the earth Crossword Puzzles
Igneous Rocks 2015-04-21
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- One of the three minerals that makes up Granite
- one of the products from a volcano
- Rocks formed from cooling magma
- Rocks formed from magma cooling underground
- Crystals formed slowly are usually......
- The thickest earth layer
- Rocks formed by magma reaching the surface
- Crystals bformed very quickly are .....
- The study of rocks
- The outer core of the earth is thisw
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- A Light coloured igneous rock with large crystals
- A volcanic glass
- Chemical substances that rocks are made from
- A dark igneous rock with very small crystals
- The outer layer of the earth
- Crystals that have grown into one another
- One of ther minerals that makes up Granite
- Hot molten rock
- A light grey igneous rock with trapped gas bubbles
- The inner core of the earth is this.
- A dark volcanic rock with many holes, denser than pumice
- Magma that has reached the surface
22 Clues: Hot molten rock • A volcanic glass • The study of rocks • The thickest earth layer • The outer layer of the earth • Rocks formed from cooling magma • one of the products from a volcano • Magma that has reached the surface • The inner core of the earth is this. • The outer core of the earth is thisw • Crystals bformed very quickly are ..... • ...
stars 2025-05-16
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- the circle that the earth goes in
- earth is one of them
- the distance bright stuff travels in a year
- there is a space telescope made by ____
- a giant cloud of dust and gas in space
- the princess that Perseus saved
- man made things orbiting the earth
- f=_xa
- __+oxygen=water
- a pattern the stars make
- when you're moving forward ___ keeps you moving forward
- travels around the world in 90 mins
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- our solarsystem
- the planet we live on
- a star system made of three stars
- outside ofNeptune dwarf planets and stuff are there
- north star
- ISS travels around the world in _____
- millions of them in the sky
- a place in the universe where even light can't go
- we are in the milky way ___
- what keeps us down
- flies by Jupiter and Saturn made by us
23 Clues: f=_xa • north star • our solarsystem • __+oxygen=water • what keeps us down • earth is one of them • the planet we live on • a pattern the stars make • millions of them in the sky • we are in the milky way ___ • the princess that Perseus saved • the circle that the earth goes in • a star system made of three stars • man made things orbiting the earth • travels around the world in 90 mins • ...
THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2022-02-23
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- SECOND LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- SMALLEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- BIGGEST PLANET OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- THE HOTTEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- saturn´s largest moon
- fourth planet of the solar system
- GALAXY WHERE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS
- CENTER OF A PLANET´S STRUCTURE
- ENVELOPE OF GASES SURROUNDING EARTH
- PATH THAT PLANETS FOLLOW AROUND THE SUN
- spins tilted
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- icy planet
- CAUSED BY OVER EXPOSURE TO THE SUN
- BIGGEST VOLCANO OF SOLAR SYSTEM
- HE DISCOVERED MOONS AND PLANETS
- OUTER LAYER OF A ROCKY PLANET
- IS THE ONLY STAR IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
- LIQUID SUBSTANCE ON THE SURFACE OF EARTH
- GAS THAT MAKES A PLANET LOOK BLUE
- PLANET THAT SUSTAINS LIFE
- MOONS THAT SHAPE THE RINGS OF SATURN
- EARTH´S SATELITE
- color caused by the interaccion of iron and O2
23 Clues: icy planet • spins tilted • EARTH´S SATELITE • saturn´s largest moon • PLANET THAT SUSTAINS LIFE • OUTER LAYER OF A ROCKY PLANET • CENTER OF A PLANET´S STRUCTURE • BIGGEST VOLCANO OF SOLAR SYSTEM • HE DISCOVERED MOONS AND PLANETS • GALAXY WHERE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS • fourth planet of the solar system • GAS THAT MAKES A PLANET LOOK BLUE • CAUSED BY OVER EXPOSURE TO THE SUN • ...
Plate tectonics 2024-12-16
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- The sliding down of rock or earth from a cliff or mountain
- earthquakes under the ocean cause this
- Coming together
- When stress builds, then releases, violently shaking the plates
- Magma exploding through the surface
- Super continent
- When lots of stress builds up, causing rock to break
- A massive slide of mud and earth
- An above average sized volcano
- Dividing
- A force that acts on rock to change shape or volume
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- The size of an earthquake or other things
- A big plume of hot mantle, rising from deep in the earth
- Vibrations traveling through earth, carrying energy.
- Volcanoes that are constantly erupting or are going to in the furture
- Magma once it reaches the earths surface
- The point on earths surface directly above the focus of the earthquake
- Melted rock beneath the earths surface
- under water, where 2 plate diverge create this
- Sliding
20 Clues: Sliding • Dividing • Coming together • Super continent • An above average sized volcano • A massive slide of mud and earth • Magma exploding through the surface • earthquakes under the ocean cause this • Melted rock beneath the earths surface • Magma once it reaches the earths surface • The size of an earthquake or other things • under water, where 2 plate diverge create this • ...
Unit 7 Crossword 2026-03-26
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- The moon looks different due to moon _____
- Earth moving around the sun
- The last name of our dear principal
- We live in the Milky Way _________
- We live in the Solar _______
- ________ is our biggest planet
- The moon reflects _____ back to Earth
- The only KNOWN planet with life
- It takes 365 ______ for us to go around the sun
- Outer planets are known as gas _________
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- _______ are made of ice and have tails
- Outer planets have ______ around them
- _______ is known as a dwarf planet
- Inner and Outer planets are separated by the ______ belt
- Inner planets have ______ surfaces
- Earth spinning on it's axis
- A ______ moon is kinda shaped like a banana
- A ______ moon is completely dark
- The Milky Way is shaped like a ________
- The biggest star in from our perspective
- The last name of your Science teacher :)
21 Clues: Earth moving around the sun • Earth spinning on it's axis • We live in the Solar _______ • ________ is our biggest planet • The only KNOWN planet with life • A ______ moon is completely dark • _______ is known as a dwarf planet • Inner planets have ______ surfaces • We live in the Milky Way _________ • The last name of our dear principal • Outer planets have ______ around them • ...
Tools of Geography P&R p.10-23 2021-10-08
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- The system of imaginary lines (called parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude) used to divide the surface of Earth on maps and globes.
- The seven largest areas of land on Earth.
- Where a place is located in relation to another place.
- An imaginary line between the North and South poles that crosses the equator at right angles.
- A very large, unbroken area of land.
- Another name for map legend.
- A system of imaginary lines that divides up the space on a map.
- An imaginary line around Earth that runs parallel to the equator
- The four main directions on a compass rose: north, south, east, and west.
- a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map.
- A diagram on a map that shows directions such as north, south, east, and west.
- Area between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and between the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, where the climate is generally hot.
- The northernmost line of latitude where the sun’s rays ever beat straight down. This line marks the northern limit of the tropical zone.
- A set of numbers that together describe the exact location of something, such as a place on a map.
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- The area between Earth’s tropical zones and polar zones, where the climate is relatively mild.
- The precise point where a place is located on Earth.
- One half of a sphere. Earth can be divided into eastern and western hemispheres or into northern and southern hemispheres.
- An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of Earth
- The directions on a compass rose, such as southeast, that are located between the cardinal directions.
- A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
- The meridian of longitude located at 180º. By international agreement, the date is one day earlier to the east of this line.
- The meridian of longitude labeled 0 degrees, from which all other degrees of longitude are measured. The prime meridian passes through Greenwich, England
- the line of latitude that circles Earth exactly midway between the North and South poles.
- A box or other display on a map that explains the meaning of the symbols used on the map.
- The line of latitude at 66°33’N that marks the boundary of the northern polar zone.
- 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.
- the spinning motion of Earth around its axis.
- The line of latitude at 66°33’S that marks the boundary of the southern polar zone.
- The southernmost line of latitude where the sun’s rays ever beat straight down. This line marks the southern limit of the tropical zone.
- The area between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole or between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole, where the climate is generally cold.
- One complete trip by Earth around the sun.
31 Clues: Another name for map legend. • A very large, unbroken area of land. • The seven largest areas of land on Earth. • One complete trip by Earth around the sun. • the spinning motion of Earth around its axis. • The precise point where a place is located on Earth. • Where a place is located in relation to another place. • ...
Dication revision 2025-04-05
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- __ the tap on
- Saving the Earth is __ important to us.
- the Earth would be __.
- By __ these easy changes,
- We can also buy less to __ waste.
- We can ___ up nasty trash.
- __ cans
- First, we can keep our place __.
- Trees keep our Earth __ and pretty.
- have __
- waste __
- use a lot of __
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- They are __ ways we can help.
- save our __
- Let's work as a ____ to save our planet now!
- __ your own bag
- __ paper
- ___ more trees helps too.
- turn off the __
- __ down the air-con
20 Clues: __ cans • have __ • __ paper • waste __ • save our __ • __ the tap on • __ your own bag • turn off the __ • use a lot of __ • __ down the air-con • the Earth would be __. • By __ these easy changes, • ___ more trees helps too. • We can ___ up nasty trash. • They are __ ways we can help. • First, we can keep our place __. • We can also buy less to __ waste. • Trees keep our Earth __ and pretty. • ...
Earth the Biography: Volcanoes 🌋 2024-05-21
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- Found in the deepest part of the oceans that support diverse life.
- New Zealand mountain range formed when the Pacific Plate collided with the Australian Plate.
- Volcanoes created the conditions for a great _ leap forward.
- Where an earthquake caused the Himalayas to grow 6 feet in October of 2005
- One of Jupiter’s moons that might be like what Earth was 700 million years ago.
- Mountain range in South America.
- Source of Earth’s internal heat.
- Use dissolved carbon in the oceans for photosynthesis and to make their shells. They become part of the ocean floor when they die.
- One of the most volcanically active places on Earth, located in New Zealand.
- Mountain range in Europe.
- Name of the river in South America that erodes the Andes mountains into the Indian Ocean.
- Created by and destroyer of mountains.
- A period of colder global temperatures and recurring glacial expansion capable of lasting hundreds of millions of years.
- Found where plates collide and contribute to the cycling of carbon back into the atmosphere.
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- Gas pumped out by volcanoes that traps heat in the atmosphere.
- One of the oldest life forms on Earth.
- What Earth would become if the tectonic plates stopped moving.
- Shield volcano located in Eastern Africa that has a lava lake in its crater. AKA "Smoking Mountain"
- The first fossils that provided evidence of complex life on Earth.
- Name of the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago.
- Form when plates collide.
- Runs through Iceland separating the North American Plate from the Eurasian Plate.
- Saint Helens Name of the subduction volcano that erupted on May 18th, 1980 and is currently building for another eruption.
- Mountains of central Asia.
- Location with hot springs heated by a magma plume that is relatively close to the surface of the Earth.
- Provided Earth with the warmth, water, and chemicals that allowed life to emerge.
- Thought to have ended at least one of Earth’s ice ages.
- The name of the island created by a volcanic eruption in Iceland in 1963.
- Subduction volcanoes
- Planet with more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than Earth.
30 Clues: Subduction volcanoes • Form when plates collide. • Mountain range in Europe. • Mountains of central Asia. • Mountain range in South America. • Source of Earth’s internal heat. • One of the oldest life forms on Earth. • Created by and destroyer of mountains. • Thought to have ended at least one of Earth’s ice ages. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-04-28
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- Formed by convergent collision
- Formed by transform (not earthquakes)
- Continental plates collide together
- Oceanic and continental plates one goes under
- Below the lithosphere layer
- Stays up during convergent subduction
- Formed by convergent subduction
- Least dense layer of Earth
- Amount for oceanic and continental plates in convergent subduction
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- Formed by divergent
- Second most dense layer of the Earth
- Plates seperate
- Middle of the earth
- Biggest layer of Earth
- Formed by transform (not fault line)
- Goes under in convergent subduction
- Amount of major plates there are
- Plates slide up and down
- Amount of oceanic plates in convergent collision
- Amount of continental plates in convergent collision
20 Clues: Plates seperate • Formed by divergent • Middle of the earth • Biggest layer of Earth • Plates slide up and down • Least dense layer of Earth • Below the lithosphere layer • Formed by convergent collision • Formed by convergent subduction • Amount of major plates there are • Continental plates collide together • Goes under in convergent subduction • ...
Earth Crossword Puzzle 2016-12-14
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- the man who was credited with the Continental Drift Theory
- Ridges: under water mountain chains that run through earth
- A flowing layer found in Earth's mantle
- When tectonic plates move away from each other
- when two tectonic plates slide by each other
- field protects Earth from the cosmic rays and charged particles from the sun
- Hess: Suggested a process of sea floor spreading
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- The center of the earth (very dense)
- plate plates in the Earth that move constantly
- Earth's complete body
- When two plates crash and push into each other
- the outside part of Earth's magnetic fieldtectonic
- Drift: Theory that says tectonic plates are constantly moving
- the rigid layer of earth that contains the crust and upper part of the mantle
- When one tectonic plate goes under another tectonic plate
- between Earth's crust and Earth's core
- crust over the ocean
- the name for how all of the continents were (theoretically) joined to make one big continent
- core Surrounds the inner core and is mostly liquidy
19 Clues: Earth's complete body • crust over the ocean • The center of the earth (very dense) • A flowing layer found in Earth's mantle • between Earth's crust and Earth's core • when two tectonic plates slide by each other • plate plates in the Earth that move constantly • When two plates crash and push into each other • When tectonic plates move away from each other • ...
Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary Review 2019-02-18
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- Object that orbits a planet
- Thin curved slice phase of the Moon
- Daily changes in the height of water along coasts
- Shadows caused by the Earth or Moon
- Taking turns or changing back and forth
- Moves in a path around another object
- Spins on an axis
- Shadow made on the Moon by the Earth
- Hump shaped phase of the Moon
- Moon phase where you see half of the lighted surface
- Phases of the Moon that are getting smaller
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- A push or a pull
- Regular changes in how the Moon looks from Earth
- Imaginary line straight through something
- Shadow made on the Earth by the Moon
- Slanted or tipped
- Spring, summer, fall, and winter
- Revolves in a way that is controlled by gravity
- Tool invented to keep track of time
- Phases of the Moon that are getting bigger
- A force that pulls things together
21 Clues: A push or a pull • Spins on an axis • Slanted or tipped • Object that orbits a planet • Hump shaped phase of the Moon • Spring, summer, fall, and winter • A force that pulls things together • Thin curved slice phase of the Moon • Shadows caused by the Earth or Moon • Tool invented to keep track of time • Shadow made on the Earth by the Moon • Shadow made on the Moon by the Earth • ...
Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary Review 2019-02-18
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- Spring, summer, fall, and winter
- Tool invented to keep track of time
- Imaginary line straight through something
- Moves in a path around another object
- Spins on an axis
- Phases of the Moon that are getting bigger
- Shadows caused by the Earth or Moon
- Shadow made on the Moon by the Earth
- Daily changes in the height of water along coasts
- Hump shaped phase of the Moon
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- Phases of the Moon that are getting smaller
- Shadow made on the Earth by the Moon
- A force that pulls things together
- Taking turns or changing back and forth
- Revolves in a way that is controlled by gravity
- Moon phase where you see half of the lighted surface
- Thin curved slice phase of the Moon
- A push or a pull
- Slanted or tipped
- Regular changes in how the Moon looks from Earth
- Object that orbits a planet
21 Clues: A push or a pull • Spins on an axis • Slanted or tipped • Object that orbits a planet • Hump shaped phase of the Moon • Spring, summer, fall, and winter • A force that pulls things together • Tool invented to keep track of time • Thin curved slice phase of the Moon • Shadows caused by the Earth or Moon • Shadow made on the Earth by the Moon • Shadow made on the Moon by the Earth • ...
Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary Review 2025-01-06
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- Object that orbits a planet
- Thin curved slice phase of the Moon
- Daily changes in the height of water along coasts
- Shadows caused by the Earth or Moon
- Taking turns or changing back and forth
- Moves in a path around another object
- Spins on an axis
- Shadow made on the Moon by the Earth
- Hump shaped phase of the Moon
- Moon phase where you see half of the lighted surface
- Phases of the Moon that are getting smaller
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- A push or a pull
- Regular changes in how the Moon looks from Earth
- Imaginary line straight through something
- Shadow made on the Earth by the Moon
- Slanted or tipped
- Spring, summer, fall, and winter
- Revolves in a way that is controlled by gravity
- Tool invented to keep track of time
- Phases of the Moon that are getting bigger
- A force that pulls things together
21 Clues: A push or a pull • Spins on an axis • Slanted or tipped • Object that orbits a planet • Hump shaped phase of the Moon • Spring, summer, fall, and winter • A force that pulls things together • Thin curved slice phase of the Moon • Shadows caused by the Earth or Moon • Tool invented to keep track of time • Shadow made on the Earth by the Moon • Shadow made on the Moon by the Earth • ...
BC1 Crossword Puzzle 2025-10-20
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- large land mass
- a huge wave caused by an earthquake
- volcanoes that continue erupt
- large body of salt water
- volcanoes that have not erupted for a long time
- hot liquid when leaving volcano
- volcanoes that partly encircles the Pacific Ocean
- all lands
- Pacific Ocean is an important part of islander's _____ economies
- begins as a long, narrow crack in the Earth's crust
- thickest part of the Earth
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- center of the Earth
- top layer of the Earth
- deepest point of all the oceans
- made first formal statement about continental drift theory
- when an ocean plate goes under continental plate
- volcanoes that are not likely to erupt again
- described the ocean as "Mar Pacifico"
- hot liquid inside the volcano
- how the first people living on the islands viewed the ocean
- most tsumanis occur in this ocean
- cracks in the Earth's crust
- about 4.6 billion years old
23 Clues: all lands • large land mass • center of the Earth • top layer of the Earth • large body of salt water • thickest part of the Earth • cracks in the Earth's crust • about 4.6 billion years old • volcanoes that continue erupt • hot liquid inside the volcano • deepest point of all the oceans • hot liquid when leaving volcano • most tsumanis occur in this ocean • ...
Tectonic plates 2025-11-05
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- when plates come together
- the super continent millions of years ago
- the middle layer of earth
- happens when two plates rub against each other
- forms when two plates push together
- a natural disaster that comes from the ocean after an earthquake
- when plates pull apart
- the thinnest part of the earth that's in the ocean
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- theory that continents drift apart
- The process in which one lithospheric plate collides with and is forced down under another plate and drawn back into the Earth's mantle.
- new lithosphere is created here
- the thinnest layer of earth
- the man that proposed the moving continents theory
- the large plates the make up the earth
- molten rock that is beneath the earths surface
- the last layer of earth
- a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.
17 Clues: when plates pull apart • the last layer of earth • when plates come together • the middle layer of earth • the thinnest layer of earth • new lithosphere is created here • theory that continents drift apart • forms when two plates push together • the large plates the make up the earth • the super continent millions of years ago • happens when two plates rub against each other • ...
Phases of the Moon 2024-04-03
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- The moon _____________ the earth - which means it goes around the earth.
- The full moon is fully ____________ toward the sun.
- Moonlight is actually ___________________ sunlight.
- The moon getting bigger is called ________________.
- waxing happens ______________ waning.
- Waxing crescent happens before waxing ______________.
- _____________ gibbous happens before waning gibbous.
- A lunar month is ___________ than it takes for the moon to orbit the earth.
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- The moon getting smaller is called ________________.
- 29.5 days is the length of a ______________ month.
- The moon is a natural ________________ - which means it orbits the earth.
- It takes 27.3 ___________ for the moon to orbit the earth.
- Waning gibbous happens before waning _______________.
- A new moon is _____________ the earth and the sun.
- We can hardly see a ___________ moon.
15 Clues: waxing happens ______________ waning. • We can hardly see a ___________ moon. • 29.5 days is the length of a ______________ month. • A new moon is _____________ the earth and the sun. • The full moon is fully ____________ toward the sun. • Moonlight is actually ___________________ sunlight. • The moon getting bigger is called ________________. • ...
The Coldest Place On Earth 2018-04-11
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- not cold
- good - __________ - the best
- past of 'break'
- people from England
- past of 'catch'
- past of 'find'
- past of 'speak'
- past of 'wear'
- the opposite of 'easy'
- feet
- the opposite of 'north'
- If you don't sleep for a long time you are _________ .
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- sledge
- bad - ___________ - the worst
- letter
- people from Norway
- past of 'leave'
- If you don't eat for a long time you are ________.
- past of 'come'
- happy - happier - the _______________
- a small horse
- cold - _________ - the coldest
- foot
- tent
24 Clues: foot • feet • tent • sledge • letter • not cold • a small horse • past of 'come' • past of 'find' • past of 'wear' • past of 'break' • past of 'leave' • past of 'catch' • past of 'speak' • people from Norway • people from England • the opposite of 'easy' • the opposite of 'north' • good - __________ - the best • bad - ___________ - the worst • cold - _________ - the coldest • ...
GOD’S PURPOSE FOR THE EARTH 2020-06-30
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- of the mouth Isa 35:6
- submissive. Matt 5:5
- growth in forest. Isa 65:22
- understructure. Psm 104:5
- whole globe 1 Chron 16:30
- in. Isa 45:18
- Matt 6:10
- we live 1 Co 10:26
- Phil 4:7
- Psm 37:29
- down. Isa:32:18
- John 17:3
- see. Isa 35:5,6
- defect. Prov 2:21
- Isa 54:13
- Psm 37:22
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- light in the sky. Psm 72:7
- sky above. Psm 115:16
- Isa 55:11
- a battle. Isa 25:8
- Psm 119:90
- of honor. 2 Pet 3:13
- at same time Eccl 1:4
- after death Matt5:5
- Psm 37:9
- a spell on. Psm 37:22
- Matt 15:31
- Rev 11:18
- receive from a will Psm 7:34
- Isa 46:9,10
- stringy plant. Micah 4:4
- Isa 11:9
- from eyes. Rev 21:4
33 Clues: Psm 37:9 • Phil 4:7 • Isa 11:9 • Isa 55:11 • Rev 11:18 • Matt 6:10 • Psm 37:29 • John 17:3 • Isa 54:13 • Psm 37:22 • Psm 119:90 • Matt 15:31 • Isa 46:9,10 • at same time Eccl 1:4 • after death Matt5:5 • in. Isa 45:18 • defect. Prov 2:21 • a spell on. Psm 37:22 • down. Isa:32:18 • a battle. Isa 25:8 • of the mouth Isa 35:6 • understructure. Psm 104:5 • ...
Shaping the Earth Double Check 2023-03-24
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- A shallow body of water formed by retreating glaciers when ice chunks break off and melt under the sediment.
- Chunks of ice that break off a glacier into the ocean.
- Formations that hang from the ceiling of caves.
- The process of water carrying soluble substances or small particles through rock or soil.
- A fan shaped deposit at the bottom of a hill deposited by water that doesn't always flow.
- Long smooth canoe shaped hills usually found in groups.
- Rapid movement of rocks downhill.
- Most common form of biological weathering.
- Created when a smaller glacier empties into a large one.
- A bowl-shaped valley on the side of a mountain, often with a glacier in it.
- Formed when the roof of a cave collapses
- Till The dirt and rocks that pushed in front of a glacier
- Large rocks with a different composition than the surrounding land.
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- Underground areas hallowed out by water.
- Organic material that forms in soil when plant and animal matter decays.
- In front of a glacier melt-water washes out dirt and creates a braided river.
- When a stalactite and a stalagmite meet.
- Slow movement of soil down a hill.
- The original rock that is underneath an area.
- A thin spike of rock formed by 2 glaciers moving side by side.
- Rapid movement downhill of large portions of land.
- Formations that build up from the floor of a cave.
- A pointed mountain formed by several glaciers.
- Large sheets of ice that move slowly across the land because of gravity.
- All the material that collects at the bottom of a steep hill.
- The pile of till at the end of a glacier that has receded
- All glaciers form these.
27 Clues: All glaciers form these. • Rapid movement of rocks downhill. • Slow movement of soil down a hill. • Underground areas hallowed out by water. • When a stalactite and a stalagmite meet. • Formed when the roof of a cave collapses • Most common form of biological weathering. • The original rock that is underneath an area. • A pointed mountain formed by several glaciers. • ...
The Sun-Earth-Moon System 2023-01-10
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- lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked
- day when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun
- spinning motion
- central, darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked
- day when Earth's axis is not leaning toward or away from the Sun
- daily rise and fall of sea level
- imaginary line that divides Earth into its northern and southern hemispheres
- occurs when the Moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface
- large, dark, flat areas on the Moon
- occurs when more of the Moon's near side is lit each night
- object that orbits a larger object other than a star
- meteoroid that strikes Earth
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- occurs when the Moon moves into Earth's shadow
- streak of light created when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere
- motion of an object around another object
- occurs when less of the Moon's near side is lit each night
- Earth's average distance from the Sun, nearly 150 million km
- orbits the Sun, is large enough to be nearly spherical in shape, and has no other large object in its orbital path
- line on which an object rotates
- solar system object that is smaller than an asteroid or a comet
- orbits the Sun and is nearly spherical in shape, but shares its orbital path with other objects of similar size
- compounds composed mostly of silicon and oxygen, with smaller amounts of other atoms
- path an object follows as it moves around another object
- lit part of the Moon or a planet that can be seen from Earth
24 Clues: spinning motion • meteoroid that strikes Earth • line on which an object rotates • daily rise and fall of sea level • large, dark, flat areas on the Moon • motion of an object around another object • occurs when the Moon moves into Earth's shadow • object that orbits a larger object other than a star • occurs when the Moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface • ...
Treasures of the Earth ''Metals" 2021-01-21
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- What happened when you burn malachite?
- Which one on the periodic table has the number 29?
- Which one on the periodic table has the number 26?
- All that bonding with atoms make this?
- What did carbon dioxide and iron make?
- What is the name for pure carbon?
- Which metal doesn't bond well with gold?
- Are always in the elements?
- What type of copper was formed as weapons?
- Which form of copper was produced first?
- Which one on the periodic table has the number 13?
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- What did copper do in Egyptian times as surgical utensils?
- What are the positive atoms?
- The most beautiful metal is?
- What weakness metals after you are done smelting it?
- What element mixed with tin and copper create this?
- What are the negative atoms?
- What is invisible to people's eyes?
- Which one of these elements was mixed with steel?
- What is the name of this combination of metal and rubber?
20 Clues: Are always in the elements? • What are the positive atoms? • The most beautiful metal is? • What are the negative atoms? • What is the name for pure carbon? • What is invisible to people's eyes? • What happened when you burn malachite? • All that bonding with atoms make this? • What did carbon dioxide and iron make? • Which metal doesn't bond well with gold? • ...
MAJOR DOMAINS OF THE EARTH 2021-07-22
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- The large landmasses are known as
- meaning of atmos vapour
- The smallest continent
- the narrow zone where we find
- 78 percent of air is
- the largest ocean
- There are no permanent human settlements in
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- Highest mountain peak
- Only ocean named after a country
- and air together
- Area of the earth’s surface, covered by water
- This gas increases global temperatures
- Mountain range separating Europe from Asia
- S shaped Ocean
- The largest continent
- elevation of land is taken as
- world's longest river
- The solid portion of the earth
- The first woman to reach Mt. Everest
- The gaseous layers that surround the earth
20 Clues: S shaped Ocean • and air together • the largest ocean • 78 percent of air is • Highest mountain peak • The largest continent • world's longest river • The smallest continent • meaning of atmos vapour • the narrow zone where we find • elevation of land is taken as • The solid portion of the earth • Only ocean named after a country • The large landmasses are known as • ...
The internal processes of earth & 2022-10-06
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- The study of flow of matter that is primarily in liquid state.
- A volcanic mountain which is identified from its opening at the top.
- This protects us from the harmful rays emitted by the sun.
- The plain found in the deepest part of the ocean.
- A natural physical feature on the earth’s surface.
- The outer solid part of the planet.
- Mounds or small hills that are made up of sand.
- World’s largest and highest plateau, also known as the “roof of the world.”
- A bend in the sinuous watercourse of the river.
- The study of landforms and the processes that shape them.
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- Rock: A rock that resembles the shape of a mushroom.
- Landforms This is formed by the chemical and mechanical action of the wind.
- This covers 45% of earth’s land surface.
- The last and innermost layer of earth, it separates into the liquid outer core.
- ________ represents 4% of the mantle-crust mass.
- Found in the deepest region of the planet.
- This is caused by the immense pressure that crystallizes the superhot iron into a solid ball.
- Silt-sized sediment formed which was from the accumulation of windblown dust.
- High rocky coasts that plunge down to the edge of the sea.
- The largest layer of earth.
20 Clues: The largest layer of earth. • The outer solid part of the planet. • This covers 45% of earth’s land surface. • Found in the deepest region of the planet. • Mounds or small hills that are made up of sand. • A bend in the sinuous watercourse of the river. • ________ represents 4% of the mantle-crust mass. • The plain found in the deepest part of the ocean. • ...
The Physical Features of Earth 2016-10-23
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- A part of the sea which is almost surrounded by land.
- A fertile place in the desert with water and trees.
- A long stretch of water ending in the sea.
- An area of level land.
- An area of soft land which is saturated with salt water and is a swamp drying up.
- A large barren land waterless and treeless covered with sand.
- A high point of land jutting out into the sea.
- An area of land almost surrounded by water but connected to main land.
- A regular rise and fall of level at the sea.
- A piece of land surrounded by water.
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- An underground stream of water that horizontally goes through layers of rocks.
- An area of low lying land, saturated with water covered with water plants.
- A hole in the land.
- A large area filled with trees.
- A narrow inlet of water from the sea shore.
- A mass of high land going to a peak.
- A fall of water usually in a river at land.
- A stretch of low land between mountains.
- A narrow passage of water connecting to seas.
- An expanse of land high above sea level.
- A water body surrounded by land.
21 Clues: A hole in the land. • An area of level land. • A large area filled with trees. • A water body surrounded by land. • A mass of high land going to a peak. • A piece of land surrounded by water. • A stretch of low land between mountains. • An expanse of land high above sea level. • A long stretch of water ending in the sea. • A narrow inlet of water from the sea shore. • ...
Features of the Earth (Geography) 2023-05-22
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- a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes.
- A raised mound of land.
- A large body of salt water that surrounds a continent.
- A narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land.
- Area of level land often covered with grasses.
- A large body of salt water often connected to an ocean.
- A deep valley with steep sides carved by a river.
- The boundary between land and water
- A flat area of land that is higher than the land around it.
- Part of the sea partly enclosed by a curve in the land.
- Large mass of ice that carves through earth.
- Smaller rivers that feed into a large river.
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- A part of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land.
- A cluster or chain of islands.
- A flowing body of water which empties in an ocean.
- A strip of land surrounded by water on three sides.
- Mountain or hill created from the release of magma.
- Land that rises sharply from surrounding land.
- A high, steep, face of rock.
- A piece of land with water on all four sides.
- Area of low land between hills or mountains.
- A large body of water surrounded by land on all sides
22 Clues: A raised mound of land. • A high, steep, face of rock. • A cluster or chain of islands. • The boundary between land and water • Area of low land between hills or mountains. • Large mass of ice that carves through earth. • Smaller rivers that feed into a large river. • A piece of land with water on all four sides. • Land that rises sharply from surrounding land. • ...
People's and the Earth Ecosystem 2024-02-03
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- Group, community
- A dense forest with high rainfall, home to diverse species of plants and animals.
- Earth's surface is not covered by water, providing habitat for various organisms.
- Sunlight conversion, plant process
- CYCLE Nutrient cycling, ecosystem processes
- Air around us
- Tiny particle, chemical structure
- living aspect of an ecosystem.
- An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.
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- Producers, self-feeders
- Breathable gas, life sustainer
- The force that attracts objects toward each other
- Essential elements, nourishment
- Air components, atmosphere
- Non-living components in ecosystems.
- A series of events that repeat in a predictable pattern
- The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment
- The vast body of saltwater covering much of the Earth's surface.
- The process by which a body of water becomes overly enriched with nutrients
- Organisms whose cells have a true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
20 Clues: Air around us • Group, community • Producers, self-feeders • Air components, atmosphere • Breathable gas, life sustainer • living aspect of an ecosystem. • Essential elements, nourishment • Tiny particle, chemical structure • Sunlight conversion, plant process • Non-living components in ecosystems. • CYCLE Nutrient cycling, ecosystem processes • ...
Processes that shape the Earth 2024-02-13
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- liquefied by heat
- rock rock made form sediment compacted together
- a form of mass movement in which a large section of a slope slides downhill all at once
- movement of sediment from one location to another
- the study of Earth's makeup and formation
- molten material from Earth's mantle after it has reached Earth's surface
- the outer part of Earth's surface
- rock rock made of magma or lava that has cooled or hardened
- spot in geology, a plume of magma that causes eruptions through Earth's crust without plates interacting
- moving together
- the size or extent of an earthquake
- the process of breaking rock into smaller pieces
- rock rock that forms when igneous or sedimentary rock is placed under tremendous heat or pressure
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- the remains of an organism preserved in rock form
- small pieces of rock or other hard material that has broken down over time
- molten material from Earth's mantle below Earth's surface
- a hole in Earth's surface that develops when the ground collapses into space beneath it
- a wave or series of waves caused by displaced water
- an opening in Earth's crust through which lava erupts onto the surface
- in geology, a large fragment of Earth's crust and upper mantle
- hazard an extreme event in nature that can cause harm to living things or structures
- related to vibration of Earth
- a mountain emerging from the ocean floor that does not emerge above the surface of the water
- a scientist who studies what Earth is made of and how it changes over time
- shaking of the ground caused by a seismic wave
- moving part
- the part of Earth's interior that is between the crust and the core
27 Clues: moving part • moving together • liquefied by heat • related to vibration of Earth • the outer part of Earth's surface • the size or extent of an earthquake • the study of Earth's makeup and formation • shaking of the ground caused by a seismic wave • the process of breaking rock into smaller pieces • the remains of an organism preserved in rock form • ...
Interior layers of the earth 2024-08-20
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- volcanic eruptions can sometimes cause these
- second hottest part of the interior
- the crust is divided up into these
- this is the closest fault line to us here in AZ
- the tallest mountain in the world from base to summit
- a magnitude 5.0 earth quake is times as strong as a 4.0 earthquake
- this is when plates slide past one another
- this phenomena allows for volcanos to form in locations where they normally would not
- coldest layer of the earth
- the boundary of the Pacific plate is called this
- This happens due to wind, water, ice or other factors wearing away parts of the earth
- the number we give earthquakes to rate their power
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- most seismic activity occurs near these
- you cannot (blank) an earthquake that is under 2.0
- these happen when water underground is heated via geothermal sources and forces upwards to the surface
- These are caused by seismic events near or under the sea
- as magma heats and cools it circulates
- It's magma until it comes out of the earth
- part of the mantle that is closest to the surface
- consists of the crust and the upper mantle
- solid, hottest part of the interior
21 Clues: coldest layer of the earth • the crust is divided up into these • second hottest part of the interior • solid, hottest part of the interior • as magma heats and cools it circulates • most seismic activity occurs near these • It's magma until it comes out of the earth • this is when plates slide past one another • consists of the crust and the upper mantle • ...
HOW THE EARTH WAS MADE 2025-09-10
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- Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface.
- A large crater formed after a volcano collapses.
- Volcanic zone around the Pacific Ocean known for frequent eruptions and quakes.
- The planet we live on, home to volcanoes and earthquakes.
- Molten rock that flows on the surface after an eruption.
- Place where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.
- Natural features of the Earth’s surface like mountains, valleys, or plains.
- Shaking of the ground caused by sudden movements of Earth’s crust.
- The Earth’s thin, outermost layer.
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- The theory explaining the movement of Earth’s plates.
- A famous Indonesian volcano that erupted violently in 1883.
- The edges where tectonic plates meet.
- Ocean Largest ocean, bordered by the Ring of Fire.
- Related to Earth’s physical structure and processes.
- The hot, dense center of the Earth.
- The sudden release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano.
- Describes an extremely destructive natural event.
- Energy that drives the movement of magma beneath Earth’s crust.
- Mountains that erupt molten rock and gases.
- The thick layer of rock beneath the crust.
20 Clues: The Earth’s thin, outermost layer. • The hot, dense center of the Earth. • Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface. • The edges where tectonic plates meet. • The thick layer of rock beneath the crust. • Mountains that erupt molten rock and gases. • A large crater formed after a volcano collapses. • Describes an extremely destructive natural event. • ...
Shaping the earth word puzzle 2025-11-15
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- it crashes into rocks and eventually breaks it
- weathering Living things like plant roots go in a rock crack and splits it
- Bedrock breaking into flat sheets caused because of expansion
- something that has weathered rocks and organic material
- valley Created once a smaller glacier empties
- sheets Very thick and made of ice and can cause rocks under to break
- weathering Rocks breaking down by changing the chemical formula
- material When a rock is under an area and not changing what it is
- And organic material part of the soil
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- when metal is inside a rock and then rusts
- process that breaks down rocks
- topography Something that is acid and in the ground and eats away at limestone
- When rocks break down because of friction by other rocks
- Process that moves soil/rocks to reshape the land
- A pointed mountain made by several glaciers
- Large sheets of ice that move slowly across the land
- Movement of nutrients from soil because of rain
- Most common glaciers that are mainly in mountains
- Bowl shaped valley on the side of a mountain
- movement Lots of rocks/soil moving because of gravity
20 Clues: process that breaks down rocks • And organic material part of the soil • when metal is inside a rock and then rusts • A pointed mountain made by several glaciers • Bowl shaped valley on the side of a mountain • it crashes into rocks and eventually breaks it • Movement of nutrients from soil because of rain • Process that moves soil/rocks to reshape the land • ...
4 Spheres of the Earth 2025-10-31
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- A naturally occurring inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition and crystalline structure.
- Materials or substances found in nature that are used by living organisms, such as water, minerals, and air.
- The layer of gases that surrounds the Earth, including oxygen, nitrogen, and other trace gases.
- The introduction of harmful substances into the environment, affecting the balance of ecosystems.
- The protection and wise use of natural resources to ensure their availability for future generations.
- (2 words)Resources that are finite and cannot be replaced in a short period, such as fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas).
- (2 words)The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.
- The part of Earth where living organisms exist, including land, water, and air.
- The specific place where an organism or a group of organisms live and can find the resources they need.
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- The rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
- (2 words)Resources that can be replenished naturally over time, such as sunlight, wind, and water.
- The part of Earth that includes all water in the form of oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, and water vapour in the atmosphere.
- A large body of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface.
- The surroundings or conditions in which an organism, person, or thing lives.
- The study of the Earth's physical structure, processes, history, and the materials that make up the Earth.
- The average weather conditions in a specific area over a long period of time.
- The mixture of gases in the Earth's atmosphere, primarily nitrogen and oxygen.
- A large geographical area with distinct climate, vegetation, and animal life.
- The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation.
- (2 words)A sequence of organisms in which each one is eaten by the next member in the sequence.
20 Clues: A large body of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface. • The rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle. • The surroundings or conditions in which an organism, person, or thing lives. • The average weather conditions in a specific area over a long period of time. • ...
Forces that shape the Earth 2025-12-01
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- Sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement along a fault
- Force that pulls rocks apart, stretching Earth’s crust
- Huge pieces of Earth’s crust that move slowly over the mantle
- Point underground where an earthquake starts
- Force that pushes rocks together, squeezing Earth’s crust
- Instrument that records earthquake waves
- Melted rock that reaches Earth’s surface
- Force that causes rocks to slide past each other in opposite directions
- Break in rock where one block is pushed up over the other, caused by compression
- Movement of Earth’s plates that slowly changes the surface over time
- Break in Earth’s crust where rocks move and earthquakes happen
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- Plate boundary where plates collide
- Plate boundary where plates move apart
- General word for a push or pull on rock
- Hot, melted rock beneath Earth’s surface
- Plate boundary where plates slide past each other
- Fault where rocks slide past each other sideways with little up-and-down movement
- Opening in Earth’s crust where lava, ash, and gases come out
- Break in rock where one block slides down compared to the other, caused by tension
- Point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus
- Energy wave released during an earthquake
21 Clues: Plate boundary where plates collide • Plate boundary where plates move apart • General word for a push or pull on rock • Hot, melted rock beneath Earth’s surface • Instrument that records earthquake waves • Melted rock that reaches Earth’s surface • Energy wave released during an earthquake • Point underground where an earthquake starts • ...
The Changing Earth Crossword Puzzle 2025-12-14
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- Rock changed by heat and pressure
- The continuous process that changes rocks from one type to another
- Hardened tree resin that can preserve insects
- Small solid pieces that make up sedimentary rocks
- A property describing how easily a mineral can be scratched
- Rock formed when magma or lava cools
- An Australian ore used to make aluminium
- The complete history of life on Earth
- The movement of broken rock by wind, water or ice
- A fossil made when an organism leaves an impression in rock
- A dating method that uses radioactive elements
- The idea that older rock layers are found below younger ones
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- The centre of the Earth, made mostly of iron and nickel
- The layer of the Earth beneath the crust where convection currents occur
- The thin outer layer of the Earth where we live
- The breaking down of rocks without moving them
- A method used to determine the age of fossils by comparing layers
- A shiny or dull appearance of a mineral
- Rock formed from layers of sediment
- Preserved remains or traces of ancient life
- A rock that contains enough valuable mineral to be mined
- Visible repeating shapes found in minerals
- The solid outer shell of the Earth made of the crust and upper mantle
- The process where sediments are dropped or settled
- A naturally occurring solid with a fixed chemical composition
25 Clues: Rock changed by heat and pressure • Rock formed from layers of sediment • Rock formed when magma or lava cools • The complete history of life on Earth • A shiny or dull appearance of a mineral • An Australian ore used to make aluminium • Visible repeating shapes found in minerals • Preserved remains or traces of ancient life • Hardened tree resin that can preserve insects • ...
Earth Day: Save the planet! 2026-03-30
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- oil spills in the ocean is a type of
- smoke from factories is a type of
- A resource that can be replaced naturally (like sunlight or wind)
- natural home from plants and animals
- A material that takes a very long time to break down
- The usual weather conditions of an area over time
- cut back on using water and electricity to protect resources
- A gas in the air that humans and animals need to breathe
- processing waste materials to make new materials
- Trash left lying on the ground
- Harmful substances added to the environment
- Decayed organic matter used to help plants grow
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- A place where trash is buried
- earth day is on the 22nd of which month
- cutting down large areas of forest
- Unwanted or unused materials
- throwing trash out your car window is a type of
- An element found in carbon dioxide that affects Earth’s temperature
- when animals are at a large risk of disappearing forever
- Energy that comes from the sun
- car exhaust releases this harmful substance into the air
21 Clues: Unwanted or unused materials • A place where trash is buried • Energy that comes from the sun • Trash left lying on the ground • smoke from factories is a type of • cutting down large areas of forest • oil spills in the ocean is a type of • natural home from plants and animals • earth day is on the 22nd of which month • Harmful substances added to the environment • ...
My science crossword puzzle. 2020-11-30
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- the longest and shortest days of the year
- the second-coldest season of the year, with an Equinox in it.
- the hemisphere north of the equator
- the places that are furthest north and south respectively
- The different parts of the year, separated by the amount of sunlight in the hemisphere it is taking place in.
- the planet we all live on
- the star that The Earth orbits.
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- days where sunlight is equal across the earth
- the hemisphere south of the equator
- the coldest season of the year, with the shortest day in it
- the hottest season of the year, with the longest day in it
- The imaginary line that The Earth spins on.
- The two "halves" of the Earth, which are Southern and Northern.
- an imaginary line that goes across The Earth, and has only one season.
- The warmest season of the year, with an equinox in it
15 Clues: the planet we all live on • the star that The Earth orbits. • the hemisphere south of the equator • the hemisphere north of the equator • the longest and shortest days of the year • The imaginary line that The Earth spins on. • days where sunlight is equal across the earth • The warmest season of the year, with an equinox in it • ...
Earth Processes 2016-12-15
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- melting - the removal and segregation from a melt of mineral precipitates
- - hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock are formed by cooling.
- -consisting of thin sheets or laminae.
- -formed by the intrusion.
- containing a group of dark-colored, mainly ferromagnesian minerals such as pyroxene and olivine.
- - the continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
- melting - involves the upward movement of the earth's mantle to an area of lower pressure.
- -Denoting rocks the earth's surface as lava or other volcanic deposits.
- -a dark gray to black dense to fine-grained igneous rock that consists of basic plagioclase, augite, and usually magnetite.
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- - a hard, unreactive, colorless compound that occurs as the mineral quartz and as a principal constituent of sandstone and other rocks.
- - It may have any texture from glassy to aphanitic to porphyritic
- -formed around igneous intrusions where the temperatures are high but the pressures are relatively low and equal in all directions (confining pressure).
- - the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance
- -It is this crystalline structure which gives steel and cast iron their magnetic properties and is the classic example of a ferromagnetic material.
- - a group of light-colored minerals including feldspar, feldspathoids, quartz, and muscovite.
- vapor - the gaseous phase of water.
- - the crystals are so fine that individual minerals cannot be distinguished with the naked eye, are extrusive
- - low precipitation of crystals from a solution of a substance.
- - extrusive igneous rocks that are usually light to dark gray in color.
19 Clues: -formed by the intrusion. • vapor - the gaseous phase of water. • -consisting of thin sheets or laminae. • - the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance • - low precipitation of crystals from a solution of a substance. • - It may have any texture from glassy to aphanitic to porphyritic • ...
Changing Earth 2013-05-29
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- A world-known mountain range caused by the collision of two continental plates millions of years ago (9)
- A form of weathering which wears away rocks by the expansion of rots and animal behaviour (10)
- The Transportation of weathered rocks (7)
- The gradual warming of the world due to fossil fuels being burnt (6,7) (13)
- The layer present in the atmosphere present to protect our skin from harmful UV rays coming from the Sun (5)
- The process in which land rises a bit higher each year due to rubbing of plate tectonic plates (6)
- The physical, chemical and biological process in which there is a breakdown of rocks (9)
- This metamorphic rock is kept in a place called a quarry (5)
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- The process in which all three rock forms are connected in an ongoing _ _ _ _ _ _ (4,5) (9)
- Liquid form of pollution which kills living things when it rains (4,4) (8)
- Metamorphic rock formed when limestone is pressured, it is normally used for building due to looks an strength (durability) (6)
- A rock formation formed by a large pressure building from top layers on the bottommost compressing them into rocks (11)
- Rocks created from magma cooled down in sills or dykes or formed outside volcanoes (7)
- Evidence of living things stored in sediment
- A glass house here plants are kept in different temperatures for tropical plants to be grown (10)
- ROCKS Rocks made from old rocks due to being put under pressure or heated (11,5) (16)
- When rocks are heated the will _ _ _ _ _ _ (6)
- The result of tectonic plates colliding will form _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- An igneous rock which is a tough rock that resits weathering and is used for buildings. (7)
19 Clues: The Transportation of weathered rocks (7) • Evidence of living things stored in sediment • When rocks are heated the will _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) • This metamorphic rock is kept in a place called a quarry (5) • The result of tectonic plates colliding will form _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • Liquid form of pollution which kills living things when it rains (4,4) (8) • ...
Absolute Earth 2013-11-12
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- A place deep in the Earth that something disastrous can originate in
- a device that's very sensitive
- the movement of soil from one area to the other
- women love these elements or compounds
- masses of rock that can be felt when they come in contact with each other
- a fossil that does not impress the dentist
- indirect remains of ancient life
- the main materials of some igneous rocks
- one of the longest sub division in earths history
- one of the two ways of folding actions
- a chimney for magma
- very sleepy volcano
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- some materials do not like this because it breaks them down
- ancient compost that can be found in cars
- one of the two ways of folding actions
- a hard natural substance
- layers of sedimentary rocks
- One of the 2 ways to form Sedimentary rocks
- under the crust
- The Earth's protective surface shield
20 Clues: under the crust • a chimney for magma • very sleepy volcano • a hard natural substance • layers of sedimentary rocks • a device that's very sensitive • indirect remains of ancient life • The Earth's protective surface shield • one of the two ways of folding actions • women love these elements or compounds • one of the two ways of folding actions • ...
Earth Science 2021-02-03
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- ultrafine-grained glassy-looking material, usually black and flinty in appearance, occurring as thin planar veins, injection.
- occurs when two plates move toward each other. The crust is destroyed when two plates converge.
- A dip-slip fault in which the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below.
- When divergent boundaries occur in continental plates, a different geological feature, called a blank, is formed.
- a central valley formed at the summit of the oceanic ridges as the molten materials continuously flow out from the ridges.
- occurs when plates slide horizontally and past one another.
- A transform boundary connects two diverging boundaries, creating a fault line.
- a geologic process in which tectonic plates –large slabs of Earth’s lithosphere-split apart from each other.
- They are geological features formed by convergent boundaries. When two tectonic plates converge, the heavier plate is forced.
- a fault rock which is cohesive with a poorly developed or absent planar fabric, or which is incohesive.
- When two continental plates converge, neither of the buoyant plates can give way and subduct beneath the other.
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- another geological feature that results from a subduction zone.
- is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.
- a fault rock which is cohesive and characterized by a well-developed planar fabric resulting from tectonic reduction of grain.
- Opposite of a convergent boundary, a divergent boundary is formed by the spreading of a tectonic plate.
- form when the hanging wall moves up.
- the submerged outer edge of the continent where continental crust transitions into oceanic crust.
- a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. It allows the blocks to move relative to each other.
- are inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically.
- occurs when two plates move away. occur along the crest of oceanic ridges. When the plates move apart.
20 Clues: form when the hanging wall moves up. • occurs when plates slide horizontally and past one another. • another geological feature that results from a subduction zone. • are inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically. • A transform boundary connects two diverging boundaries, creating a fault line. • ...
Earth History 2021-12-06
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- When sediments are deposited in flat, horizontal layers.
- Rocks that change due to heat and pressure.
- The final way landforms are shaped.
- __________ ________ allow rock layers to be correlated by age.
- One way landforms are shaped.
- ___________ ______ can reveal information about where a rock formed.
- Some examples of the word are the lithosphere and asthenosphere.
- Lower layers are older than higher layers due to this principle.
- Every place on Earth's surface has a unique geological ___________.
- Deposited over Earth's surface through wind, water, and/or ice.
- Changes rocks to other types of rocks using melting deposition, pressure, and other processes.
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- Drives plate tectonics.
- Allow us to infer events and environments on Earth.
- The way things are happening now has happened before and will continue that way.
- _______________ time extends from Earth's origin to modern times.
- Are formed by plate interactions.
- The _________ __________ represents what we know about ancient life.
- The relative ages of rocks can be determined by the _____________ of layers.
- Another way landforms are shaped.
19 Clues: Drives plate tectonics. • One way landforms are shaped. • Are formed by plate interactions. • Another way landforms are shaped. • The final way landforms are shaped. • Rocks that change due to heat and pressure. • Allow us to infer events and environments on Earth. • When sediments are deposited in flat, horizontal layers. • ...
Earth Day 2022-04-25
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- trash, such as paper, cans, and bottles, that is left lying in a public place
- protect something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing from harm or destruction
- decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer
- the layer of gases that surround the planet
- the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation
- a species, family, or other, group of animals or plants having no living members, no longer in existence
- a contract, agreement capable of being renewed
- use again
- relating to or determined by the sun
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- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances sustainable able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
- maintain something in its original or existing state
- a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- reuse discarded objects in such way as to create a product of a higher quality or values than the original
- 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
- a colorless unstable toxic gas
- relating to or derived from living matter
- the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
19 Clues: use again • a colorless unstable toxic gas • relating to or determined by the sun • relating to or derived from living matter • the layer of gases that surround the planet • a contract, agreement capable of being renewed • decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer • maintain something in its original or existing state • ...
EARTH DAY 2024-04-19
Across
- Crucial for the production of oxygen.
- Waste that harms the environment.
- Organisms that live alongside humans on Earth.
- Used to write on, made from trees.
- necessary for human survival.
- A type of pollution that harms the air.
- To make for re-use.
- Process of cutting down forests.
- To save/maintain.
- Celebrates the environmental diversity of Earth.
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- Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather. patterns.
- capable of being broken down by living things.
- The planet we live on.
- Community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.
- Prevents harmful ultraviolet light from the sun from reaching the earth.
- The planet we live on.
- The act of cutting down the usage of something.
- The air we breathe.
- Industrial buildings that create pollution.
- The natural science of the relationships among living organisms.
20 Clues: To save/maintain. • The air we breathe. • To make for re-use. • The planet we live on. • The planet we live on. • necessary for human survival. • Process of cutting down forests. • Waste that harms the environment. • Used to write on, made from trees. • Crucial for the production of oxygen. • A type of pollution that harms the air. • Industrial buildings that create pollution. • ...
Earth Week 2023-03-22
Across
- something invented to make work easier
- A variety of ecosystem
- Things that you can use
- To use less of something
- warming up the earth
- To make something last longer
- The planet that we live on
- Things that can reused
- A type of fuel
- To contaminate things and to make things dirty
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- The weather
- The original things
- To protect a area
- To cut down a lot of trees
- A type of chemical
- To use up things
- To reuse materials
- Something that can be used again and again
- Places where animals live
19 Clues: The weather • A type of fuel • To use up things • To protect a area • A type of chemical • To reuse materials • The original things • warming up the earth • A variety of ecosystem • Things that can reused • Things that you can use • To use less of something • Places where animals live • To cut down a lot of trees • The planet that we live on • To make something last longer • ...
Earth, Sun and Moon Crossword 2012-09-30
Across
- How long the Earth takes to complete one rotation. 1 ______.
- The smallest of the Earth, Sun and Moon.
- The planet that was recently called a dwarf planet.
- The circular path of the Earth around the Sun.
- A complete orbit, takes 365 days
- The shortest day of the year is called the _______ solstice.
- The Earth is ________ away from the Sun than from the Moon.
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- The largest of the Earth, Sun and Moon.
- It separates the inner planets and outer planets.
- The closest planet to the sun.
- The Earth spinning on its axis.
- The longest day of the year is called the _______ solstice.
- The only planet in the Solar System that can support life.
13 Clues: The closest planet to the sun. • The Earth spinning on its axis. • A complete orbit, takes 365 days • The largest of the Earth, Sun and Moon. • The smallest of the Earth, Sun and Moon. • The circular path of the Earth around the Sun. • It separates the inner planets and outer planets. • The planet that was recently called a dwarf planet. • ...
Ch. 1 Review 2020-08-10
Across
- Theme of Geo; means where a place is on Earth.
- This uses satellites to give directions (abbreviation)
- naturally occurring features such as mountains and oceans are found on ________ maps
- Human-Environment __________ describes what people do to change the Earth.
- Theme of Geo; describes the travel of people, goods, and ideas on Earth.
- Which is more accurate a map or globe
- This uses computer generated maps to show lots of data; such as Google Earth
- This measures distance on a map
- A flat represenation of the Earth
- What continent is the USA located on? (no spaces)
- Theme of Geo; means a group of places with something in common
- Changes to shapes and sizes of objects when maps are made
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- The primary latitude line
- The Interational ____ Line is found at 180* longitude.
- This shows direction on a map
- Theme of Geo; means any particular spot on Earth.
- lines that run from North Pole to South Pole on maps
- The primary longitude line (no spaces)
- manmade features such as roads and cities are found on _______ maps
- A person who makes maps
- lines that run east to west on maps
- _______ maps show one particular type of information.
- This shows elevation on a map
23 Clues: A person who makes maps • The primary latitude line • This shows direction on a map • This shows elevation on a map • This measures distance on a map • A flat represenation of the Earth • lines that run east to west on maps • Which is more accurate a map or globe • The primary longitude line (no spaces) • Theme of Geo; means where a place is on Earth. • ...
Unit Crossword 2023-10-04
Across
- Adenosine diphosphate, uncharged energy storage molecule with 2 phosphates
- Nutrient, used in phosphates of nucleic acids and phospholipids of membranes
- Second step of anaerobic respiration, 2 types include alcoholic and lactic acid
- Describes a situation in which oxygen is not present
- Sphere of earth, all the soil and rocks
- Anything that has mass and takes up space, makes up everything
- Substances at the beginning of a chemical reaction, changed into products
- Nutrient, forms the backbone for all macromolecules in living things
- Sphere of earth, all the water on earth
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- Type of organism that is able to make its own food, base of the food chain
- Using light energy to make glucose, CO2 and H2O into C6H12O6 and O2
- First step of aerobic respiration, breaks down glucose into pyruvate
- Nutrient, used in proteins and nucleic acids, must be "fixed"
- Substances created during a chemical reaction, made from reactants
- Organelle - site of photosynthesis
- Sphere of earth, all living things on earth
- Powerhouse of the cell
- Describes a situation in which oxygen is present
- Pigment in chloroplasts, used to trap light energy during photosynthesis
- Sphere of earth, all the gasses Fermentationearth
- Adenosine triphosphate, charged energy storage molecule with 3 phosphorus groups
21 Clues: Powerhouse of the cell • Organelle - site of photosynthesis • Sphere of earth, all the soil and rocks • Sphere of earth, all the water on earth • Sphere of earth, all living things on earth • Describes a situation in which oxygen is present • Sphere of earth, all the gasses Fermentationearth • Describes a situation in which oxygen is not present • ...
Solar system formation 2017-11-13
Across
- largest planet
- closest planet to sun
- our planet
- rock from outer space that hits the earth
- dirty snowballs
- planet gets pulled together by gravity and atmosphere forms
- dust grains that burn up in the atmosphere
- large gas planets
- rock like planets
- basis of modern planet formation
- dust grains in the solar system
- planet that is forming
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- heavier elements sink in growing planet
- snowball effect in formation of planets
- next planet out after earth
- large lumpy potatoes like small planets
- small objects outside neptunes orbit
- long period comets
- our star
- between mars and Jupiter
- closest planet to earth
- planet with largest rings
22 Clues: our star • our planet • largest planet • dirty snowballs • large gas planets • rock like planets • long period comets • closest planet to sun • planet that is forming • closest planet to earth • between mars and Jupiter • planet with largest rings • next planet out after earth • dust grains in the solar system • basis of modern planet formation • small objects outside neptunes orbit • ...
Spelling Option 11-12 2023-10-26
Across
- to frighten or cause fear in a land
- an area of land with 4 sides
- to break into something
- a raised flat mound of land
- increased fourfold
- to negatively break into something
- muscle at front of thigh divided in 4 sections
- the study of Earth and how it was formed
- an area of land
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- land
- hollow rock lined with crystals
- to break in suddenly
- Earth's internal heat
- fo your money to be broken apart
- a place for holding land animals
- one of 4 equal sections
- to draw the Earth; study of physical features of the Earth
- 4 sided figure
- to explode or burst open
- to measure earth
20 Clues: land • 4 sided figure • an area of land • to measure earth • increased fourfold • to break in suddenly • Earth's internal heat • to break into something • one of 4 equal sections • to explode or burst open • a raised flat mound of land • an area of land with 4 sides • hollow rock lined with crystals • fo your money to be broken apart • a place for holding land animals • ...
Maps of Earth 2019-03-06
Across
- gigantic wave caused by earthquake on the ocean floor
- counter-clockwise movement of Earth giving us day and night
- plate boundaries moving together
- where earthquake begins in the mantle
- Line extending from north to South Pole
- the second wave to reach the seismic station
- where Europe and North America are moving away from one another
- when contour lines are close together
- plate boundaries moving apart
- the first wave reaching seismic station
- There are 24 that divide the day for our Earth
- International Date Line (180 degrees)
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- place inside Earth where p and S waves cannot travel
- Line parallel to the equator goes from 0 to 90 degrees north and south
- Line that illustrates an equal value of some property
- where Hawaiian islands were formed
- Meridian 0 degrees longitude; cuts through London
- energy released when crust moves
- where earthquake hits on surface of Earth
- place where old oceanic crust is pushed down into mantle
- How far Earth rotates in one hour
- needed to determine location of epicenter
- the space between two contour lines
- 0 degree latitude
24 Clues: 0 degree latitude • plate boundaries moving apart • plate boundaries moving together • energy released when crust moves • How far Earth rotates in one hour • where Hawaiian islands were formed • the space between two contour lines • where earthquake begins in the mantle • when contour lines are close together • International Date Line (180 degrees) • ...
Earth Interior 2024-10-14
Across
- – All the living organisms on Earth
- – One of the metals found in Earth's core
- – The innermost layer of Earth, divided into inner and outer layers
- – The layer of Earth below the crust
- – All the water on Earth
- – Scientists study this to learn about Earth's interior
- – Waves geologists study to understand Earth's interior
- – The Kola _______ Borehole is the deepest drill hole ever made
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- – Earth's overall _______ is higher than the crust, indicating a dense core
- – Another metal found in Earth's core
- – The outermost layer of Earth
- – Rigid outer layer that includes both the crust and the uppermost mantle
- – The thin layer of air surrounding the Earth
- – Solid layer beneath the lithosphere that can flow
14 Clues: – All the water on Earth • – The outermost layer of Earth • – All the living organisms on Earth • – The layer of Earth below the crust • – Another metal found in Earth's core • – One of the metals found in Earth's core • – The thin layer of air surrounding the Earth • – Solid layer beneath the lithosphere that can flow • ...
SCIENCE FINAL😛 2025-12-01
Across
- Unpredictable patterns on rock
- Found of the theory of PANGEA
- Sun->Earth->Moon
- 4.6 Bill
- Hardness of a mineral(scale)
- Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune
- 170 Mil years old, denser
- Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars
- Slow cooling, big crystals
- Fast cooling, small crystals
- Tectonic plates push against each other
- Early,Middle,Late
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- perpendicular to the direction of travel
- 4 Bill years old, holds most of Earths History
- Thickest layer of earth
- Caused by moon rotation
- Tectonic plates pull away
- Longitudinal compression waves\
- Sun->Moon->Earth
- separation of Earth's layers
- Hollow cavity in rock left after organism dissolved away
- Distance between sun and earth(unit)
- Plates slide past each other
- Predictable break in rock(pattern)
24 Clues: 4.6 Bill • Sun->Earth->Moon • Sun->Moon->Earth • Early,Middle,Late • Thickest layer of earth • Caused by moon rotation • Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars • Tectonic plates pull away • 170 Mil years old, denser • Slow cooling, big crystals • Hardness of a mineral(scale) • separation of Earth's layers • Fast cooling, small crystals • Plates slide past each other • Found of the theory of PANGEA • ...
Space 2024-05-02
Across
- earth
- a very large space station
- A planet with rings
- space telescope
- a element in a star
- nearest galaxy by the milky way
- 4th planet
- nothing
- 8th planet
- sucks things in
- brand of ATVs with a star as their logo
- triple star system
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- group of stars
- Starlink/ around the earth
- earth going around the sun
- where stars are born
- launched in 1977
- 3rd planet
- an hour and 30 minutes
- force that a planet or object pulls together
- weight
- a doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies extending far beyond the orbit of Neptune
- 7th planet
- a galaxy
- a measurement
- A zodiac sign
- hot ball of gas
- milkyway
28 Clues: earth • weight • nothing • a galaxy • milkyway • 3rd planet • 7th planet • 4th planet • 8th planet • a measurement • A zodiac sign • group of stars • space telescope • sucks things in • hot ball of gas • launched in 1977 • triple star system • A planet with rings • a element in a star • where stars are born • an hour and 30 minutes • Starlink/ around the earth • earth going around the sun • ...
Space 2024-05-02
Across
- earth
- a very large space station
- A planet with rings
- space telescope
- a element in a star
- nearest galaxy by the milky way
- 4th planet
- nothing
- 8th planet
- sucks things in
- brand of ATVs with a star as their logo
- triple star system
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- group of stars
- Starlink/ around the earth
- earth going around the sun
- where stars are born
- launched in 1977
- 3rd planet
- an hour and 30 minutes
- force that a planet or object pulls together
- weight
- a doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies extending far beyond the orbit of Neptune
- 7th planet
- a galaxy
- a measurement
- A zodiac sign
- hot ball of gas
- milkyway
28 Clues: earth • weight • nothing • a galaxy • milkyway • 3rd planet • 7th planet • 4th planet • 8th planet • a measurement • A zodiac sign • group of stars • space telescope • sucks things in • hot ball of gas • launched in 1977 • triple star system • A planet with rings • a element in a star • where stars are born • an hour and 30 minutes • Starlink/ around the earth • earth going around the sun • ...
Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary Review 2019-02-18
Across
- Imaginary line straight through something
- Spring, summer, fall, and winter
- Taking turns or changing back and forth
- Shadow made on the Moon by the Earth
- Tool invented to keep track of time
- Revolves in a way that is controlled by gravity
- Hump shaped phase of the Moon
- Moves in a path around another object
- Daily changes in the height of water along coasts
- A force that pulls things together
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- Phases of the Moon that are getting smaller
- Moon phase where you see half of the lighted surface
- Thin curved slice phase of the Moon
- Shadow made on the Earth by the Moon
- Phases of the Moon that are getting bigger
- Regular changes in how the Moon looks from Earth
- Shadows caused by the Earth or Moon
- Slanted or tipped
- A push or a pull
- Object that orbits a planet
- Spins on an axis
21 Clues: A push or a pull • Spins on an axis • Slanted or tipped • Object that orbits a planet • Hump shaped phase of the Moon • Spring, summer, fall, and winter • A force that pulls things together • Thin curved slice phase of the Moon • Shadows caused by the Earth or Moon • Tool invented to keep track of time • Shadow made on the Earth by the Moon • Shadow made on the Moon by the Earth • ...
Vocab from all units 2023-11-07
Across
- same properties as metals and is used in electronicts
- when you cant remove anything from a mixture of differn't things
- when the light on the moon shows a full circle
- caused by the earths revoltations
- when the earth spins or turns
- something that conducts electricity and is maluable
- how much space something takes up
- something brittle that dosen't conduct electricity
- how much matter something takes up
- when you can easily remove something from a thing mixed with other stuff
- when the earth spins and it's dark out
- when something sinks or floats
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- when the earth goes around the sun causing seasons
- when something floats
- when you can't see the moon in the sky
- it's in everything
- something that conducts electricity and is brittle and maluable
- when something sinks
- has its own shape
- takes the shape of its containor
- when the earth spins and there is light in the sky
21 Clues: has its own shape • it's in everything • when something sinks • when something floats • when the earth spins or turns • when something sinks or floats • takes the shape of its containor • caused by the earths revoltations • how much space something takes up • how much matter something takes up • when you can't see the moon in the sky • when the earth spins and it's dark out • ...
TECTO 2026-03-17
Across
- a supercontinent that existed long ago
- the center of earth
- the hard oter layer of earth
- cycle, when continents join together and break apart over time
- ocean the middle part of the oceanic crust cycle, when continents join together and
- when new ocean crust forms and moves outward
- the huge ocean that surrounded Pangaea
- apart over time
- whens earths crust pulls apart and cracks
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- boundaries a plpace where plates move toward each other
- long mountains found on the ocan floor
- the theroy that earths surface is made of moving plates
- when new ocean floor forms at ridges
- Magnetic clues in rocks that show how earth changed
- the idea that continets move slowy
- a flat step like area of land
- the thin outer layer of earth
- a place where plates slide past each other
- the soft layer under earths plates
- the thick layer of rock under the crust
20 Clues: apart over time • the center of earth • the hard oter layer of earth • a flat step like area of land • the thin outer layer of earth • the idea that continets move slowy • the soft layer under earths plates • when new ocean floor forms at ridges • long mountains found on the ocan floor • a supercontinent that existed long ago • the huge ocean that surrounded Pangaea • ...
Glossary 2022-02-07
Across
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- All the water on earth
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
- perspectives or views held by individuals reglobal environment based on values and assumptions
- Occurs when natural or human induced processes decrease the future ability of land
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- responsibility to be caring and
- managers, or stewards, of the
- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- supports life on earth without requiring human action eg. decomposition
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- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- support crops, livestock, or wild species.
- part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an
- waste hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- Ensure access to affordable,reliable,sustainable and modern energy for all
- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- increase that causes climatic
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
28 Clues: All the water on earth • increase that causes climatic • managers, or stewards, of the • responsibility to be caring and • support crops, livestock, or wild species. • Release of harmful materials into the environment • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • ...
Geography Vocabulary 2023 2023-09-27
Across
- northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
- one half of the earth
- show the natural features of the earth
- anything that stands for something else
- grid coordinates that run north and south
- divides the earth into north and south
- specialized maps that show weather, population etc.
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- divides the earth into east and west
- north, south, west, and east
- explains each symbol on a map
- symbol on a map showing directions
- short distance on a map that stands for a greater distance
- show capitals, countries and boundaries
- grid coordinates that run east and west
- the study of the earth
15 Clues: one half of the earth • the study of the earth • north, south, west, and east • explains each symbol on a map • symbol on a map showing directions • divides the earth into east and west • show the natural features of the earth • divides the earth into north and south • show capitals, countries and boundaries • anything that stands for something else • ...
The world 2024-01-12
Across
- plates all around causeing earthquakes
- 1 of 3 main parts of earth
- what we stand on
- another name for earth
- when the lithosphere is broken up
- a natural disater caused by tactonic plates
- The top layer of the earth
- 1 of 3 main parts of earth
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- IN the middle of earth
- the layer below the lithosperhe
- what is found in the inner core
- the earth is a what state of matter
- boundary when 2 or more plates meet
- the world we live on
- 1 of 3 main parts of earth
15 Clues: what we stand on • the world we live on • IN the middle of earth • another name for earth • 1 of 3 main parts of earth • The top layer of the earth • 1 of 3 main parts of earth • 1 of 3 main parts of earth • the layer below the lithosperhe • what is found in the inner core • when the lithosphere is broken up • the earth is a what state of matter • boundary when 2 or more plates meet • ...
Mars and earth 2022-04-29
Across
- The guy mars is named after
- the layer of gas that covers the planet
- The moon that won't hit mars
- the guy who discovered mars
- The only planet that can sustain human life
- the moon that gonna hit Mars
- the number of moons mars have
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- third planet from the sun
- thefourth planet from the sun
- shape of the Earth and Mars
- Another name for the earth
- the meaning of Earth
- This makes Mars appear as tho it is red
- The Red Planet
- the number of moons the earth has
15 Clues: The Red Planet • the meaning of Earth • third planet from the sun • Another name for the earth • The guy mars is named after • shape of the Earth and Mars • the guy who discovered mars • The moon that won't hit mars • the moon that gonna hit Mars • thefourth planet from the sun • the number of moons mars have • the number of moons the earth has • ...
Mars and earth 2022-04-29
Across
- The Red Planet
- the number of moons mars have
- Another name for the earth
- shape of the Earth and Mars
- third planet from the sun
- This makes Mars appear as tho it is red
- The moon that won't hit mars
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- the meaning of Earth
- the layer of gas that covers the planet
- The only planet that can sustain human life
- The guy mars is named after
- the number of moons the earth has
- thefourth planet from the sun
- the guy who discovered mars
- the moon that gonna hit Mars
15 Clues: The Red Planet • the meaning of Earth • third planet from the sun • Another name for the earth • The guy mars is named after • the guy who discovered mars • shape of the Earth and Mars • the moon that gonna hit Mars • The moon that won't hit mars • thefourth planet from the sun • the number of moons mars have • the number of moons the earth has • ...
EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES 2012-11-30
Across
- A shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin
- Rocks that make up over 90 percent of the earth's crust
- Outermost layer of the earth
- A circular depression caused by volcanic activity
- A sudden event bringing great destruction
- An instrument that records the earth's vibrations
- What are huge slow moving pieces of the earth's crust and upper mantle
- Hot, melted rock that forms deep inside the earth
- Energy that travels through the earth
- What comes out of a volcano
- Fracture where blocks of crust on either side move
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- Concerning an earthquake or earth vibration
- What determines the strength of an earthquake
- Large pieces that make up the earth's crust and upper mantle
- An earthquake that happens after the main earthquake
- Measures the energy released by an earthquake
- Horizontal fault where the areas of rock slide past one another
- Large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
- Harm resulting from injury to person or property
- Location of 1994 earthquake that measured 6.7 on the Richter scale and killed 57 people
- Place or opening in the earth's crust from which rock and gases reach the surface
21 Clues: What comes out of a volcano • Outermost layer of the earth • Energy that travels through the earth • A sudden event bringing great destruction • Concerning an earthquake or earth vibration • What determines the strength of an earthquake • Measures the energy released by an earthquake • Harm resulting from injury to person or property • ...
Study Aide - Weather 2023-01-16
Across
- Cold air - High or Low air pressure?
- Global wind also known as jet ___.
- Wind moves from an area of cold air pressure to ___ air pressure.
- Wind that blows across the entire earth.
- Wind is the ___ of air.
- Earth's uneven heating is due to the earth being ___.
- Liquid water.
- Person who studies weather.
- Lumps of ice.
- Warm air - High or Low air pressure?
- Warm air becomes More or Less dense?
- Forms of water falling from clouds.
- Cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Mixture of snow and rain.
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- How much moisture there is in the air.
- Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere.
- State of the atmosphere at a specific place and time.
- Uneven heating of earth cause some areas to be ___ than others.
- Cold air Expands or Condenses?
- Wind that blows over small areas of the earth.
- The measure of how much matter is in a specific location.
- The study of weather.
- Air is more dense closer to the surface of the earth due to ___.
- Solid water.
- Warm air Expands or Condenses?
- Cold air becomes More or Less dense?
- The ___ of the plane is the plane relative to sea level.
27 Clues: Solid water. • Liquid water. • Lumps of ice. • The study of weather. • Wind is the ___ of air. • Mixture of snow and rain. • Person who studies weather. • Cold air Expands or Condenses? • Warm air Expands or Condenses? • Global wind also known as jet ___. • Forms of water falling from clouds. • Cold air - High or Low air pressure? • Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere. • ...
inner planet Aaron 2025-05-13
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- Mars is the ______ planet to the sun
- venus rotates the _______ direction of earth
- venus has a _____ atmosphere
- the sun's true color is _____
- venus is the ______ from the sun
- Mercury is the ________ planet
- Mars atmosphere is ____
- Mars is known as the ___ planet
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- mercury is the _______ spinning planet
- The sun is a _____
- Mercury is the ______ to the sun
- Earth is the _____ planet from the sun
- earth has ___ natural satellite
- This planet is the only one with liquid water.
- The sun is a ____
15 Clues: The sun is a ____ • The sun is a _____ • Mars atmosphere is ____ • venus has a _____ atmosphere • the sun's true color is _____ • Mercury is the ________ planet • earth has ___ natural satellite • Mars is known as the ___ planet • Mercury is the ______ to the sun • venus is the ______ from the sun • Mars is the ______ planet to the sun • Earth is the _____ planet from the sun • ...
Earth Science Review 2022-12-01
Across
- Process in which water from leaves and stems of plants escapes into the atmosphere as water vapor
- Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere. Look like pieces of a puzzle
- Land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
- Natural or artificial lake or area used to store a large amount of water used by people
- Lighter, warm material rises while heavier, cool material sinks. It is this movement that creates circulation patterns in the atmosphere, in water, and in the mantle of Earth
- A natural elevation of the Earth’s surface. Very tall, much taller than a hill
- The lowest part of the mantle, flows slower than the other layers
- Process in which water becomes too heavy in the clouds and falls back to Earth as rain, snow, hail, sleet, fog, mist, or dew
- Features that make up the surface of Earth
- Made of liquid iron and nickel. The 4th layer of Earth
- Flat land that is higher than the surrounding land
- An instrument to detect seismic waves. These distances are used to calculate the density and thickness of each layer of Earth
- Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
- The outer layer of Earth that includes all of the crust and a small part of the upper mantle.
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- Water located beneath Earth/s surface in pores and spaces between rocks. There is usually an excess after a heavy rain or snow
- The percentage of open space between individual particles in a rock layer or soil layer
- Process in which water vapor cools into a liquid
- Vibrations created by Earthquakes that travel at different speeds through the layers of Earth. They can help scientists learn more about the center of the Earth
- The invisible vertical lines that tell you the distance East or West of the prime meridian
- The final layer of Earth made up of solid iron and nickel. It is solid because it is under very high pressure
- The layer beneath the lithosphere: hot, solid rock that flows very slowly
- Can be continental or oceanic. Less than 1% of Earth’s mass and is 5 to 100 km thick
- Water in its gaseous form
- A substance composed of two or more elements
- A slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow
- Flat lands with very little change in elevation
- The layer between the crust and the core. About 2,900 km thick and makes up 67% of Earth’s mass
- Excess water on Earth’s surface which flows over land
- The invisible horizontal lines that tell you the distance North or South of the equator
- Process in which a liquid gains enough energy to change into a gas
- The layer beneath the mantle that extends to the center of the Earth. Has a radius of 3,480 km and makes up 33% of Earth’s mass
- Continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth
- A tool used to find the direction one is headed. Always found on a map
33 Clues: Water in its gaseous form • Features that make up the surface of Earth • Land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides • A substance composed of two or more elements • Flat lands with very little change in elevation • Process in which water vapor cools into a liquid • Flat land that is higher than the surrounding land • ...
Earths Atmosphere 2023-10-26
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- Third Layer
- a colorless and non-flammable gas at normal temperature and pressure
- The only place life can live
- The sphere that holds all of the water in all forms
- The sphere that has all animals and plants
- First Layer
- the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior
- Southern Lights
- Fourth layer
- Northern Lights
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- The outer core of Earth
- second layer
- The inner core of Earth
- includes solid precipitation, snow, sea ice, lake and river ice, icebergs, glaciers and ice caps
- Fifth Crust
- Protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation
- Earths Crust
17 Clues: Third Layer • Fifth Crust • First Layer • second layer • Earths Crust • Fourth layer • Southern Lights • Northern Lights • The outer core of Earth • The inner core of Earth • The only place life can live • the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior • The sphere that has all animals and plants • Protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation • ...
Day & Night, Seasons 2024-04-11
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- when your side of Earth is in sunlight
- Earth (and other planets) orbit around the sun
- Earth's _____ is the reason for the seasons
- Earth (and other planets) spin on an axis
- season created by indirect sunlight
- tilted _______ the sun makes direct sunlight
- one complete revolution around the sun
- fraction of Earth always in sunlight
- season created by direct sunlight
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- longest and shortest days of the year
- sunlight that transfers more heat
- equal lengths of day and night
- when your side of Earth is in darkness
- sunlight that transfers less heat
- tilted ________ the sun makes indirect sunlight
- one complete rotation on an axis
16 Clues: equal lengths of day and night • one complete rotation on an axis • sunlight that transfers more heat • sunlight that transfers less heat • season created by direct sunlight • season created by indirect sunlight • fraction of Earth always in sunlight • longest and shortest days of the year • when your side of Earth is in sunlight • when your side of Earth is in darkness • ...
earth and it atmosphere 2025-01-10
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- Plates – Large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere.
- Core – The liquid layer surrounding the inner core, made of molten metal.
- – The thick layer beneath the crust, made of hot, semi-solid rock.
- – The outermost layer of the atmosphere, where it fades into space.
- – The third layer of the atmosphere, where meteors burn up.
- Core – The solid, dense center of the Earth made of iron and nickel.
- – The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs and where we live.
- – A small piece of space rock that burns up in the mesosphere.
- – The fourth layer of the atmosphere, where the auroras and the International Space Station are located.
- – Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
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- – The second layer of the atmosphere, home to the ozone layer.
- Layer – A protective layer in the stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.
- – The average weather conditions in an area over a long period.
- – An opening in the Earth's crust where magma, gases, and ash escape.
- – The rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and the upper mantle.
- – A semi-fluid layer of the mantle below the lithosphere, where rocks flow slowly.
- – The layer of gases surrounding the Earth that supports life and protects it from space.
- – The condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time.
- – The innermost layer of the Earth, consisting of a solid inner core and a liquid outer core.
- – The outermost layer of the Earth, where we live. It is thin and solid.
- Borealis – Also known as the Northern Lights, colorful lights in the thermosphere caused by solar particles.
- Waves – Vibrations that travel through the Earth, often caused by earthquakes.
- – The force that pulls objects toward the Earth and holds the atmosphere in place.
23 Clues: – Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • – The third layer of the atmosphere, where meteors burn up. • – The second layer of the atmosphere, home to the ozone layer. • – A small piece of space rock that burns up in the mesosphere. • – The average weather conditions in an area over a long period. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-10
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- Heat transferring through empty space
- The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
- the 4 and last layer of the earth
- Heat transferred through contact with matter
- a part of the crust and upper mantle
- a mountain with magma in it
- A black volcanic rock
- when two plates slide past eachother
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- a colorful rock found on the crust
- when two plate collide
- first layer of the earth
- third layer of the earth
- happens when two plate pull away from eachother
- super continents
- waves made during an earthquake
- An extended break in a body of rock
- The second layer of the earth
17 Clues: super continents • A black volcanic rock • when two plate collide • first layer of the earth • third layer of the earth • a mountain with magma in it • The second layer of the earth • waves made during an earthquake • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • a part of the crust and upper mantle • ...
Rocks 2025-06-17
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- The study of rocks
- In the middle of Earth
- The heating of two substances.
- Synonym: Removal, Impeachment
- Copper, Iron, Sulfur etc
- Rocks formed from heat and pressure
- The consolidation of sediments
- One of the things needed to form a Metamorphic rock
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- Remains that are often placed in museums.
- the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away
- Mohs _____ test
- Can be classified as either Metamorphic, Sedimentary or Igneous.
- A relatively high degree of warmth.
- Rocks formed when compacted and cemented
- Crystalized rocks
- Between the crust and core of Earth
- The outer layer of earth
17 Clues: Mohs _____ test • Crystalized rocks • The study of rocks • In the middle of Earth • Copper, Iron, Sulfur etc • The outer layer of earth • Synonym: Removal, Impeachment • The heating of two substances. • The consolidation of sediments • A relatively high degree of warmth. • Rocks formed from heat and pressure • Between the crust and core of Earth • ...
Biology 2022-09-25
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- USED TO TRAP LIGHT ENERGY
- ALL THE GASES SURROUNDING EARTH
- USED IN PHOSPHATES
- MOLECULE WITH 2 PHOSPHATES
- ORGANISM THAT MAKES ITS OWN FOOD
- SECOND STEP OF ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION
- SITE OF STEPS 2 & 3 AEROBIC CELLULAR
- ORGANELLE – SITE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
- ALL LIVING THINGS ON EARTH
- USED IN PROTEINS & NUCLEIC ACIDS
- FIRST STEP OF AEROBIC RESPIRATION
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- ALL THE WATER ON EARTH
- ALL THE SOIL AND ROCKS ON EARTH
- CREATED DURING CHEMICAL REACTION
- CHANGED INTO PRODUCTS
- SITUATION IN WHICH OXYGEN IS PRESENT
- MOLECULE WITH 3 PHOSPHORUS GROUPS
- HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE
- USING LIGHT ENERGY TO MAKE GLUCOSE
- A SITUATION where OXYGEN IS NOT PRESENT
20 Clues: USED IN PHOSPHATES • CHANGED INTO PRODUCTS • ALL THE WATER ON EARTH • USED TO TRAP LIGHT ENERGY • MOLECULE WITH 2 PHOSPHATES • ALL LIVING THINGS ON EARTH • HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE • ALL THE GASES SURROUNDING EARTH • ALL THE SOIL AND ROCKS ON EARTH • CREATED DURING CHEMICAL REACTION • ORGANISM THAT MAKES ITS OWN FOOD • USED IN PROTEINS & NUCLEIC ACIDS • ...
Geography, Bodies of Water, Landforms 2024-01-19
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- playa
- at the top of the Earth
- the study of the Earth
- isla
- North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica
- bigger than a stream
- divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres
- features of Earth's surface
- meridian lines
- montañas
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- smaller than oceans
- bigger than a pond
- cañones
- costa
- half of a sphere
- low area below mountains
- larges bodies of water
- flat area with grass
- at the bottom of the Earth
- dry area
- bay
- parallel lines
- meridian divides the Eastern and Northern hemispheres
23 Clues: bay • isla • playa • costa • cañones • dry area • montañas • parallel lines • meridian lines • half of a sphere • bigger than a pond • smaller than oceans • flat area with grass • bigger than a stream • the study of the Earth • larges bodies of water • at the top of the Earth • low area below mountains • at the bottom of the Earth • features of Earth's surface • divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres • ...
Vocab practice 2023-09-29
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- The point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth
- A conical shadow excluding all light from a given source
- The state or period of an eclipse when light from the eclipsed body is totally obscured
- The angle between the planet’s rotational axis and its orbital axis
- The point farthest from the sun in the path of an orbiting celestial body
- An event in which a planet's subsolar point passes through its equator
- An object’s spinning motion about its own axis
- When the moon passes between the sun and the earth
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- The point where the sun appears to reach either its highest or lowest point in the sky for the year
- The area of partial illumination “between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light”
- One of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator or by a meridian
- The object's orbital motion around another object
- An eclipse of the sun in which the moon is too distant to cover the sun completely
- The point, in an orbit about the earth that is farthest from the earth
- The point in the path of a heavenly body ( as a planet) that is nearest to the sun.
- Measures the distance north or south of the equator
- lipase Occurs when the sun, earth, and moon align so that the moon's solar eclipses earth’s shadow
- An imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body
18 Clues: An object’s spinning motion about its own axis • The object's orbital motion around another object • When the moon passes between the sun and the earth • Measures the distance north or south of the equator • A conical shadow excluding all light from a given source • The angle between the planet’s rotational axis and its orbital axis • ...
Out of This World Crossword for Astrophysicists 2024-09-30
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- A space devoid of all matter
- This orbits the Earth
- The largest planet in our solar system
- Aliens from Mars
- Jean-Luc Picard's spaceship
- The earth tilts on its --
- A giant cloud of gas and dust in space
- The scientific study of the stars
- What ET wanted to do
- A space rock that enters our atmosphere
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- What was the ninth planet
- Surname of the first person on the moon
- The Earth orbits this
- An earthling travelling in space
- Device for examining far away objects in space
- The closest planet to Earth
- A pattern of stars that make a shape
- First name of the person responsible for removing the ninth planet
18 Clues: Aliens from Mars • What ET wanted to do • This orbits the Earth • The Earth orbits this • What was the ninth planet • The earth tilts on its -- • The closest planet to Earth • Jean-Luc Picard's spaceship • A space devoid of all matter • An earthling travelling in space • The scientific study of the stars • A pattern of stars that make a shape • The largest planet in our solar system • ...
Plate Tectonics 2016-07-26
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- : old inert volcano
- : push pull waves that travel in the directon that the waves travel
- : the supercontinent
- : a source of unpredictable, unplanned danger to people
- : how thick a substance is
- : the southern half of pangea
- : what magma becomes once it reaches the earths surface
- : lava with a rope like surface
- : a form of closed lava tube that flows into water
- : a channel that conveys a fluid
- : A physical quantity characterized by measurement of both magnitude and direction.
- : the boundries between plates
- : a spot in the earth where volcanoes are more likely to form
- : a fracture in the earths curst
- : shows P waves, S waves and surface waves
- : hottest layers of the earth
- : the general term for all pyroclastic material
- : cracks in the volcanoes crust
- : non explosive eruptions volcano
- : semi-rigid part of the middle mantle
- : a tube formed by lava cooling and solidifying
- : lava with a blocky rough surface
- : top layer of the earth
- : the point a earthquake originates from
- : A black or dark-colored volcanic glass, usually of rhyolitic (felsic) composition.
- : what happens when the earth plates move
- : debris formed by a volcanic eruption
- : what is made form melted rock
- : plates pushing together
- : where a plate sinks and slide under another plate
- : crust and upper layer of the mantle
- : the measure of the strength of and earthquake
- : a volcano that is not active or inactive
- : Roman God of fire and the forge, after whom volcanoes are named.
- : Fine grained, dark, mafic igneous rock composed largely of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene.
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- : plates sliding horizontally past each other
- : A large, circular depression in a volcanic area formed by eruption or collapse.
- : 'lava' inside the volcano
- : used to measure shaking amplitude of earth quakes
- : most common type of volcano
- : plates moving apart
- : the study of earthquakes, seismic waves, and their propagation through the Earth.
- : what comes after a earthquake
- : The shape of the land surface.
- : The pattern of elevation of the land surface.
- : the gradual movement of earth continents
- : the state a volcano erupts regularly
- : the movement of a fluid, caused by different temperatures
- : the northern half of pangea
- : seismic waves that travel along the earth crust
- : what the earth crust is sitting on
- : A depression between two plates
- ; moderately explosive volcano
- : Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus.
- : areas of earths surface that magma and volcanic gasses pass through
- : Solidified mass of rock where lava has cooled in vent
- : bigger layer of the earth
57 Clues: : old inert volcano • : the supercontinent • : plates moving apart • : top layer of the earth • : plates pushing together • : how thick a substance is • : 'lava' inside the volcano • : bigger layer of the earth • : most common type of volcano • : the southern half of pangea • : the northern half of pangea • : hottest layers of the earth • : the boundries between plates • ...
Moon - 4th grade 2022-09-23
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- an angle of the moon to the earth so it appears differently every day
- the time needed for Earth to complete one rotation (24 hours)
- something that happens in a regular and repeated way
- to make a complete spin on its axis, causing one day
- the moon phase where half of the lighted surface is visible; it is a waning moon
- the moon phase when half of the lighted surface is visible; it is a waxing moon
- the time when the sun is on the other side of the Earth from you and you can’t see it’s light
- the moon phase when the moon appears to be completely illuminated
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- the way something looks
- the moon phase when it’s dark side is toward the Earth
- a natural object that revolves around a planet
- one of the twelve parts in which the year is divided into
- when the moon is decreasing in size
- when the moon is increasing in size
- an imaginary line through the center of a planet, such as Earth, that the planet spins around
- to become different
- to move around, or orbit, another object
- the path an object in space takes as it revolves around another object (example: Earth orbits around the sun
18 Clues: to become different • the way something looks • when the moon is decreasing in size • when the moon is increasing in size • to move around, or orbit, another object • a natural object that revolves around a planet • something that happens in a regular and repeated way • to make a complete spin on its axis, causing one day • ...
Earth, Sun & Moon System 2022-02-09
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- 365 days (1 year)
- a little part of the moon's right side is in sunlight
- 24 hours (1 day)
- The Sun and the group of planets and other celestial bodies that are held by their gravitational attraction and revolve around the Sun
- about 3/4th of the right side moon's disk is in sunlight
- revolve; composed mainly of hydrogen and helium
- The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the north Pole to the South Pole and is the center of earth's rotation
- An obscuring of the light from a celestial body by the passage of an object between the celestial body and the observer or between the celestial body and its source of illumination
- A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object
- The luminous star around which Earth and other
- The slant of Earth’s axis, which is 23.5 degrees from vertical compared to Earth’s orbital plane around the Sun; as a result, the North Pole always points toward the North Star.
- The full moon passes into Earth’s shadow, causing the moon to appear reddish in color when the Sun, Earth, and Moon directly line up; lasts 1–3½ hours
- getting smaller
- by nuclear reactions in its interior
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- The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth
- A phenomenon or process that involves multiple steps and repeats itself
- A celestial body that revolves around a planet
- getting larger
- the left half of the moon's disk is in sunlight
- The Moon passes between the Earth and Sun, covering all or part of the Sun; occurs when the Sun, Earth, and moon directly line up; lasts for less than 12 minutes
- The four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to the varied amounts of sunlight (both intensity and number of daylight hours received); caused by the tilt of Earth during revolution
- A self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy is
- the moon's entire disk is in sunlight because the Earth is between the sun and the moon
- the right half of the moon's disk is in sunlight
- a little part of the moon's left side is in sunlight
- the moon's disk facing us is dark because the moon is between the sun and the Earth
- about 3/4th of the left side moon's disk is in sunlight
27 Clues: getting larger • getting smaller • 24 hours (1 day) • 365 days (1 year) • by nuclear reactions in its interior • A celestial body that revolves around a planet • The luminous star around which Earth and other • the left half of the moon's disk is in sunlight • revolve; composed mainly of hydrogen and helium • the right half of the moon's disk is in sunlight • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-08
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- vibrations that travel through Earth
- rigid crust
- a narrow long ditch
- partially molten
- supercontinent
- recycling plates
- material under the Earths surface
- moving apart
- plates moving apart from each other cause
- created theory of continental drift
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- skin of the Earth
- erupting pieces of Earths surface
- mountains rising through the ocean floor
- plates sliding together
- circularmotion of the liquid in the mantle due to uneven heating
- move on top of the asthenosphere
- move together
- valley that is diverting
- shaking of the Earths surface
- thickest layer of the Earth
20 Clues: rigid crust • moving apart • move together • supercontinent • partially molten • recycling plates • skin of the Earth • a narrow long ditch • plates sliding together • valley that is diverting • thickest layer of the Earth • shaking of the Earths surface • move on top of the asthenosphere • erupting pieces of Earths surface • material under the Earths surface • ...
Science unit Ms.Brantley Tectonic plates 2024-02-08
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- The innermost layer of the Earth
- Plates slide past each other
- When oceanic plate meets continental plate and the oceanic plate goes below
- The innermost liquid portion of the Earth
- It is when tectonic plates drift apart
- The innermost portion of the Earth
- The crust and upper mantle
- floor of sea spreading created by Harry Hess
- It is the upper mantle but below lithosphere
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- Plates moving theory created by Alfred Wegner
- different layers of the earths model
- The mechanical layers of the earth
- force that squeezes something together
- tectonic plates come together and form a mountain
- Lower mantle
- Break between plates occurs from Transform boundary
- pieces of the Earth's crust that moves from convection currents
- The most solid bulk of the Earth's interior
- Outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
19 Clues: Lower mantle • The crust and upper mantle • Plates slide past each other • The innermost layer of the Earth • The mechanical layers of the earth • The innermost portion of the Earth • different layers of the earths model • force that squeezes something together • It is when tectonic plates drift apart • Outermost shell of a terrestrial planet • ...
Unit 2: Out of this world. 2025-02-11
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- A force that pull things to the center of the earth.
- The group of planets where earth is.
- A layer of gases around earth.
- A tipe of space ship. Cant transport people.
- A very big man-made satellite where astronauts can live.
- People who are encharge of lead a mission.
- Someone that goes to the space.
- A part of a spacecraft.
- A sphere of mass that orbits around a planet. They can be man-made.
- What a spacecraft do when it "fly" around the moon/planet.
- Come back to earth from the space.
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- A explotion produced by a die star.
- A person who studies the stars.
- Cross the atmosphere earth.
- A group of stars.
- A vehicle used for going to the space.
- Investigate the space and all the work behind.
- A holes that the moon have.
- A big sphere of mass that orbits around a star.
- When the spacecraft arive to the moon/planet and touch land.
- Something that is not created by nature.
- The space.
- A group of people that work on an space mission.
23 Clues: The space. • A group of stars. • A part of a spacecraft. • Cross the atmosphere earth. • A holes that the moon have. • A layer of gases around earth. • A person who studies the stars. • Someone that goes to the space. • Come back to earth from the space. • A explotion produced by a die star. • The group of planets where earth is. • A vehicle used for going to the space. • ...
Earth, Moon, and Sun Vocabulary 2023-03-28
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- a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth
- a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth
- a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth
- the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth
- a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth
- the border between light and dark on the Moon
- the relative size of things
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- or easier to see
- to shine light on an object and make it visible
- a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth
- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it
- when the Moon is completely dark
- the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
- a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
- the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)
15 Clues: or easier to see • the relative size of things • when the Moon is completely dark • a rocky sphere that travels around a planet • the border between light and dark on the Moon • to shine light on an object and make it visible • a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth • a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth • ...
Science Vocab 2022-04-05
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- contains all the rocks and minerals on earth
- when water from one place is going to the same place
- contains all the water on earth
- things that harm the ecosystems
- pollution when harmful materials enter the hydrosphere
- when no more individuals remain on earth
- pollution that is in the water
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- the change in earth's
- is the warming of the surface and lower atmosphere on earth
- pollution comes from many sources including rainwater
- contains all the air on earth
- regulations that use of physical features
- is a place where organisms live
- contains all of earths plants and animals
- the earths long term temperature
15 Clues: the change in earth's • contains all the air on earth • pollution that is in the water • contains all the water on earth • is a place where organisms live • things that harm the ecosystems • the earths long term temperature • when no more individuals remain on earth • regulations that use of physical features • contains all of earths plants and animals • ...
Tectonic plates 2023-03-15
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- The second deepest layer of the earth
- When the plates of the earth move away from each other
- A very large continent from long ago
- Plates the earth sits on
- The inner most layer of the earth
- A mountain which spews out lava
- Lower most level of the mantel
- A boundary where plates slide past each other
- The start of a river
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- A boundary where plates move away from each other
- A boundary where plates press up against each other
- When the earth shakes
- Upper most level of the mantel
- A short and skinny valley
- A large pointed rock often found near foot hills
15 Clues: The start of a river • When the earth shakes • Plates the earth sits on • A short and skinny valley • Upper most level of the mantel • Lower most level of the mantel • A mountain which spews out lava • The inner most layer of the earth • A very large continent from long ago • The second deepest layer of the earth • A boundary where plates slide past each other • ...
Geography 2022-09-18
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- area where land meets the sea or ocean
- the line of latitude at 0° degrees
- the largest continent
- maps most popular map tool
- Blue planet
- study of earth is called
- the number of oceans in the world
- the innermost layer of the earth
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- horizontal lines on a map
- largest river
- largest desert in the world
- vertical lines on a map
- coldest continent in the world
- dwarf planet
- round model of the earth
15 Clues: Blue planet • dwarf planet • largest river • the largest continent • vertical lines on a map • study of earth is called • round model of the earth • horizontal lines on a map • maps most popular map tool • largest desert in the world • coldest continent in the world • the innermost layer of the earth • the number of oceans in the world • the line of latitude at 0° degrees • ...
Seasons Crossword 2022-12-07
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- On the equinox, the earth receives an ____ amount of light during the day and night time.
- month of the N. Hemisphere summer solstice
- The summer solstice is the _________ day of the year.
- the day on which day and night are nearly equal length.
- the longest or shortest day of the year
- Changes in the amount of ____ reaching different latitudes cause seasons.
- earth is the ___ planet from the sun
- A Mars year is almost ____ as long as an earth year.
- the shape of the orbit the earth takes around the sun
- month of the N. Hemisphere winter solstice
- the spinning of an object around a central point
- the latitude line on which the sun is directly overhead on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes
- the primary cause of the seasons, Earth's _______
- month of the N. Hemisphere vernal equinox
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- the latitude line on which the sun is directly overhead on the summer solstice
- a day on Mars
- When an object its farthest from the body it orbits
- orbit: when one object goes around something else
- When an object is closest to the body it orbits
- month of the N. Hemisphere autumnal equinox
- The elliptical orbit causes the _______ to advance and recede.
- season in the northern hemisphere when we are closest to the sun.
- the result of earth's tilt on the climate of earth
- Earth receives more ____ ____ in the summer than in the winter.
- The tropic at which the sun is directly overhead on the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice
25 Clues: a day on Mars • earth is the ___ planet from the sun • the longest or shortest day of the year • month of the N. Hemisphere vernal equinox • month of the N. Hemisphere summer solstice • month of the N. Hemisphere winter solstice • month of the N. Hemisphere autumnal equinox • When an object is closest to the body it orbits • ...
Ecilpes 2025-11-16
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- The path objects travel in space
- Eclipse Earth blocks the Sun’s light from the Moon
- When Sun, Moon and Earth line up
- Eclipse Moon blocks the Sun
- Star at the centre of our Solar System
- Different shapes of the Moon we see
- Caused when light is blocked
- Moon Moon phase when lunar eclipses can happen
- Planet where we live, can block sunlight
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- Movement around another object (like the Moon around Earth)
- Eclipse Sun or Moon is fully covered
- Eclipse Sun or Moon is partly covered
- Force that keeps Moon in orbit
- Darkest part of the shadow
- Eclipse Ring of sunlight around the Moon
- Moon Moon phase when solar eclipses can happen
- Lighter outer shadow
- Where eclipses occur
- Earth’s natural satellite
19 Clues: Lighter outer shadow • Where eclipses occur • Earth’s natural satellite • Darkest part of the shadow • Caused when light is blocked • Force that keeps Moon in orbit • Eclipse Moon blocks the Sun • The path objects travel in space • When Sun, Moon and Earth line up • Different shapes of the Moon we see • Star at the centre of our Solar System • ...
Social Studies Vocabulary Crossword 2013-09-11
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- a flat dry land, which holds a few trees
- a group of islands
- the earth making a full orbit around the sun
- 365 days or when the earth makes a complete revolution around the sun
- the point in a orbit of a planet or comet at which it is farthest from the sun
- either the longest or shortest day of the earth
- a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
- two days in a year where day and night are equal
- an imaginary line that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- when the earth makes a complete spin on its axis
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- the point in a orbit of a planet or comet at which it is closest from the sun
- The hemisphere east of the Prime Meridian
- a natural opening in the surface of the Earth where molten, gaseous, and solid material is released
- a narrow stream of water that separates land
- a natural or man-made place where water is gathered and stored for use
- an area of low land usually with a river or stream going through it
- an area with high ground
- a huge body of ice and snow, often found at mountain valleys or the poles, it deforms under its own weight and slowly moves
- a land completely surrounded with water
- a body of water that is near a coast where ships and boats can anchor safely
20 Clues: a group of islands • an area with high ground • a land completely surrounded with water • a flat dry land, which holds a few trees • The hemisphere east of the Prime Meridian • a narrow stream of water that separates land • the earth making a full orbit around the sun • either the longest or shortest day of the earth • two days in a year where day and night are equal • ...
The Earth, Rocks & Minerals 2021-10-26
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- The original rock from which a metamorphic rock formed
- The type of rock formed when molten rock cools and solidifies
- The slowly moving layer just beneath the crust
- The layer of the Earth between the mantle and inner core
- Rock that forms after exposure to extreme heat and pressure
- The type of rock formed when particles settle and accumulate into layers
- Hot liquid rock located below the Earth's surface
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- Hot liquid rock located above the Earth's surface
- Outermost layer of the Earth
- The remains of an ancient organism preseved in rock
- The very centre layer of the Earth
- A naturally-occurring substance found as crystals in rocks
- A scientist who studies the Earth
- The giant slabs that the Earths crust sits on
14 Clues: Outermost layer of the Earth • A scientist who studies the Earth • The very centre layer of the Earth • The giant slabs that the Earths crust sits on • The slowly moving layer just beneath the crust • Hot liquid rock located above the Earth's surface • Hot liquid rock located below the Earth's surface • The remains of an ancient organism preseved in rock • ...
layers of the earth 2021-11-15
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- the tectonic plates float
- of the earth's mass
- solid due to the pressure
- crust is the blank layer of all
- outermost layer
- crust-is thinner than the crust
- core-super heated liquid
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- are blank layers of the earth
- parts- the mantle has this many parts
- top/outer layer of the mantle
- crust where blank grow
- of the earth's mass
- crust-where we live
- nickel-there are two layer made of this material
- core-the hottest part of the earth
15 Clues: outermost layer • of the earth's mass • of the earth's mass • crust-where we live • crust where blank grow • core-super heated liquid • the tectonic plates float • solid due to the pressure • are blank layers of the earth • top/outer layer of the mantle • crust is the blank layer of all • crust-is thinner than the crust • core-the hottest part of the earth • ...
Spheres of the Earth 2025-01-27
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- members of the biosphere that need sunlight and water to make energy
- the planet that is made up of all four spheres
- members of the biosphere that depend on eating other parts of the biosphere for survival
- sphere containing all gases on Earth
- sphere containing all water on Earth
- sphere containing all life on Earth
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- a part of the geosphere that occurs when rocks break down into small bits
- a part of the geosphere that is so hot, it is a liquid
- sphere containing all rocks on Earth
- a type of contamination that occur in any of the four spheres
- members of the biosphere that can negatively impact all the other spheres through pollution
- when two spheres overlap/work together
- tiny members of the biosphere that can make us sick
- a part of the hydrosphere that is salty
14 Clues: sphere containing all life on Earth • sphere containing all rocks on Earth • sphere containing all gases on Earth • sphere containing all water on Earth • when two spheres overlap/work together • a part of the hydrosphere that is salty • the planet that is made up of all four spheres • tiny members of the biosphere that can make us sick • ...
History of the Earth 2023-12-11
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- A vein of rock that cuts across a rock's layer is younger than the surrounding layers.
- Fossils can be used to identify the relative age of the layers of a rock formation.
- The method of putting events in order in which they happened.
- A gap in the geological record that shows where rock layers have been lost due to erosion.
- Sediments are originally deposited in horizontal layers.
- Sedimentary layers extend sideways in all directions until they thin out or reach a barrier.
- The era in which modern human live.
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- Any part of a previous rock layer, like a piece of stone, is older than the layer containing it.
- In undisturbed rock layers, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top.
- A scientist that studies dinosaurs
- The longest span of time at the beginning of Geologic time.
- The largest divisions of time on the geologic time scale
- The study of rock and rock formations.
- Scientist suggest that our Earth is more than ____ billion years old.
14 Clues: A scientist that studies dinosaurs • The era in which modern human live. • The study of rock and rock formations. • Sediments are originally deposited in horizontal layers. • The largest divisions of time on the geologic time scale • The longest span of time at the beginning of Geologic time. • The method of putting events in order in which they happened. • ...
Study Aide - Weather 2023-01-16
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- Cold air - High or Low air pressure?
- Global wind also known as jet ___.
- Wind moves from an area of cold air pressure to ___ air pressure.
- Wind that blows across the entire earth.
- Wind is the ___ of air.
- Earth's uneven heating is due to the earth being ___.
- Liquid water.
- Person who studies weather.
- Lumps of ice.
- Warm air - High or Low air pressure?
- Warm air becomes More or Less dense?
- Forms of water falling from clouds.
- Cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Mixture of snow and rain.
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- How much moisture there is in the air.
- Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere.
- State of the atmosphere at a specific place and time.
- Uneven heating of earth cause some areas to be ___ than others.
- Cold air Expands or Condenses?
- Wind that blows over small areas of the earth.
- The measure of how much matter is in a specific location.
- The study of weather.
- Air is more dense closer to the surface of the earth due to ___.
- Solid water.
- Warm air Expands or Condenses?
- Cold air becomes More or Less dense?
- The ___ of the plane is the plane relative to sea level.
27 Clues: Solid water. • Liquid water. • Lumps of ice. • The study of weather. • Wind is the ___ of air. • Mixture of snow and rain. • Person who studies weather. • Cold air Expands or Condenses? • Warm air Expands or Condenses? • Global wind also known as jet ___. • Forms of water falling from clouds. • Cold air - High or Low air pressure? • Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere. • ...
Unit 1 Chapters 1-2 2018-09-12
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- Where all living things live on Earth
- Large moving pieces of the Earth's lithosphere
- Triangular land formed by river deposits
- A half of the Earth
- Boundary where plates run into each other
- The theme that answers the question: What is it like?
- The theme that answers: Where is it?
- Where somthing is in relation to something else
- Made up of all the water elements on Earth
- Changing the characteristic of a rock. Most of the time it's breaking down
- The theme that answers "How are places similar and different?"
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- Huge wave caused by earthquakes
- Lets you know your exact location using satellites
- Stores information about the world in a database
- Imaginary line that separates the east and west hemispheres
- Where something is, exactly. (Latitude and Longitude)
- Includes the crust and uppermost mantle
- Imaginary lines that run vertically and measure East and West
- Piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
- Two dimensional representation of the Earth
- Someone who makes maps
- Three dimensional representation of the Earth
- Imaginary lines that run horizontally and measure North and South
- An imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemisphere
24 Clues: A half of the Earth • Someone who makes maps • Huge wave caused by earthquakes • The theme that answers: Where is it? • Where all living things live on Earth • Includes the crust and uppermost mantle • Triangular land formed by river deposits • Boundary where plates run into each other • Made up of all the water elements on Earth • Two dimensional representation of the Earth • ...
Science Crossword 2021-11-19
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- layers of sedimentary rock that are built up over time
- the thin outer layer of earth
- the layer of magma between the earth's crust and the core
- a type of mountain formation where lava cools and builds up
- 1st life on earth, beginning of plate tectonics
- A type of rock that is formed by magma/lava cooling
- The 1st of earths eons, known as fireball earth
- naturally preserved evidence of life
- A type of rock the is formed by intense heat and/or pressure
- A type of rock that is formed by sediments compacting
- forces pushing against something, ex. gravity
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- a type of mountain formation where to plates collide and sub duct
- a in earth's crust due to tectonic forces
- the process where rocks slowly fall apart usually via water or ice also known as weathering
- the process of which rocks turn into magma via high temperatures
- The 1st visible life on earth, current time
- sand of dirt that has been eroded from rocks can contain fossils or shells
- melted rock inside the earth's crust
- the center of the earth, below the mantle
- The eon with the 1st Eukaryotic life
20 Clues: the thin outer layer of earth • melted rock inside the earth's crust • naturally preserved evidence of life • The eon with the 1st Eukaryotic life • a in earth's crust due to tectonic forces • the center of the earth, below the mantle • The 1st visible life on earth, current time • forces pushing against something, ex. gravity • ...
Do Now Review 2023-05-30
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- all the water on Earth
- water that falls back to Earth's surface
- a period of time that is 24 hours long
- all the air on Earth
- all organisms on Earth
- consumer that only eats meat
- consumer that eats both plants and meat
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- something scientists make to answer questions about the real world
- when a liquid turns into a gas
- the pull between earth and other objects
- when a gas turns into a liquid
- matter that is only made of one kind of atom or molecule
- all the land on Earth
- consumer that only eats plants
- when water falls back to Earth and refills bodies of water (rivers, lakes, oceans)
15 Clues: all the air on Earth • all the land on Earth • all the water on Earth • all organisms on Earth • consumer that only eats meat • when a liquid turns into a gas • when a gas turns into a liquid • consumer that only eats plants • a period of time that is 24 hours long • consumer that eats both plants and meat • the pull between earth and other objects • ...
Solar Eclipse 2024-01-24
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- eclipse - happens when moon passes directly between Sun and Earth
- - these are the units of mass
- - force on an object because of gravity
- - when the earth is facing away from the sun
- solar eclipse - only part of Sun is covered by the Moon
- - amount of matter objects are made up of
- - outer part of the Moon's shadow
- - when the Earth is facing the sun
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- - force that pulls objects together
- - another word for move around
- solar eclipse - Moon completely covers the Sun
- - these are the units of weight
- - star the earth orbits around
- - darkest part of the Moon's shadow
- - planet that we live on
15 Clues: - planet that we live on • - these are the units of mass • - another word for move around • - star the earth orbits around • - these are the units of weight • - outer part of the Moon's shadow • - when the Earth is facing the sun • - force that pulls objects together • - darkest part of the Moon's shadow • - force on an object because of gravity • ...
Solar Eclipse 2024-01-24
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- eclipse - happens when moon passes directly between Sun and Earth
- - these are the units of mass
- - force on an object because of gravity
- - when the earth is facing away from the sun
- solar eclipse - only part of Sun is covered by the Moon
- - amount of matter objects are made up of
- - outer part of the Moon's shadow
- - when the Earth is facing the sun
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- - force that pulls objects together
- - another word for move around
- solar eclipse - Moon completely covers the Sun
- - these are the units of weight
- - star the earth orbits around
- - darkest part of the Moon's shadow
- - planet that we live on
15 Clues: - planet that we live on • - these are the units of mass • - another word for move around • - star the earth orbits around • - these are the units of weight • - outer part of the Moon's shadow • - when the Earth is facing the sun • - force that pulls objects together • - darkest part of the Moon's shadow • - force on an object because of gravity • ...
Earth Structure Vocabulary 2020-05-21
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- hot, melted rock located beneath Earth's surface
- measurement of the amount of matter in a particular amount of space; calculated by dividing mass by volume
- rigid outer portion of Earth which consists of crust and upper solid portion of the mantle
- vibrations generated by an earthquake
- portion of Earth's core believed to be liquid
- melted
- process by which small parts are drawn together to form a larger whole
- instrument used to record and measure earthquake activity
- crust material that supports an ocean basin or other large body of water
- currents in Earth's mantle which transfer heat from Earth's interior
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- portion of Earth's core believed to be solid due to intense gravitational force
- portion of Earth's mantle in which convection currents cause magma to circulate
- crust material that supports a continent or other large landmass
- innermost layer of Earth; hottest layer of Earth
- middle layer of Earth; source of magma
- scientist who studies earthquakes and other large Earth movements
- process by which radioactive isotopes break down into other particles; results in the release of large amounts of heat
- outermost layer of Earth; coolest layer of Earth; thinnest layer of Earth
18 Clues: melted • vibrations generated by an earthquake • middle layer of Earth; source of magma • portion of Earth's core believed to be liquid • hot, melted rock located beneath Earth's surface • innermost layer of Earth; hottest layer of Earth • instrument used to record and measure earthquake activity • crust material that supports a continent or other large landmass • ...
TCAP PRATICE 2015-04-24
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- Plant matter and animal waste
- orbiting around the sun
- Has more than one path for electricity to follow
- When something is blocking a another thing.
- Occurs during a NEW MOON
- comes from the SUN gives energy to power electrical things
- Like charges
- Eclipse Occurs during a FULL MOON
- Allow electrons to wipe off
- Only has one path for electricty to follow
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- Earth spinning on it's axis
- break down dead organisms
- The time period it takes for the Earth to make one revolution around the Sun.
- What cold water does
- Winds that travel across the globe.
- What warm water does
- The time period it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis
- Tilted towards the Sun
- Flows from the negative to the postive.
- Sun Earth and Moon are in straight line.
- Producers need this to make food.
- Caused by Earth's gravational pull
22 Clues: Like charges • What cold water does • What warm water does • Tilted towards the Sun • orbiting around the sun • Occurs during a NEW MOON • break down dead organisms • Earth spinning on it's axis • Allow electrons to wipe off • Plant matter and animal waste • Producers need this to make food. • Eclipse Occurs during a FULL MOON • Caused by Earth's gravational pull • ...
Unit 6 2021-02-20
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- The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.
- examples are bogs, marshes and swamps
- low spots on land that fill with water
- largest and deepest ocean
- The mixture of gases that surround a planet.
- body of water that begins at a source
- The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.
- The solid portion of Earth.
- makes up 97% of water on earth
- makes up 3% of water on earth
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- Water that falls from the air to Earth’s surface.
- area where ocean meets land
- contain frozen freshwater
- large bodies of saltwater
- The process in which water continuously moves from Earth’s surface into the atmosphere and back again.
- All of the living things on earth
- The place at which land masses meet the ocean.
- smallest and shallowest ocean
- the name for a small lake
- All of Earth’s water, taken together in all states of matter.
20 Clues: contain frozen freshwater • large bodies of saltwater • largest and deepest ocean • the name for a small lake • area where ocean meets land • The solid portion of Earth. • smallest and shallowest ocean • makes up 3% of water on earth • makes up 97% of water on earth • All of the living things on earth • examples are bogs, marshes and swamps • body of water that begins at a source • ...
