bigger and the light is on the right
  8. happening on Thursday, March 13th from 8:26pm - 9:31pm, the Earth will cast a shadow on the moon
  9. the light is on the left, and the moon "appears" to be getting smaller
  10. this object has the largest affect on our ocean's tides
  11. when the moon is less than half full
Down
  1. when the left half of the moon is lit up from our perspective
  2. it takes the Earth 24 hours to do this
  3. it takes the moon about a month to do this
  4. when the sun-earth-moon form a straight line, these tides have the largest tidal range
  5. when the moon blocks the light from the sun and casts a shadow on a small portion of Earth
  6. the more of this an object has, the stronger its gravitational pull
  7. when we cannot see the moon because the side that is lit is facing away from us
  8. the force that pulls all things towards the center of an object
  9. when the sun-earth-moon form a right angle, these tides have the smallest tidal range

20 Clues: when the moon is more than half full • when the moon is less than half full • the celestial object the Earth orbits • it takes the Earth 24 hours to do this • it takes the moon about a month to do this • when the side of the moon we see is completely lit • this object has the largest affect on our ocean's tides • ...

Moon Phases 2025-10-11

Moon Phases crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force
  2. often called a half moon, the right side is lit up from our perspective on Earth
  3. when the side of the moon we see is completely lit
  4. the celestial object the Earth orbits
  5. when the moon is more than half full
  6. when the water level in the ocean changes due to the gravity from the moon and the sun
  7. when the moon "appears" to be getting bigger and the light is on the right
  8. happening on Thursday, March 13th from 8:26pm - 9:31pm, the Earth will cast a shadow on the moon
  9. the light is on the left, and the moon "appears" to be getting smaller
  10. this object has the largest affect on our ocean's tides
  11. when the moon is less than half full
Down
  1. when the left half of the moon is lit up from our perspective
  2. it takes the Earth 24 hours to do this
  3. it takes the moon about a month to do this
  4. when the sun-earth-moon form a straight line, these tides have the largest tidal range
  5. when the moon blocks the light from the sun and casts a shadow on a small portion of Earth
  6. the more of this an object has, the stronger its gravitational pull
  7. when we cannot see the moon because the side that is lit is facing away from us
  8. the force that pulls all things towards the center of an object
  9. when the sun-earth-moon form a right angle, these tides have the smallest tidal range

20 Clues: when the moon is more than half full • when the moon is less than half full • the celestial object the Earth orbits • it takes the Earth 24 hours to do this • it takes the moon about a month to do this • when the side of the moon we see is completely lit • this object has the largest affect on our ocean's tides • ...

Major Domains of the Earth 2023-09-13

Major Domains of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The major constituent of atmosphere by percent is
  2. life found on the planet
  3. The highest mountain peak on the earth is
  4. The domain of the earth consisting of solid rocks is
  5. The water mass of the earth including oceans, seas, rivers etc in the atmosphere
  6. continent which lies entirely on southern hemisphere
  7. The uppermost solid layer of the earth is called
  8. continent lies west of Asia
  9. The continent of North America is linked to South America by
  10. -- circle passes through the Europe
  11. a biggest ocean
  12. Largest continent in the world
Down
  1. third largest continent of the world
  2. -- is layer of various gases which surrounds the earth
  3. mountain range separate Europe from Asia
  4. continents lies on both sides of the equator
  5. Large part of Africa lies in the -- hemisphere
  6. The -- ocean is named after a country

18 Clues: a biggest ocean • life found on the planet • continent lies west of Asia • Largest continent in the world • -- circle passes through the Europe • third largest continent of the world • The -- ocean is named after a country • mountain range separate Europe from Asia • The highest mountain peak on the earth is • continents lies on both sides of the equator • ...

Day and Night 2022-09-28

Day and Night crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When the Earth moves around the sun.
  2. How long it takes the Earth to spin around once.
  3. The season when our part of the Earth is tilted towards the Sun.
  4. The part of the United States that has morning last (2 words).
  5. How long it take the Earth to make one full circle around the sun.
  6. These happen because of the tilt of the Earth.
  7. When the Earth spins around an imaginary pole.
Down
  1. The direction the sun rises.
  2. The part of the United States that has morning first (2 words).
  3. When our part of the Earth is facing towards the sun.
  4. The season when the our part of the Earth is tilted away from the Sun.
  5. When our part of the Earth is facing away from the sun.
  6. The direction the sun sets.
  7. The imaginary pole the earth spins around.

14 Clues: The direction the sun sets. • The direction the sun rises. • When the Earth moves around the sun. • The imaginary pole the earth spins around. • These happen because of the tilt of the Earth. • When the Earth spins around an imaginary pole. • How long it takes the Earth to spin around once. • When our part of the Earth is facing towards the sun. • ...

Plates 2023-10-24

Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a process that creates new oceanic crust and ocean floor
  2. when plates slide past each other
  3. the solid outer part of the earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  4. A hot liquid zone in the upper mantle directly underneath the mantle
  5. molten rock in the earths crust
  6. formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through earths crust
  7. the phenomenon associated with volcanic activity
  8. a layer of the earths crust that lies under the seven continents
  9. rock that’s in its molten form issues from volcanoes
  10. when plates move toward each other.
Down
  1. the movement or study of the movement of earths crust
  2. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  3. a theory made by Alfred wegener
  4. a trembling and shaking of the earth surface resulting from the sudden real ease of energy from the earth crust
  5. a specialist in the history of the earth
  6. an area where two or more tectonic plates meet
  7. a raised area or mountain range under the ocean formed when magma fills the space between two tectonic plates
  8. another name for a super continent.
  9. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  10. The thick shell of dense, rocky matter that surrounds the earth core
  11. a huge ocean wave caused by a sudden powerful shift on the ocean floor like an underwater earthquake landslide or volcanic eruption

21 Clues: a theory made by Alfred wegener • molten rock in the earths crust • when plates slide past each other • another name for a super continent. • when plates move toward each other. • a specialist in the history of the earth • one of the large landmasses of the earth • an area where two or more tectonic plates meet • the phenomenon associated with volcanic activity • ...

AROUND THE WORLD IN 12 CLUES 2013-09-02

AROUND THE WORLD IN 12 CLUES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. science that deals with earth’s history
  2. the sea located in the middle region of the earth, almost entirely surrounded by land
  3. math that deals with the measurement of the earth
  4. a level platform of earth
  5. verb meaning to bury under the earth
Down
  1. an earth shaped stone with crystals inside
  2. an area of land
  3. underground
  4. a kind of dog that goes into the earth while hunting
  5. baked earth; used for making pots
  6. the study of the earth, especially human life on earth
  7. the physical features of a region of the earth

12 Clues: underground • an area of land • a level platform of earth • baked earth; used for making pots • verb meaning to bury under the earth • science that deals with earth’s history • an earth shaped stone with crystals inside • the physical features of a region of the earth • math that deals with the measurement of the earth • a kind of dog that goes into the earth while hunting • ...

Moon 2026-04-01

Moon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another scientific name used for Earth's specific moon.
  2. The phase occurring after a Full Moon where the left half is lit.
  3. A moon phase that looks like a thin, curved sliver.
  4. A natural or artificial body that revolves around a larger planet.
  5. The spinning of the Moon on its axis, which takes the same amount of time as its orbit.
  6. The period when the sunlit fraction of the Moon is getting smaller.
  7. The process where debris from Earth's mantle was blasted into orbit following a massive collision.
  8. The force that keeps the Moon in orbit and is only 17% as strong as Earth's at the surface.
  9. The phase where the Moon is between the Earth and Sun, appearing completely dark to us.
Down
  1. The phase where the entire side of the Moon facing Earth is lit up.
  2. The stage where clumps of ejected material joined together to create the Moon.
  3. Large, dark, flat plains on the Moon created by ancient lava flows.
  4. The initial event 4.6 billion years ago when a Mars-sized object struck the molten Earth.
  5. The different appearances of the Moon due to its changing position relative to Earth and the Sun.
  6. The 27.3-day journey the Moon takes to complete one full orbit around Earth.
  7. A bowl-shaped depression caused by the impact of space objects over billions of years.
  8. The phase occurring about a week after a New Moon where the right half is lit.
  9. The period when the sunlit fraction of the Moon we see from Earth is getting larger.
  10. The layer of Earth that provided much of the rocky material found in lunar samples.
  11. A moon phase that is more than half lit but not yet a full circle.

20 Clues: A moon phase that looks like a thin, curved sliver. • Another scientific name used for Earth's specific moon. • The phase occurring after a Full Moon where the left half is lit. • A natural or artificial body that revolves around a larger planet. • A moon phase that is more than half lit but not yet a full circle. • ...

EARTH & SPACE SYSTEMS 2023-03-23

EARTH & SPACE SYSTEMS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The apparent shape of the illuminated part of the Moon when it is observed from Earth.
  2. A physical representation of an object which is larger or smaller than the actual object but maintains the same proportions as the real object.
  3. The mixture of gasses that surrounds a planet.
  4. The decreasing phases of the Moon.
  5. The process by which a liquid changes to a gas.
  6. All the living things on Earth and their interactions in the places they live.
  7. The process by which water circulates among Earth’s surface, crust, and atmosphere.
  8. The movement of an object around its axis. Earth does one of these every 24 hours.
  9. An object in space made of burning gas that emits light.
  10. The force that attracts all objects toward each other.
  11. Half of a sphere; on Earth, the Northern and Southern of these are separated by the equator.
  12. A system of millions or billions of stars, gas, and dust held together in a cluster by gravity.
  13. A group of stars that is considered to form a pattern in the sky.
  14. Tides that occur during a first quarter or third (last) quarter moon phase and result in tide heights that are lower than normal.
  15. Planets and other objects that move around a central star.
  16. Any form of water that falls from the sky.
Down
  1. An object in space that revolves around a planet and is illuminated by reflected light from the Sun.
  2. A material found in nature, and systems on Earth.
  3. Regions of Earth that contain water as solid, liquid, or gas on the surface and in the atmosphere.
  4. The star at the center of our solar system.
  5. An imaginary line around Earth, at 0° latitude that is equal distance from the poles. This line divides Earth into two halves, the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
  6. An imaginary line that a body rotates about. Earth’s passes through both its north and south poles.
  7. Tides that occur during a full moon or new moon phase and result in a higher high tide and lower low tide.
  8. Solid parts of Earth, such as soils, sediments and rocks, which is sometimes called the lithosphere.
  9. All existing matter and space.
  10. A straight line across the widest point of a circle or sphere.
  11. The period during Earth’s rotation in which the Sun’s light is not reaching Earth; between sunset and sunrise.
  12. A solid or gaseous object orbiting a star.
  13. A group of related parts that work together.
  14. The period during Earth’s rotation in which there is sunlight; after sunrise and before sunset.
  15. A representation of an object or idea.
  16. The increasing phases of the Moon.
  17. Water that flows over the land surface, pulled downhill by gravity, and makes its way into bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, and the ocean.
  18. A slow-moving mass of ice on land.
  19. The movement of one body around another. Earth makes one of these around the Sun in a year.
  20. A division of the year with noticeable patterns in weather and amount of daylight. Shadow A dark area made by an object that is blocking some or all light.
  21. The periodic rise and fall of the ocean.
  22. The path of one object as it revolves around another. Earth orbits the Sun; the Moon orbits Earth.

38 Clues: All existing matter and space. • The decreasing phases of the Moon. • The increasing phases of the Moon. • A slow-moving mass of ice on land. • A representation of an object or idea. • The periodic rise and fall of the ocean. • A solid or gaseous object orbiting a star. • Any form of water that falls from the sky. • The star at the center of our solar system. • ...

Genesis chapter 6 2017-03-15

Genesis chapter 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of Noah's sons
  2. a large ocean vessel
  3. 50 cubits
  4. daughters of men that were fair
  5. opening in the side of the ark
  6. How God saw what the earth was like
  7. a race of abnormally large men
  8. 300 cubits
  9. how God felt about his creation
  10. man is only this
  11. lower, second and third
Down
  1. black tar like substance
  2. Noah found this in God's eyes
  3. Noah was perfect and ____ in his generation
  4. born when men multiplied upon the earth
  5. one cubit square
  6. type of wood
  7. corruption and ________ filled the earth
  8. God decided that time was over for man
  9. 30 cubits
  10. the imagination and behavior of men
  11. what God decided to do to the earth

22 Clues: 50 cubits • 30 cubits • 300 cubits • type of wood • one cubit square • man is only this • one of Noah's sons • a large ocean vessel • lower, second and third • black tar like substance • Noah found this in God's eyes • opening in the side of the ark • a race of abnormally large men • daughters of men that were fair • how God felt about his creation • How God saw what the earth was like • ...

Earth Phenomenon 2021-05-10

Earth Phenomenon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To go around another object
  2. The side of the Earth facing the sun
  3. 24 hours equals...
  4. The side of the Earth facing away from the Sun
  5. The season with the longest sunlight hours
  6. The planet that we live on
  7. The star that gives us light
Down
  1. To spin on the axis
  2. Another word for revolve
  3. The imaginary line that separates the Norther and southern hemispheres
  4. The season with the shortest sunlight hours
  5. The imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole
  6. 365.25 Earth days
  7. The rock that orbits Earth
  8. The amount of Earth that is always receiving sunlight

15 Clues: 365.25 Earth days • 24 hours equals... • To spin on the axis • Another word for revolve • The rock that orbits Earth • The planet that we live on • To go around another object • The star that gives us light • The side of the Earth facing the sun • The season with the longest sunlight hours • The season with the shortest sunlight hours • ...

The Universe 2020-03-20

The Universe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sun sets in the... (4).
  2. All of space and everything in it (8).
  3. A point of light in the night sky (4).
  4. The force that makes things fall to the ground (7).
  5. A point in space that even gravity cannot escape from (10).
  6. That area beyond the Earth´s atmosphere (10).
  7. When the Moon passes into the Earth´s shadow (12).
  8. The planet Venus when seen in the morning (11).
  9. The sun sets in the... (4)
  10. Those machines that travel around the world (10).
  11. The universe considered as an ordered system (6).
  12. Objects in space with bright long tails (6).
  13. An Unidentified Flying Object (3).
Down
  1. Little green men from another planet (6).
  2. THe large round things that orbit the Sun (7).
  3. The broad band of stars in the night sky (8).
  4. Santa Clause lives at the ______ pole (5).
  5. The mass of air surrounding the Earth (10).
  6. The round silver thing in the night sky (4).
  7. A rock that falls to the Earth from outer space (9).
  8. When the Earth passes into the Moon´s shadow (12).
  9. The curved path the Moon takes around the Earth (5).
  10. Our sun and the planets that move around it (11)
  11. How far light travels in one year (9).
  12. Very large groups of stars that make up the universe (6).
  13. That round yellow thing in the sun at daytime (3).
  14. What you look through to see far-away things (9).
  15. A round ball with a map of the Earth on it (5).
  16. Penguins live at the ______ pole (5).

29 Clues: The sun sets in the... (4) • The sun sets in the... (4). • An Unidentified Flying Object (3). • Penguins live at the ______ pole (5). • All of space and everything in it (8). • A point of light in the night sky (4). • How far light travels in one year (9). • Little green men from another planet (6). • Santa Clause lives at the ______ pole (5). • ...

Earth's atmosphere 2026-05-21

Earth's atmosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. radiation that gets down to earth instead of being deflected
  2. takes up 20.9% of the atmosphere
  3. closest sphere to the earth
  4. Roman god of the sky
  5. a layer that exists in the stratosphere
  6. farthest sphere from the earth
  7. ____ form in the troposphere
Down
  1. second closest to the earth
  2. _____ layers in the atmosphere
  3. meteors burn up in this sphere
  4. takes up 78.1% of the atmosphere
  5. 2nd farthest from the earth
  6. reflects solar energy
  7. the atmosphere is 300_____ thick
  8. the atmosphere is heated mostly from ____

15 Clues: Roman god of the sky • reflects solar energy • second closest to the earth • 2nd farthest from the earth • closest sphere to the earth • ____ form in the troposphere • _____ layers in the atmosphere • meteors burn up in this sphere • farthest sphere from the earth • takes up 20.9% of the atmosphere • takes up 78.1% of the atmosphere • the atmosphere is 300_____ thick • ...

Sky and Earth 2024-11-04

Sky and Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Stars look small to us because they are far ________ from us.
  2. The sun is the _____________ star to Earth.
  3. The moon takes 29 days to go through all its ___________. You can predict the next full moon.
  4. The _______________ of Earth causes day and night.
  5. The moon moves in a ________ around the Earth.
  6. When we see the sunrise and sunset each day, it is actually the _________ that is moving.
  7. In ___________, your part of Earth gets a lot of sunshine and daylight hours are long.
Down
  1. As the Earth moves, sunlight hits the Earth differently and this causes ____________________.
  2. If there was no gravity on Earth, you would _________ into space.
  3. You would use a _________________ to try to see craters and mountains on the moon.
  4. _____________ is a force, like a pull, that pulls objects to the center of the Earth.
  5. In __________, your part of Earth gets the least amount of sunshine and daylight hours are short.
  6. Real stars in the night sky are ______________ all over the sky and not easy to count.
  7. The sun can ________ you and give you a sunburn.

14 Clues: The sun is the _____________ star to Earth. • The moon moves in a ________ around the Earth. • The sun can ________ you and give you a sunburn. • The _______________ of Earth causes day and night. • Stars look small to us because they are far ________ from us. • If there was no gravity on Earth, you would _________ into space. • ...

Chloe Geography 2022-12-15

Chloe Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of the earth and its features.
  2. land ,crops ,trees.
  3. the symbol on a map that shows the directions.
  4. a person who enters a county to live there permanently.
  5. the day-to-day conditions and changes in the earths atmosphere.
  6. a small sphere-shape model of the earth.
  7. a mapmaker.
  8. any high-speed multilane limited-access road that cars travel on.
  9. a small section on a map that explains what the symbols mean.
  10. all people who live in an area.
Down
  1. war, negative things that make someone want to move.
  2. lines from east to west.
  3. splits the earth into a northern and southern hemisphere.
  4. the imaginary center line around which the earth rotates.
  5. a city and the place around the city.
  6. the exact place where something is.
  7. buses ,trains ,and airplanes to travel a large group of people.
  8. the line of longitude that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemisphere.
  9. a set of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines that form squares.
  10. a feature that makes up the earths surface.

20 Clues: a mapmaker. • land ,crops ,trees. • lines from east to west. • all people who live in an area. • the exact place where something is. • a city and the place around the city. • the study of the earth and its features. • a small sphere-shape model of the earth. • a feature that makes up the earths surface. • the symbol on a map that shows the directions. • ...

Earth Systems 2024-09-26

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the system that includes all the rock, soil, and sediments on Earth
  2. this rock is formed when magma cools
  3. the system that is a layer of gas surrounding Earth
  4. the outermost layer of Earth
  5. the rise of water with no place to go
  6. this layer of Earth lies between the crust and outer core
  7. this rock is formed by heat and pressure
  8. a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock
Down
  1. the process where natural forces wear away rocks and soil
  2. a natural feature of the surface of Earth
  3. the remains of dead plants or animals
  4. this rock is formed by layers compacting over time
  5. a violent rotating column of air
  6. the system that includes all of the water on Earth
  7. the system that includes all living things on Earth

15 Clues: the outermost layer of Earth • a violent rotating column of air • this rock is formed when magma cools • the remains of dead plants or animals • the rise of water with no place to go • this rock is formed by heat and pressure • a natural feature of the surface of Earth • this rock is formed by layers compacting over time • ...

EARTH SCIENCE WORD SEARCH BY ASHLEY WAGNER 2013-05-10

EARTH SCIENCE WORD SEARCH BY ASHLEY WAGNER crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the central point on the Earth's surface directly above the point within the Earth where the earthquake actually occurred
  2. the scientific study of the universe
  3. the solid, rocky layer covering the entire surface of the planet, composed of the crust and the hard uppermost mantle
  4. the scientific study of the earth and its origin
  5. the boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle
  6. a small earthquake that follows a main earthquake
  7. movement- process by which soil, regolith, and rock move downslope under the force of gravity
  8. major cross-formation break with accompanying Displacement of one side against the other
  9. origin of an earthquake underground
  10. the concept that the earths crust is floating in Gravitational balance upon the material of the mantle
Down
  1. the layer of Earth between the core and crust
  2. cone- a small volcano built primarily of pyroclastic material ejected from one single vent (also most often seen)
  3. a break in the Earth's crust caused by movement of rock
  4. the accumulation of small to large sediment particles and undergoes compaction, cementation
  5. cone- a kind of volcano usually formed when an explosive eruptions of sticky lava alternate with Quieter eruption of volcanic rock bits
  6. the water portion of the earth
  7. boundaries- 2 plate tectonic plates that move away from each other
  8. magma that reaches earths surface
  9. rocks formed by the crystallization of magma
  10. all life on earth
  11. an area where material from within the mantle Rises and melts forming magma
  12. A minor tremor of the earth that precedes a larger earthquake originating at approximately the same location
  13. a mineral and its resistance to scratching
  14. molten rock in earths mantle
  15. the thin rocky outer layer of the earth

25 Clues: all life on earth • molten rock in earths mantle • the water portion of the earth • magma that reaches earths surface • origin of an earthquake underground • the scientific study of the universe • the thin rocky outer layer of the earth • a mineral and its resistance to scratching • rocks formed by the crystallization of magma • the layer of Earth between the core and crust • ...

Space 2014-09-03

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune are called this type of planet
  2. the only planet with rings
  3. the largest planet
  4. the galaxy we live in
  5. what scientists send up into space
  6. all the planets and sun make up this
  7. the planet we live on
  8. the planet furthest from the sun
  9. the planet that comes after earth
  10. the planet between saturn and neptune
  11. a rock that crashes into earth's atmosphere
Down
  1. the planet named after the god of the sea
  2. very very hot
  3. an instrument scientists use to observe the planets
  4. mercury, venus, earth and mars are called this type of planet
  5. the path that a planet takes around the sun
  6. sparkle in the night sky
  7. the first planet next to the sun
  8. the planet between mercury and earth
  9. comes out at night time

20 Clues: very very hot • the largest planet • the galaxy we live in • the planet we live on • comes out at night time • sparkle in the night sky • the only planet with rings • the first planet next to the sun • the planet furthest from the sun • the planet that comes after earth • what scientists send up into space • all the planets and sun make up this • the planet between mercury and earth • ...

Entree Crossword Puzzle Answer Key 2015-03-25

Entree Crossword Puzzle Answer Key crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the decrease of the sun on the moon
  2. the solid part of the earth's layers
  3. a sphere of gas enveloping the earth
  4. crest to trough
  5. most of the water on earth is __________.
  6. partial shadow
  7. happens during a new and full moon
  8. the center of a hurricane
  9. what earth spins on
  10. the highest part of a wave
Down
  1. crest to crest or trough to trough
  2. has a greater effect of the tides on earth
  3. this eclipse happens more often
  4. the lowest part of a wave
  5. the direction currents move in the northern hemisphere
  6. the liquid part of the earth's layers
  7. the increase of the sun on the moon
  8. a disturbance which moves through or over the surface of a fluid
  9. full shadow
  10. happens during a first and third quarter moon

20 Clues: full shadow • partial shadow • crest to trough • what earth spins on • the lowest part of a wave • the center of a hurricane • the highest part of a wave • this eclipse happens more often • crest to crest or trough to trough • happens during a new and full moon • the decrease of the sun on the moon • the increase of the sun on the moon • the solid part of the earth's layers • ...

Moon and sun 2025-03-12

Moon and sun crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth
  2. moon A phase that looks like less then half a circle from earth
  3. A moon outside our solar system
  4. The sun the planets that orbit the earth
  5. The shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from earth
  6. The nearly path smaller object like the moon travels around the earth
  7. When moon is completely dark
Down
  1. A rocky sphere that travels
  2. A moon phase in which the moon is not as visible from earth
  3. A planet outside are solar system
  4. A moon phase that look like a full more then a half moon
  5. The amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
  6. The relative size of things
  7. The border between light and dark side of moon
  8. An object diagram our computer program that helps us understand by making it simpler
  9. The stars that is main source of light at center of of are solar system
  10. Something we observe over and over again
  11. To shine light on an object

18 Clues: A rocky sphere that travels • The relative size of things • To shine light on an object • When moon is completely dark • A moon outside our solar system • A planet outside are solar system • The sun the planets that orbit the earth • Something we observe over and over again • The border between light and dark side of moon • ...

Unit 0: Vocab Review 2025-02-13

Unit 0: Vocab Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The idea that Earth is always changing and what we see in the present day all traces back to the what happened to Earth in the past
  2. The lithosphere is the place in between the crust and the mantle
  3. The center of Earth
  4. Earth's crust is caused by the heat rising from the Earth's mantle to the
  5. Its thick Crust that forms from Earth's landmases and its older and more complex than Oceanic Crust
  6. Is the outer layer of Earth the last layer
  7. The Continuous water cycle in the atmosphere
Down
  1. it describes the rock cycle and how different rocks change from one to another
  2. All the water on the planet
  3. Mixture of gases in the sky
  4. Its made up of Igneous rock and its denser than Continental Crust
  5. The layer that comes before the crust
  6. The study of earth and what it’s made of and does
  7. The parts of Earth were life live and ecosystems live
  8. The movement in the lithosphere that shifts the continents
  9. The different layers rocks beneath the earth

16 Clues: The center of Earth • Mixture of gases in the sky • All the water on the planet • The layer that comes before the crust • Is the outer layer of Earth the last layer • The different layers rocks beneath the earth • The Continuous water cycle in the atmosphere • The study of earth and what it’s made of and does • The parts of Earth were life live and ecosystems live • ...

Geography and Discoveries 2019-02-13

Geography and Discoveries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the consequences of the Era of Exploration.
  2. Many countries pursued these products, extremely valuable at the time of great discoveries.
  3. A half of a sphere of the Earth above/ below the equator.
  4. A planned route or journey.
  5. An imaginary circle drawn around the center of the Earth surface, which divides the planet into two equal spheres.
  6. The action of investigating an unfamiliar area.
  7. A true-to-scale map of the Earth that duplicates its round shape and correctly represents areas, sizes, and shapes of physical features, distances, and directions.
  8. The huge land mass on earth.
  9. a bound collection of maps.
  10. The art or techniques of making maps.
  11. The action or process of sailing or otherwise travelling all the way around something, especially the world.
  12. A piece of land surrounded by water along the majority of its border while still being connected to a mainland from which it extends.
  13. The region of the Earth that is south of the Antarctic Circle.
Down
  1. The disease caused by lack of vitamin C.
  2. An explorer who fought against slavery.
  3. A person who examines the condition of land and buildings professionally.
  4. Any place where people live and form communities.
  5. The conversion of individuals to Christianity.
  6. An extensive geographical region spanning much of Eurasia and North Asia.
  7. Imaginary horizontal lines on the Earth that run along the equator in both hemispheres.
  8. Imaginary vertical lines running along the eastern and western hemisphere of the Earth, which are used to measure the distance, location, and time.
  9. A line passing through the south pole and north pole, forming a circle.
  10. The apparent line that separates the ground from the sky.
  11. The same as seashore.
  12. First man to visit the South Pole.

25 Clues: The same as seashore. • A planned route or journey. • a bound collection of maps. • The huge land mass on earth. • First man to visit the South Pole. • The art or techniques of making maps. • The disease caused by lack of vitamin C. • An explorer who fought against slavery. • The conversion of individuals to Christianity. • The action of investigating an unfamiliar area. • ...

AROUND THE WORLD IN 12 CLUES 2013-09-02

AROUND THE WORLD IN 12 CLUES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. science that deals with earth’s history
  2. the study of the earth, especially human life on earth
  3. baked earth; used for making pots
  4. underground
  5. a kind of dog that goes into the earth while hunting
  6. the physical features of a region of the earth
Down
  1. an earth shaped stone with crystals inside
  2. math that deals with the measurement of the earth
  3. the sea located in the middle region of the earth, almost entirely surrounded by land
  4. an area of land
  5. a level platform of earth
  6. verb meaning to bury under the earth

12 Clues: underground • an area of land • a level platform of earth • baked earth; used for making pots • verb meaning to bury under the earth • science that deals with earth’s history • an earth shaped stone with crystals inside • the physical features of a region of the earth • math that deals with the measurement of the earth • a kind of dog that goes into the earth while hunting • ...

Seasons Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-27

Seasons Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement of the Earth around the Sun
  2. The time when the Sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth
  3. Imaginary line around the middle of the Earth
  4. When the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point at noon, resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year
  5. of Capricorn The line of latitude that is 23¹/₂ degrees south of the equator
  6. The star that is in the center of our solar system which Earth revolves around
  7. Sunlight When the Sun is high in the sky and directly casting its rays on the surface
  8. The path the Earth takes around the Sun
  9. Zone The part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
  10. Zone The part of Earth’s surface that is around the North and South Pole.
Down
  1. The brightest star in the constellation called Ursa Minor
  2. The shape of the path Earth takes around the Sun
  3. Pole The northern point of the Earth's axis
  4. Pole The southern point of the Earth's axis
  5. Zone The part of the Earth’s surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle or between Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle.
  6. The planet which can sustain animal and human life.
  7. Sunlight: When the Sun is low in the sky and indirectly casting its rays on the surface
  8. of Cancer The line of latitude that is 23¹/₂ degrees north of the equator
  9. An object's spinning motion on its own axis.
  10. An imaginary line that goes through a planet which they also rotate on

20 Clues: The path the Earth takes around the Sun • The movement of the Earth around the Sun • An object's spinning motion on its own axis. • Pole The northern point of the Earth's axis • Pole The southern point of the Earth's axis • Imaginary line around the middle of the Earth • The shape of the path Earth takes around the Sun • ...

Intro to world Geography Unit 1.1 Vocabulary 2023-08-10

Intro to world Geography Unit 1.1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 23°27' S latitude
  2. the shape and elevation of the land
  3. 23°27' N latitude
  4. All the land and water north of the equator
  5. 66°33' N latitude
  6. imaginary lines that divide the earth east and west
  7. areas that have certain characteristics in common
  8. the largest bodies of water on earth
  9. 0° longitude, starting point for measuring longitude
  10. 66°33' S latitude
  11. A scientific theory as to how life came into existence
  12. the coldest continent
Down
  1. corresponds closely to 180° longitude, but zig-zags around some islands
  2. The study of the Earth
  3. The infallible word of God
  4. the most populous continent
  5. all the land and water south of the equator
  6. Large bodies of land surrounded or nearly surrounded by water
  7. where a place is found on the earth
  8. imaginary lines that run east to west and parallel the equator.
  9. 0° latitude; starting point for measuring latitude
  10. the continent we live in
  11. a way of knowing an exact location on earth, the point where lines of latitude and longitude intersect.

23 Clues: 23°27' S latitude • 23°27' N latitude • 66°33' N latitude • 66°33' S latitude • the coldest continent • The study of the Earth • the continent we live in • The infallible word of God • the most populous continent • the shape and elevation of the land • where a place is found on the earth • the largest bodies of water on earth • all the land and water south of the equator • ...

Earth Phenomena 2021-05-10

Earth Phenomena crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 24 hours equals...
  2. The imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole
  3. The rock that orbits Earth
  4. The season with the shortest sunlight hours
  5. To go around another object
  6. The planet that we live on
  7. The side of the Earth facing away from the Sun
Down
  1. The side of the Earth facing the sun
  2. 365.25 Earth days
  3. The season with the longest sunlight hours
  4. The star that gives us light
  5. The imaginary line that separates the Norther and southern hemispheres
  6. To spin on the axis
  7. Another word for revolve
  8. The amount of Earth that is always receiving sunlight

15 Clues: 365.25 Earth days • 24 hours equals... • To spin on the axis • Another word for revolve • The rock that orbits Earth • The planet that we live on • To go around another object • The star that gives us light • The side of the Earth facing the sun • The season with the longest sunlight hours • The season with the shortest sunlight hours • ...

Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2013-07-28

Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. line where two tectonic plates meet
  2. a mountain or hill where lava comes out
  3. a scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake
  4. secondary tremors that may follow the largest shock of an earthquake
  5. surface along which rocks brake and move
  6. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  7. large pieces that make up Earth's crust and upper mantle
  8. rocks that have changed as a result of heat and pressure
  9. a solid mineral material
  10. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
Down
  1. plates the pieces of land that make up the earth
  2. the crust and upper layer of the earth
  3. approx 95 - 97% of all the earths rocks
  4. rocks formed by the collection of sediments in the layers
  5. molten rock flowing onto Earth's surface
  6. hot, melted rock that forms deep inside Earth
  7. waves a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake
  8. the strength of an earthquake
  9. the outer layer of the earth
  10. the layer of rock that lies between the outer crust and the core of the earth

20 Clues: a solid mineral material • the outer layer of the earth • the strength of an earthquake • line where two tectonic plates meet • the crust and upper layer of the earth • a mountain or hill where lava comes out • approx 95 - 97% of all the earths rocks • molten rock flowing onto Earth's surface • surface along which rocks brake and move • ...

Space Science 2025-12-21

Space Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An event when the Sun is partially blocked by the Moon
  2. The period of about two weeks where the illuminated part of the Moon is increasing from a new moon to a full moon
  3. A name given to the Moon during a lunar eclipse while it is completely in Earth’s shadow
  4. An event when the Sun partly or completely disappears from view, while the Moon moves between it and the Earth
  5. An imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth, equidistant between the North and South poles
  6. A model where the Earth was the centre of the universe
  7. The half of the Earth north of the equator
  8. The region in a shadow where the light is completely blocked
  9. The alignment in astronomy of three objects in a straight line
  10. The region in a shadow where the light is partially blocked
  11. One complete orbit
  12. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet or moon
  13. The region around a mass where another object can experience its gravity or pull
  14. The half of the Earth south of the equator
  15. The point in the Moon’s orbit when it is furthest from the Earth
  16. A model with the Sun as the centre of the solar system
Down
  1. The period of about two weeks where the illuminated part of the Moon is decreasing from a full moon to a new moon
  2. Occurs when one rotation of an orbiting body takes the same length of time as one orbit
  3. The bright area of the Moon and its shape when seen from Earth
  4. An event when a full moon becomes dark as it enters the Earth’s shadow
  5. A year that happens every four years and has an extra day on 29 February
  6. The time taken to complete one orbit or revolution
  7. The point in the Moon’s orbit when the Moon is closest to the Earth
  8. An event when the Moon blocks the Sun, but the Moon is not at its closest point to Earth, so the outer edge of the Sun is still visible
  9. An optical instrument for making distant objects appear nearer and larger
  10. An event when the Sun is completely blocked by the Moon

26 Clues: One complete orbit • The half of the Earth north of the equator • The half of the Earth south of the equator • The time taken to complete one orbit or revolution • An event when the Sun is partially blocked by the Moon • A model where the Earth was the centre of the universe • A model with the Sun as the centre of the solar system • ...

Semester A Wrap Up Crossword 2025-01-16

Semester A Wrap Up Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Shaking ground due to movements in the Earth's crust
  2. All living things on Earth
  3. Being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  4. All of the water on Earth
  5. The outermost shell of Earth
  6. Formed under the Earth's crust
  7. Formed outside of the Earth's crust
  8. All of the gas on Earth
  9. The introduction of harmful materials into the environment
  10. All rocks and soil on Earth
  11. When two tectonic plates come together
  12. A stream where water is transported in the ocean
  13. A natural solid inorganic substance
  14. A mountain or hill having a crater in the middle with lava
Down
  1. The ability to be maintained
  2. When rocks are subjected to high heat
  3. The first step of the scientific method
  4. When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  5. When two tectonic plates slide past each other
  6. Water bodies with low salt concentration
  7. When the environment becomes enriched with nutrients
  8. The layer under the crust
  9. Formed by the cooling of molten rock
  10. Wearing down or breaking of rocks
  11. Sediments cemented to form rock

25 Clues: All of the gas on Earth • All of the water on Earth • The layer under the crust • All living things on Earth • All rocks and soil on Earth • The ability to be maintained • The outermost shell of Earth • Formed under the Earth's crust • Sediments cemented to form rock • Wearing down or breaking of rocks • Formed outside of the Earth's crust • A natural solid inorganic substance • ...

Science 2025-11-30

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Force that pulls objects together, causing tides.
  2. Phase where the whole face of the Moon is lit.
  3. Highest tides when Sun and Moon pull together.
  4. The lighter part of the eclipse shadow.
  5. Earth’s spinning movement that causes day and night.
  6. Lower tides when Sun and Moon pull at right angles.
  7. Lined up in a straight line (important for eclipses & spring tides).
  8. The regular rise and fall of ocean water.
  9. When the Moon blocks the Sun’s light.
Down
  1. Moon phase when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun.
  2. Moon phase where we see half the Moon lit.
  3. Half of the Earth (north or south).
  4. Earth leans 23.5°, causing different seasons.
  5. A scientific diagram or representation used to explain ideas.
  6. The darkest part of the eclipse shadow.
  7. The path something follows as it moves around another object.
  8. Type of sunlight that creates warmer temperatures.
  9. The invisible line Earth spins around.
  10. Changes in weather patterns due to Earth’s tilt.
  11. Type of sunlight that creates cooler temperatures.
  12. The changing shapes of the Moon we see from Earth.

21 Clues: Half of the Earth (north or south). • When the Moon blocks the Sun’s light. • The invisible line Earth spins around. • The darkest part of the eclipse shadow. • The lighter part of the eclipse shadow. • The regular rise and fall of ocean water. • Moon phase where we see half the Moon lit. • Earth leans 23.5°, causing different seasons. • ...

Science crossword 2025-03-07

Science crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. new leaves grow on trees
  2. our galaxy
  3. long period of the same weather
  4. imaginary line going through centre of the earth
  5. largest planet
  6. earths satellite
  7. season in which animals hibernate
  8. movement of earth causing day and night
  9. hottest planet
  10. most famous constellation
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  1. red planet
  2. earth travels round the sun on this path
  3. millions of them at night
  4. energy from the sun
  5. closest star to earth
  6. the wet season
  7. schools are closed for vacation

17 Clues: red planet • our galaxy • largest planet • the wet season • hottest planet • earths satellite • energy from the sun • closest star to earth • new leaves grow on trees • millions of them at night • most famous constellation • long period of the same weather • schools are closed for vacation • season in which animals hibernate • movement of earth causing day and night • ...

The Universe 2020-03-20

The Universe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The curved path the Moon takes around the Earth (5).
  2. Santa Clause lives at the ______ pole (5).
  3. The sun sets in the... (4).
  4. A rock that falls to the Earth from outer space (9).
  5. Our sun and the planets that move around it (11)
  6. Penguins live at the ______ pole (5).
  7. All of space and everything in it (8).
  8. When the Moon passes into the Earth´s shadow (12).
  9. The planet Venus when seen in the morning (11).
  10. Objects in space with bright long tails (6).
  11. THe large round things that orbit the Sun (7).
  12. An Unidentified Flying Object (3).
  13. How far light travels in one year (9).
  14. A round ball with a map of the Earth on it (5).
  15. The force that makes things fall to the ground (7).
  16. A point of light in the night sky (4).
Down
  1. The round silver thing in the night sky (4).
  2. The mass of air surrounding the Earth (10).
  3. That area beyond the Earth´s atmosphere (10).
  4. What you look through to see far-away things (9).
  5. The sun sets in the... (4)
  6. Those machines that travel around the world (10).
  7. When the Earth passes into the Moon´s shadow (12).
  8. That round yellow thing in the sun at daytime (3).
  9. A point in space that even gravity cannot escape from (10).
  10. Little green men from another planet (6).
  11. The universe considered as an ordered system (6).
  12. The broad band of stars in the night sky (8).
  13. Very large groups of stars that make up the universe (6).

29 Clues: The sun sets in the... (4) • The sun sets in the... (4). • An Unidentified Flying Object (3). • Penguins live at the ______ pole (5). • All of space and everything in it (8). • How far light travels in one year (9). • A point of light in the night sky (4). • Little green men from another planet (6). • Santa Clause lives at the ______ pole (5). • ...

Science Vocab 2022-04-26

Science Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
  2. star in the center of our solar system that produces light duing the day
  3. a natural satellite that revolves around a planet
  4. the daily rie and fall of earths waters on its coastlines
  5. the only planet that can support life (planet that we live on)
  6. a tide that happens when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other at the first and third quarters of the moon
  7. pahse of the moon where the whole disk is illuminated
  8. a dark shape that is formed when and object blocks a source of light
  9. tide that happens when the sun and the moon are aligned with teh earth at the new moon and the full moon
  10. a force that pulls objects towards each other
  11. moon that gets more sunlight on it as the days go by
  12. the side of the moon that is in shadow faces the earth
  13. the blocking of sunlight to earth that happens when the moon is directly between the sun and the earth
Down
  1. he movement of an object around another object
  2. th eblocking of sunlight to the moon that happens when the earth is directly between the sun and the moon
  3. phase of the moon which shows only a small sliver of the moon
  4. the way earth is slanted spining on its axis
  5. partial or tital blocking of one object in space by another
  6. the darkest part of a shadow
  7. the action of rotating around and axis or center
  8. phase of the moon that is buldging outward but isnt quiet full
  9. derease in size
  10. the part of tehe shadow surronding the darkest section

23 Clues: derease in size • the darkest part of a shadow • the way earth is slanted spining on its axis • a force that pulls objects towards each other • he movement of an object around another object • the action of rotating around and axis or center • a natural satellite that revolves around a planet • moon that gets more sunlight on it as the days go by • ...

the earth as a planet 2015-06-20

the earth as a planet crossword puzzle
Across
  1. acts as a shield from harmful rays
  2. bang universe originated because of this theory
  3. earth is the _ planet from the sun
  4. another name for earth?
  5. main source of heat and light
  6. sun-moon-earth
  7. he first forwarded that the earth is spherical in shape
Down
  1. all planets revolve around the sun in this direction
  2. a place in southern egypt located near the tropic of cancer
  3. the solar family stays together due to this
  4. essential for all living organisms
  5. made the first attempt to find out the size of the earth
  6. it was the ninth planet
  7. eclipse sun-earth-moon
  8. number of planets in the solar system

15 Clues: sun-moon-earth • another name for earth? • it was the ninth planet • eclipse sun-earth-moon • main source of heat and light • acts as a shield from harmful rays • essential for all living organisms • earth is the _ planet from the sun • number of planets in the solar system • the solar family stays together due to this • bang universe originated because of this theory • ...

moon earth and sun 2025-03-12

moon earth and sun crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A moon phase that look like a full more then a half moon
  2. To shine light on an object
  3. The nearly path smaller object like the moon travels around the earth
  4. The border between light and dark side of moon
  5. A moon phase in which the moon is not as visible from earth
  6. The amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
  7. The relative size of things
  8. The sun the planets that orbit the earth
  9. The stars that is main source of light at center of of are solar system
Down
  1. A planet outside are solar system
  2. A rocky sphere that travels
  3. A moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth
  4. Something we observe over and over again
  5. When moon is completely dark
  6. An object diagram our computer program that helps us understand by making it simpler
  7. The shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from earth
  8. A moon outside our solar system
  9. moon A phase that looks like less then half a circle from earth

18 Clues: A rocky sphere that travels • To shine light on an object • The relative size of things • When moon is completely dark • A moon outside our solar system • A planet outside are solar system • Something we observe over and over again • The sun the planets that orbit the earth • The border between light and dark side of moon • ...

moon earth and sun 2025-03-12

moon earth and sun crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something we observe over and over again
  2. The border between light and dark side of moon
  3. A moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth
  4. An object diagram our computer program that helps us understand by making it simpler
  5. A moon outside our solar system
  6. The relative size of things
  7. The sun the planets that orbit the earth
  8. moon A phase that looks like less then half a circle from earth
  9. The amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
  10. The nearly path smaller object like the moon travels around the earth
Down
  1. The shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from earth
  2. A moon phase in which the moon is not as visible from earth
  3. When moon is completely dark
  4. A moon phase that look like a full more then a half moon
  5. The stars that is main source of light at center of of are solar system
  6. A rocky sphere that travels
  7. A planet outside are solar system
  8. To shine light on an object

18 Clues: A rocky sphere that travels • To shine light on an object • The relative size of things • When moon is completely dark • A moon outside our solar system • A planet outside are solar system • Something we observe over and over again • The sun the planets that orbit the earth • The border between light and dark side of moon • ...

Module 5_Navigation - Progress Test 2025-10-02

Module 5_Navigation - Progress Test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name given to the grid overlaid map in order that position may be defined
  2. A system of navigation which allows a pilot to fly a selected course to a predetermined point without the need to overfly ground-based navigation facilities.
  3. An antenna, located at the far end of the runway, that provides horizontal guidance.
  4. The angle subtended at the centre of the earth by the arc of the meridian between the equator and the particular point.
  5. The path pursued by a moving body or the point to which one moves, or at which one looks.
  6. The rate of movement through the air mass in which the Acft is flying.
  7. A navigation technique to estimate your position by using your last known location and then calculating your subsequent position based on your speed, direction, and the time you've traveled.
  8. An antenna, located adjacent to the designated touchdown zone of the runway, that provides vertical guidance.
  9. Curved lines drawn on the surface of the earth possessing one important property: they cut all meridians at the same angle. Also known as a loxodrome.
  10. The angle between the aircraft’s heading and its track
Down
  1. The direction in which the longitudinal axis of an aircraft is pointing measured from North
  2. Circles on the surface of the earth whose centre and radius are not those of the earth.
  3. A circle on the surface of the earth whose centre and radius are those of the earth itself.
  4. Term used to describe the shape of the earth.
  5. The ratio of the TAS to the local speed of sound
  6. The average length of one minute of arc at a great circle.
  7. The angle subtended at the centre of the Earth by the shorter arc at the equator between the Prime Meridian and the meridian of the particular point.
  8. Semi-great circles joining the poles.
  9. The difference between compass north and magnetic north
  10. The actual speed of the Acft relative to the earth's surface.
  11. That particular great circle whose plane is at right angles to the axis of rotation. It divides the earth into the North and South hemispheres.
  12. The actual passage of the Acft over the earth's surface.

22 Clues: Semi-great circles joining the poles. • Term used to describe the shape of the earth. • The ratio of the TAS to the local speed of sound • The angle between the aircraft’s heading and its track • The difference between compass north and magnetic north • The actual passage of the Acft over the earth's surface. • ...

Earth moon and sun 2025-03-11

Earth moon and sun crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An object diagram our computer program that helps us understand by making it simpler
  2. A moon phase that look like a full more then a half moon
  3. Something we observe over and over again
  4. A planet outside are solar system
  5. A moon outside our solar system
  6. To shine light on an object
  7. A moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth
  8. moon A phase that looks like less then half a circle from earth
  9. The border between light and dark side of moon
Down
  1. The sun the planets that orbit the earth
  2. The amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
  3. The shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from earth
  4. The nearly path smaller object like the moon travels around the earth
  5. When moon is completely dark
  6. A moon phase in which the moon is not as visible from earth
  7. A rocky sphere that travels
  8. The stars that is main source of light at center of of are solar system
  9. The relative size of things

18 Clues: To shine light on an object • A rocky sphere that travels • The relative size of things • When moon is completely dark • A moon outside our solar system • A planet outside are solar system • The sun the planets that orbit the earth • Something we observe over and over again • The border between light and dark side of moon • ...

Earth Science 2018-12-09

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the up and down movement of water
  2. the tool that a scientist uses to measure the size of an earthquake
  3. a landform that is flat and just above sea level
  4. mud moving quickly down a hillside
  5. a landform that is flat and high in elevation
  6. the part of Earth that is water
  7. the color of a powder left behind by a mineral
  8. sudden, strong movement of the Earth's crust
  9. how a mineral'l surface reflects light
  10. how a mineral resists being scratched
  11. the process by which weathered materials are moved from place to place
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  1. a large pice of a glacier that enters the ocean
  2. the air around the Earth
  3. the ground you walk on
  4. rock and dirt moving suddenly down hill
  5. when the rrof of a cave falls in
  6. flat model of the Earth's surface
  7. the outside layer of the Earth
  8. moving river of ice and snow
  9. a smaller river feeding into a main stream
  10. water from rain or snow that flows into streams
  11. a physical feature on the Earth's solid surface

22 Clues: the ground you walk on • the air around the Earth • moving river of ice and snow • the outside layer of the Earth • the part of Earth that is water • when the rrof of a cave falls in • the up and down movement of water • flat model of the Earth's surface • mud moving quickly down a hillside • how a mineral resists being scratched • how a mineral'l surface reflects light • ...

Earth Science 2018-12-12

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Longest mountain range in the world.
  2. waves / a seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth.
  3. refers to the forces and events that lead to a large structural deformation of Earth's lithosphere.
  4. a term derived from a Greek word "tekton".
  5. elevated portions of land that are formed by geologic activities such as faulting.
  6. small earthquakes that commonly precede a major earthquake.
  7. Ortelius / who developed and published "Theartrum Orbis Terrarum".
  8. the study of the extended climatic conditions of past geologic ages.
  9. Boundary zone where two lithospheric plates move apart from each other
  10. waves / waves that cause the most damage to buildings and other structures.
  11. Oldest mountain range in North America
  12. also called table mountains.
  13. Fault Boundary is a zone between two plates that slide horizontally past one another.
  14. the border between two tectonic plates
  15. flat and broad land areas that have no great changes in elevation when measured with reference to the mean sea level.
Down
  1. refers to a large wave that moves up and down instead of forward.
  2. typically a low-lying triangular area located at the mouth of rivers where it meets an ocean, a sea, or an estuary.
  3. mountain that opens downward to a reservoir of molten rock called magma below the surface of the earth.
  4. / any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth’s rocks.
  5. Boundary it occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other
  6. scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them
  7. Wegener / he proposed the continential drift theory.
  8. defined as the natural physical features on the surface of the Earth.
  9. crust the solid ground where you stand.
  10. Largest mountain system in Europe
  11. Range / the highest mountain system and also the youngest in the world.
  12. / location on Earth's surface that have experienced active volcanic activities for a long period of time.
  13. Japanese word for "big wave in the port".
  14. Junction the point at which three plate boundaries meet.
  15. crack across which the rocks have been offset first.

30 Clues: also called table mountains. • Largest mountain system in Europe • Longest mountain range in the world. • Oldest mountain range in North America • the border between two tectonic plates • crust the solid ground where you stand. • Japanese word for "big wave in the port". • a term derived from a Greek word "tekton". • crack across which the rocks have been offset first. • ...

Earth Systems 2022-01-13

Earth Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed as a result of a chemical reaction
  2. any class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet carbohydrate
  3. found in lipids
  4. Reaction absorb heat
  5. doesn't contain the most highest number of hydrogen atoms
  6. class of sugar whose molecules contain two monosaccharide residues
  7. substance insoluble in water but soluble in alcohol, ether, and chloroform
  8. organic molecules consisting on a nucleoside and a phosphate.
  9. Energy minimum quantity of energy
  10. a carbohydrate whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together
  11. Acid broken down fats absorbed into blood
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  1. large, complex molecules
  2. class of sugar that cannot be broken down
  3. contains the most highest number of hydrogen atoms
  4. substance on which an enzyme acts
  5. substance produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst to make a specific biochemical reaction
  6. Reaction release heat
  7. Acid long chainlike molecules composed of nucleotides
  8. molecule that can be broken down for energy
  9. Acid combine to form proteins

20 Clues: found in lipids • Reaction absorb heat • Reaction release heat • large, complex molecules • Acid combine to form proteins • substance on which an enzyme acts • Energy minimum quantity of energy • class of sugar that cannot be broken down • formed as a result of a chemical reaction • Acid broken down fats absorbed into blood • molecule that can be broken down for energy • ...

Earth Puzzle 2022-01-26

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

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... • ...

Dynamic Earth 2022-01-27

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sphere that contains all of the Earth's waters
  2. systems where energy enters and leaves the system but matter does not
  3. The atmospheric layer that contains meteor showers
  4. The atmospheric layer that contains the Ozone Layer
  5. Any form of water that falls to the Earth’s surface from the clouds
  6. Most of the algae that floats at the surface of the ocean
  7. The plate boundary where two plates are moving away from one another
  8. The plate boundary where two plates are sliding past one another
  9. The plate boundary where two plates are coming at one another
Down
  1. The atmospheric layer closest to Earth
  2. systems that can exchange both matter and energy with its surroundings
  3. The atmospheric layer that is furthest from the Earth
  4. The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
  5. a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
  6. The sphere that contains all of the Earth's layers
  7. The theory that all of the continents were once one supercontinent
  8. The sphere that contains all of the Earth's life
  9. The change of a substance from a gaseous state to a liquid
  10. The continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean
  11. The sphere that contains all of the Earth's layers of air

20 Clues: The atmospheric layer closest to Earth • The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas • The sphere that contains all of the Earth's life • The sphere that contains all of the Earth's waters • The sphere that contains all of the Earth's layers • The atmospheric layer that contains meteor showers • The atmospheric layer that contains the Ozone Layer • ...

Paging Earth! 2020-09-16

Paging Earth! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rocker Sheryl
  2. Outside appearance
  3. Breakfast or lunch
  4. Prefix with ladder
  5. Hodgepodge
  6. Seaver's team
  7. Bill of ----
  8. Didn't hang up
  9. So. state
  10. Panty ---
  11. Ripped
  12. Type of student
  13. Popular shirt
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  1. Shaquille
  2. Word with year
  3. Shakespeare's stage
  4. Old CBS soap opera
  5. Garbage containers
  6. Digestive --- (food path)
  7. Remove wrinkles from
  8. Eagles' nests
  9. ' -- Alone'(film)

22 Clues: Ripped • Shaquille • So. state • Panty --- • Hodgepodge • Bill of ---- • Rocker Sheryl • Seaver's team • Eagles' nests • Popular shirt • Word with year • Didn't hang up • Type of student • ' -- Alone'(film) • Outside appearance • Old CBS soap opera • Breakfast or lunch • Prefix with ladder • Garbage containers • Shakespeare's stage • Remove wrinkles from • Digestive --- (food path)

Earth History 2022-03-03

Earth History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two pieces of land change their vertical position compared to one another.
  2. fossils of widely distributed organisms that lived during only one short period
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  4. A break in the earth's crust
  5. a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than of the animal itself.
  6. The age of a rock or fossil compared to the ages of other rock layers or fossils.
  7. the numeric age of an object or event, often stated in years before the present, as established by an absolute-dating process, such as radiometric dating
  8. event in which many types of living things become extinct at the same time
  9. A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.
  10. where magma cut through other rock layers underground
  11. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  12. Era middle life (245-144 million years ago); rise of mammals and dinosaurs; the rise of birds; extinction of dinosaurs, rise of flowering plants
  13. breaks down eras, distinguished by the type of rock layers laid down during that time.
  14. a broad span of geological time based on the general type of life existing during that time
  15. fossil that forms when entire organisms or parts of organisms are prevented from decaying by being trapped in rock, ice, tar, or amber.
  16. a drill core of ice that can help tell the climates of the past
  17. how earth/land has changed over time
  18. Era that began about 66 million years ago, known as the "Age of Mammals"
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  1. Era that covers from 4.6 billion to 544 million years ago. During this time life developed as bacteria and softbodied, multicelled organisms.
  2. length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  4. A stable atom that results from the decay of a radioactive atom.
  5. a fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism
  6. (radioactive) Unstable form of the isotope
  7. fossil that forms when organisms or parts, like leaves, stems, flowers, fish, are pressed between layers of soft mud or clay that hardens squeezing almost all the decaying organism away leaving the carbon imprint in the rock.
  8. fossil that forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud that hardens into the shape of the organism
  9. A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
  10. a rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment
  11. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  12. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
  13. fossil that forms when sediments bury an organism and the sediments change into rock; the organism decays leaving a cavity in the shape of the organism.
  14. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  15. A technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil on the basis of the amount of a radioactive element it contains
  16. two pieces of land move horizontally past each other.
  17. the largest division of geologic time
  18. the part of geologic time 570-245 million years ago ; invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, ferns, and cone-bearing trees were dominant.
  19. breaks down periods, shortest span of time on the geological time scale.

37 Clues: A break in the earth's crust • how earth/land has changed over time • the largest division of geologic time • (radioactive) Unstable form of the isotope • where magma cut through other rock layers underground • two pieces of land move horizontally past each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • ...

Earth Science 2022-02-25

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The source of the release of energy that causes an earthquake.
  2. Type of plate boundary that two plates are moving towards one another.
  3. Gives the position north or south of the Equator.
  4. Zone Type of convergent boundary where one plate sinks and melts underneath the other.
  5. Molten rock that is on the surface of the earth.
  6. Mantle The middle layer of the earth made of cool, soft rock that flows like a liquid and does not break.
  7. Type of plate boundary that two plates are being pulled apart from each other.
  8. The movement or vibration of the earth caused by a release of energy.
  9. The type of volcano that is the largest.
  10. The outermost layer of the earth that "floats" on the mantle.
  11. The way that the surface of a mineral reflects light.
  12. The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus.
  13. Smaller less destructive earthquakes that come before a major earthquake.
  14. The type of rock that is formed when existing rocks are subjected to high heat and pressure.
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  1. Cone The type of volcano that is the most common.
  2. Gives the position east or west of the Prime Meridian.
  3. The type of rock that is formed by the cooling of molten materials.
  4. Molten rock that has not left the inside of the earth's crust.
  5. Any naturally occurring inorganic solid that possesses an orderly internal structure and definite chemical composition.
  6. type of volcano that is the most explosive.
  7. Type of plate boundary that two plates slide past one another.
  8. Any solid mass of mineral matter that occurs naturally.
  9. The type of rock that is formed through the break down and solidification of existing rocks.
  10. Smaller earthquakes that occur after a major earthquake.
  11. Mantle The middle layer of the earth made of cool, brittle rock that causes earthquakes.
  12. Core The inner layer of the earth that is made of super hot liquid metal.
  13. Core The inner most layer of the earth that is extremely hot but made of solid metal.

27 Clues: The type of volcano that is the largest. • type of volcano that is the most explosive. • Molten rock that is on the surface of the earth. • Cone The type of volcano that is the most common. • Gives the position north or south of the Equator. • The way that the surface of a mineral reflects light. • Gives the position east or west of the Prime Meridian. • ...

Earth Processes 2021-11-22

Earth Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it
  2. Relating to or produced by a volcano or volcanoes
  3. Rock that has been transformed by heat, pressure, or other natural causes e.g. in the folding of strata or the intrusion of igneous rocks
  4. The process of being liquified by heat
  5. Includes all forms of modern life ever heard of (plants, mammals, dinos)
  6. Rock having solidified from lava or magma
  7. Layers of rock formed of fragments of other rock that was transported and deposited into water
  8. A layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust
  9. The innermost geological layer of the planet Earth
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  1. A planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements
  2. A material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion
  3. The gradual destruction of a material due to wind, water, or other natural causes
  4. Single-celled organism life explodes - beginning of plate tectonics
  5. Photosynthetic Bacteria and multicellular organisms appear in fossil record
  6. A layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground
  7. Earth's transition from a protoplanet to an actual planet - giant fireball
  8. Any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age
  9. Molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed; found beneath the surface of the Earth
  10. The outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite
  11. Relating to the structure of the Earth's crust and the processes that take place within it

20 Clues: The process of being liquified by heat • Rock having solidified from lava or magma • Relating to or produced by a volcano or volcanoes • The innermost geological layer of the planet Earth • A layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground • Single-celled organism life explodes - beginning of plate tectonics • ...

Earth Crossword 2022-02-10

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

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

Earth Terminology! 2013-10-28

Earth Terminology! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Under the Asthenosphere, is the strong lower part of the mantle.
  2. Mostly made of Iron, from the mantle to the core/center of the Earth, about the size of Mars.
  3. Fault in which the two fault blocks move past each other horizontally.
  4. Large, gently sloped volcano that forms from repeated, nonexplosive eruptions of lava.
  5. Stress that reduces the volume or length of a rock, as that produced by the convergence of plate margins.
  6. Fragments of rock that are created by explosive volcanic eruptions.
  7. Region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates.
  8. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding PAST each other horizontally.
  9. Hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts, may include mineral crystals.
  10. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge.
  11. Magma that flows onto the Earth's surface.
  12. Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth.
  13. Boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving AWAY from each other.
  14. Stream of fluid propelled by thermal convection.
  15. Outermost layer of the Earth, 5-100km thick, thinnest layer.
  16. Piece of the Lithosphere that moves around on top of the Asthenosphere.
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  1. Solid dense center of our planet that extends from the bottom of the outer core to the center.
  2. Core is divided into two categories, this one is liquid and surrounds the inner core.
  3. Theory Theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere.
  4. Earth's major plaetes, known as plate tectonics.
  5. Occurs when one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces are bent or curved as a result of permanent deformation.
  6. A volcano made of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic material.
  7. Amount of force per unit area that is put on given material.
  8. Theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.
  9. Boundary between two colliding tectonic plates.
  10. Mountain that forms when molten rock, called magma, is forced to the Earth's surface.
  11. Soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the Lithosphere move.
  12. Layer of the Earth between the crust and the core. Extremely thick, contains most of Earth's mass.
  13. Stress which stretches rocks into two opposite directions, the rocks become longer in a lateral direction.
  14. Funnel shaped pit around the central vent of a volcano.

30 Clues: Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth. • Magma that flows onto the Earth's surface. • Boundary between two colliding tectonic plates. • Earth's major plaetes, known as plate tectonics. • Stream of fluid propelled by thermal convection. • Funnel shaped pit around the central vent of a volcano. • Amount of force per unit area that is put on given material. • ...

Earth Day 2014-04-10

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Related to the sun - _____ energy is clean and renewable.
  2. ____ appliances you are not using to avoid unnecessary energy use.
  3. To repeat a cycle or sequence of events and is one of the R's of waste reduction.
  4. When you reduce, reuse and recycle, you are being _______________ friendly.
  5. Use this instead of a dryer to save energy.
  6. Prefix that means "pertaining to the earth".
  7. Energy that comes from moving water.
  8. Renewable energy source made from plants and animals.
  9. More energy saved means a _________ planet.
  10. Popular colour on Earth Day.
  11. The first _____ Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970.
Down
  1. To use less.
  2. A resource which is replaced naturally and can be used again.
  3. Solar power uses energy from this.
  4. Any long-term, lasting change in the weather patterns. (Two words).
  5. Symbol that identifies energy-efficient products. (Two words).
  6. Mixture of decaying organic matter used to improve soil structure and provide nutrients.
  7. It's all around us, we breathe it, and we should be careful not to pollute it.
  8. Remember to turn this off before you leave work.
  9. A _____ faucet can waste gallons of water.
  10. Turning off lights help converse ______.
  11. To use again.

22 Clues: To use less. • To use again. • Popular colour on Earth Day. • Solar power uses energy from this. • Energy that comes from moving water. • Turning off lights help converse ______. • A _____ faucet can waste gallons of water. • Use this instead of a dryer to save energy. • More energy saved means a _________ planet. • Prefix that means "pertaining to the earth". • ...

Earth Science 2012-11-29

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

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. • ...

Earth Science 2012-11-17

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A scientific instrument used to measure and record seismic waves.
  2. A thick, liquid layer inside the earth that forms a shell around the inner core.
  3. A fault in which the overlaying plate has been pushed upwards.
  4. The layer of mantle below the lithosphere.
  5. The action of continents splitting apart and rearranging themselves over extremely large portions of time.
  6. A hot liquid or semi-liquid found beneath the Earth's crust and becomes lava when cooled.
  7. A fault in which at least one of the plates has moved horizontally.
  8. The boundary between two plates where faults occur.
Down
  1. The point below the surface of the Earth where an earthquake begins.
  2. The solid, innermost part of the Earth that provides our planet with most of it's heat.
  3. The point on the surface on the Earth above where an earthquake begins.
  4. The shaking movement that occurs during an earthquake.
  5. The name given to a super-continent that existed several billion years ago, when each continent was together as one.
  6. The theory that the planet's crust is divided up into several pieces that fit together like a jigsaw, and are constantly moving.
  7. A Japanese word describing a giant oceanic wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
  8. The outermost layer of the Earth, consisting of solid rock.
  9. The southernmost of the two continents formed when Pangaea split, comprising of what is noe Australia, Antarctica, South America, India and Africa, among others.
  10. A fault in which the overlaying plate has slipped downwards.
  11. The crust and upper mantle of the Earth.
  12. The part of the Earth found between the crust and the core, mad up up of semi-liquid rock.

20 Clues: The crust and upper mantle of the Earth. • The layer of mantle below the lithosphere. • The boundary between two plates where faults occur. • The shaking movement that occurs during an earthquake. • The outermost layer of the Earth, consisting of solid rock. • A fault in which the overlaying plate has slipped downwards. • ...

Earth Science 2015-04-09

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. created by wind erosion
  2. minerals split
  3. outer shell of the earth
  4. molten rock
  5. sandstone
  6. broken down into smaller pieces
  7. a mold or cast in a rock
  8. center of the earth
  9. cooling
  10. a fracture
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  1. lacking in rainfall
  2. a solid inorganic substance
  3. laying down of rock-forming materials
  4. horizontal movement
  5. heat
  6. small crystals due to the rapidity of cooling
  7. the top of a wave
  8. contains hundreds of billion of stars
  9. pass into a solution
  10. eroding

20 Clues: heat • cooling • eroding • sandstone • a fracture • molten rock • minerals split • the top of a wave • lacking in rainfall • horizontal movement • center of the earth • pass into a solution • created by wind erosion • outer shell of the earth • a mold or cast in a rock • a solid inorganic substance • broken down into smaller pieces • laying down of rock-forming materials • ...

about earth 2015-02-12

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

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

Earth Science 2014-09-12

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

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

Earth Day 2016-04-20

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a colorless unstable toxic gas with a pungent odor and powerful oxidizing properties, formed from oxygen by electrical discharges or ultraviolet light. It differs from normal oxygen (O2) in having three atoms in its molecule (O3)
  2. contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances.
  3. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
  4. decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer.
  5. maintain (something) in its original or existing state.
  6. protect (something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction.
  7. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  8. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  9. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
  10. the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
  11. trash, such as paper, cans, and bottles, that is left lying in an open or public place.
Down
  1. convert (waste) into reusable material.
  2. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  3. reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of a higher quality or value than the original.
  4. of, relating to, or derived from living matter.
  5. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
  6. (of a contract, agreement, etc.) capable of being renewed.
  7. a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land.
  8. (of a species, family, or other larger group) having no living members.
  9. of, relating to, or determined by the sun.

20 Clues: convert (waste) into reusable material. • of, relating to, or determined by the sun. • of, relating to, or derived from living matter. • able to be maintained at a certain rate or level. • decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer. • maintain (something) in its original or existing state. • (of a contract, agreement, etc.) capable of being renewed. • ...

Earth Hour 2023-03-24

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

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

Earth Day 2022-04-15

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layers of gases surrounding earth
  2. to protect from harm or destruction
  3. convert into usable material
  4. trash of the sidewalk
  5. decayed organic material
  6. food produced without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides
  7. surroundings a person, plant or animal lives or operates
  8. capable of being renewed
  9. garbage dump
  10. to contaminate with harmful poisonous substance
Down
  1. reuse
  2. no longer in existence
  3. community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  4. relating to the sun
  5. branch of biology
  6. production and discharge of something
  7. able to be maintained at a certain level
  8. to maintain to its original state
  9. a colorless gas which is a poisonous form of oxygen
  10. where an animal lives

20 Clues: reuse • garbage dump • branch of biology • relating to the sun • trash of the sidewalk • where an animal lives • no longer in existence • decayed organic material • capable of being renewed • convert into usable material • layers of gases surrounding earth • to maintain to its original state • to protect from harm or destruction • production and discharge of something • ...

Earth Processes 2022-08-23

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

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

changing earth 2023-01-08

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

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

Earth Day 2023-04-18

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layers of gases surrounding earth
  2. to protect from harm or destruction
  3. convert into usable material
  4. trash of the sidewalk
  5. decayed organic material
  6. food produced without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides
  7. surroundings a person, plant or animal lives or operates
  8. capable of being renewed
  9. garbage dump
  10. to contaminate with harmful poisonous substance
Down
  1. reuse
  2. no longer in existence
  3. community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  4. relating to the sun
  5. branch of biology
  6. production and discharge of something
  7. able to be maintained at a certain level
  8. to maintain to its original state
  9. a colorless gas which is a poisonous form of oxygen
  10. where an animal lives

20 Clues: reuse • garbage dump • branch of biology • relating to the sun • trash of the sidewalk • where an animal lives • no longer in existence • decayed organic material • capable of being renewed • convert into usable material • layers of gases surrounding earth • to maintain to its original state • to protect from harm or destruction • production and discharge of something • ...

Earth Day 2023-04-14

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
  2. convert (waste) into reusable material
  3. organic material used as a plant fertilizer
  4. reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original
  5. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
  6. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
  7. a colorless unstable toxic gas with a pungent odor and powerful oxidizing properties, formed from oxygen by electrical discharges or ultraviolet light
  8. having no living members; no longer in existence
  9. trash, wastepaper, or garbage
  10. energy derived from natural sources that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed
Down
  1. relating to or derived from living matter
  2. maintain (something) in its original or existing state
  3. made of the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body
  4. a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil
  5. Contaminate
  6. the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation
  7. geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms
  8. Protect
  9. relating to or determined by the sun
  10. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

20 Clues: Protect • Contaminate • trash, wastepaper, or garbage • relating to or determined by the sun • convert (waste) into reusable material • relating to or derived from living matter • organic material used as a plant fertilizer • able to be maintained at a certain rate or level • having no living members; no longer in existence • ...

Earth Day 2023-04-16

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how good or bad something is
  2. something that may not exist for long
  3. use again
  4. take part in
  5. the action that changes or effects something
  6. created
  7. believed
  8. starting
  9. something that protects or stops harm
  10. able to be kept
  11. to celebrate
  12. materials that hurt the environment
Down
  1. show
  2. new plans to change something
  3. encouraging, to help something
  4. to give assistance to
  5. cycle again
  6. something that happens that is unusual
  7. the change that is caused by something
  8. cut use or make smaller
  9. express an objection or disagreement
  10. the natural world
  11. once a year

23 Clues: show • created • believed • starting • use again • cycle again • once a year • take part in • to celebrate • able to be kept • the natural world • to give assistance to • cut use or make smaller • how good or bad something is • new plans to change something • encouraging, to help something • materials that hurt the environment • express an objection or disagreement • ...

Earth Day 2023-04-24

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Poisonous; capable of causing serious harm or death.
  2. The type of flower mix handed out to our employees to celebrate Earth Day.
  3. The person who founded Earth Day in the 1960's.
  4. Reduce, Reuse, ________.
  5. A place where garbage is hauled and burned.
  6. Many people plant these on Earth Day.
  7. To contaminate the environment with man-made waste.
  8. A process is considered this, if it conserves and ecological balance by avoiding the depletion of natural resources.
Down
  1. Turns organic waste into rich soil for gardening.
  2. The species of tree that we had planted on the Huntington grounds for us last year. (Three Words)
  3. Turning off lights helps conserve ________.
  4. A popular color on Earth Day.
  5. The Huntington Schneider Electric facility is ________ waste to landfill.
  6. Earth is about 70% this.
  7. Planned management of natural resources to prevent waste, exploitation, or destruction.
  8. A place where garbage is hauled and buried.
  9. April 22nd. (Two Words)
  10. Raw materials supplied by nature. (Two Words)
  11. Please put your trash in the trash can; don't ________.
  12. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.

20 Clues: April 22nd. (Two Words) • Earth is about 70% this. • Reduce, Reuse, ________. • A popular color on Earth Day. • Many people plant these on Earth Day. • Turning off lights helps conserve ________. • A place where garbage is hauled and buried. • A place where garbage is hauled and burned. • Raw materials supplied by nature. (Two Words) • ...

earth day 2023-04-24

earth day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. conditions in which an organism lives
  2. converting into usable material
  3. decayed organic matter
  4. way to create a product of high quality
  5. ability to be maintained
  6. branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms
  7. formed from oxygen with a pungent odor
  8. having no living organisms in a species
  9. trash on the ground
  10. capability of being reused
Down
  1. things derived from living matter
  2. maintain something
  3. gases surrounding earth
  4. a place to dispose of trash
  5. contamination of water and air
  6. production of gas
  7. biological community
  8. protecting an environment
  9. renewable energy
  10. natural home of a plant

20 Clues: renewable energy • production of gas • maintain something • trash on the ground • biological community • decayed organic matter • gases surrounding earth • natural home of a plant • ability to be maintained • protecting an environment • capability of being reused • a place to dispose of trash • contamination of water and air • converting into usable material • ...

Earth & Space 2023-04-03

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

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

Earth Day 2023-03-29

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layers of gases surrounding earth
  2. to protect from harm or destruction
  3. convert into usable material
  4. trash of the sidewalk
  5. decayed organic material
  6. food produced without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides
  7. surroundings a person, plant or animal lives or operates
  8. capable of being renewed
  9. garbage dump
  10. to contaminate with harmful poisonous substance
Down
  1. reuse
  2. no longer in existence
  3. community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  4. relating to the sun
  5. branch of biology
  6. production and discharge of something
  7. able to be maintained at a certain level
  8. to maintain to its original state
  9. a colorless gas which is a poisonous form of oxygen
  10. where an animal lives

20 Clues: reuse • garbage dump • branch of biology • relating to the sun • trash of the sidewalk • where an animal lives • no longer in existence • decayed organic material • capable of being renewed • convert into usable material • layers of gases surrounding earth • to maintain to its original state • to protect from harm or destruction • production and discharge of something • ...

Earth Day 2023-04-26

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
  2. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
  3. a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
  4. decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer
  5. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  6. maintain (something) in its original or existing state
  7. contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances.
  8. protect (something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction.
  9. a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
Down
  1. (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence
  2. (of a contract, agreement, etc.) capable of being renewed
  3. relating to or derived from living matter.
  4. the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
  5. convert (waste) into reusable material.
  6. a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land.
  7. trash, such as paper, cans, and bottles, that is left lying in an open or public place.
  8. reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original
  9. a colorless unstable toxic gas with a pungent odor and powerful oxidizing properties, formed from oxygen by electrical discharges or ultraviolet light. It differs from normal oxygen (O2) in having three atoms in its molecule (O3).
  10. relating to or determined by the sun.
  11. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

20 Clues: relating to or determined by the sun. • convert (waste) into reusable material. • relating to or derived from living matter. • a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth. • able to be maintained at a certain rate or level. • decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer • maintain (something) in its original or existing state • ...

Earth Science 2017-03-09

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

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

Earth Science 2017-06-13

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

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

Earth Science 2020-02-25

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

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

Dynamic Earth 2020-04-01

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

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

Earth Review 2020-04-24

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

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

EARTH SCIENCE! 2021-01-29

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

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

crossword earth 2021-01-08

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

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

EARTH SCIENCE 2020-11-30

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

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

Earth Science 2020-11-25

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

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

Earth 2 2021-05-05

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

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

Planet Earth 2021-06-02

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

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

Earth Systems 2021-05-17

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

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

Earth Day 2022-04-25

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
  2. to or derived from living matter.
  3. being capable of being renewed
  4. something in its original or existing state
  5. production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation
  6. organic material used as a plant fertilizer
  7. natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
  8. as paper, cans, and bottles, that is left lying in an open or public place
Down
  1. (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances
  2. to or determined by the sun
  3. something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place from harm or destruction
  4. discarded objects in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original
  5. to be maintained at a certain rate or level
  6. colorless unstable toxic gas
  7. a species,family, or other group of animals or plants having no living members; no longer in existence
  8. layer of gases that surround the planet
  9. surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
  10. biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  11. again
  12. place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land

20 Clues: again • to or determined by the sun • colorless unstable toxic gas • being capable of being renewed • to or derived from living matter. • layer of gases that surround the planet • to be maintained at a certain rate or level • something in its original or existing state • organic material used as a plant fertilizer • ...

Planet Earth 2022-06-10

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

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