the earth Crossword Puzzles

23 Clues: thinnest type of crust • The shape of the inner core • core The densest Earth later • Crust that dense, thin, and young • The composition of the inner core • The deepest layer we have dug into • This layer acts like hot, plastic putty • Crust that is less dense, thick, and old • The asthenosphere is part of which layer • A method of heat transfer through a fluid • ...

15 Clues: frozen water • planet we all live on • only planet with rings • biggest star in our galaxy • most common element on earth • least common element on earth • a table of all elements found on earth • the electrons filling the outermost shell • The most expensive natural element on earth • a streak of stars you sometimes see in the sky • ...

16 Clues: A Hurricane • Movement of air • all living things • All water on earth • how much the air weighs • How hot or cold something is • The weather conditions in an area • How much water vapor is in the air • The second layer in the atmosphere • The layers of air that surround earth • An object like earth that orbits the sun • any non living thing that makes up earth • ...

14 Clues: living things • loose molecules • a firm molecules • a not living thing • a liquid fluid layer • solid layer in mantle • mass divided by volume • the middle of the earth • thickest layer of earth • the thinnest layer of earth • movement cause whiten fluid • it's underneath of the earth • energy that comes from a source • is the hot that conducts to a item wen touchin

15 Clues: A giant wave • Top layer of the Earth • Second layer of the earth • Result of plates shifting • Something that erupts lava • A preserved prehistoric organism • Where an earthquake rupture starts • Located in the middle of the earth • There are seven of these in the world • When two plates move toward each other • Giant slabs of irregularly shaped rock • ...

25 Clues: Where plates meet • The science that studies earth • The outer portion of the earth • The graph output by a seismograph • Molten material formed at a depth • A device used to record earthquake waves • There are consolidated mixture of minerals • Boundary where plates slide past each other • The first type of seismic wave to be recorded • ...

20 Clues: This stuff can spew out of volcanoes • Cold magma formed Within the crust of the Earth • This is the reason why the tectonic plates move • Liquid layer of the Earth made from liquid Metal • a type of rock that has little bumps and not smooth • Innermost layer of the Earth made of Mostly solid iron • Molten rock located under the lithosphere in the mantle • ...

27 Clues: study of the world • relative and absolute • latitude and longitude • largest ocean on earth • egypt is on this continent • bhutan is on this continent • the center point of latitude • bolivia is on this continent • Germany is on this continent • the center point of longitude • honduras is on this continent • named after a country in asia • the coldest continent on earth • ...

15 Clues: shape of Earth’s orbit. • primary reason Earth has seasons. • the tilted line Earth spins around. • Earth’s yearly orbit around the Sun. • Hemisphere experiencing winter in June. • Hemisphere experiencing summer in June. • point where Earth is closest to the Sun. • day when sunlight is equal in both hemispheres. • causes day and night as Earth spins on its axis. • ...

20 Clues: Related to the deposit • the process of eroding • an instance of vibrating • a bend in a river channel • especially after a long delay • the rocky outer part of the Earth • the shaking of the surface of the Earth • formed or occurring on the surface of the earth • formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth • a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake • ...

50 Clues: Red planet • Moving air • Frozen rain • Largest planet • Hottest planet • Study of weather • Water from clouds • Planet with rings • All water on Earth • Volcanic ash cloud • Harmful gases in air • Cutting down of trees • Related to earthquakes • Burning of fossil fuels • Innermost layer of Earth • Earths natural satellite • Movement of Earths plates • Rock formed from sediments • ...

17 Clues: old bones • a bord zone • the sea floor • a hot mountain • part of the mantle • a type of heat waves • when two plates collide • a long part of the ocean • part of the earths crust • when two plates move away • what the crust is made of • when the continents moved • the full name of the plates • a region of the earths crust • when plates of the earth move • the thinnest layer of the earth • ...

16 Clues: darkest part of the moon's shadow • in what direction is the Earth rotating • solar eclipse happens during a ____ moon • the spinning movement of Earth on its axis • seasons are due to the _____ of Earth’s axis • moon phases occur as it ________ around Earth • the Earth rotates on its _______ every 24 hours • Earth's orbit around the Sun is __________ shaped • ...

15 Clues: the air that surrounds the earth • a large section of the earths crust • the earth's crust and its inner layers • minerals in the form of hot liquid rock • all the earth's salt water and freshwater • the process of forming new oceanic crusts • the innermost layer or center of the earth • a greek work meaning all world or all earth • ...

25 Clues: sun centered • measure azimuth • earth -centered • measures altitude • charge coupled device • device a rocket carries • satellite made by humans • Global Positioning System • Russian term for astronaut • measures planets from space • looks like a squashed circle • rocket with a bomb as a payload • four planets closest to the sun • rocket with more than one stage • ...

23 Clues: a team game • a vegetable • a very tasty food • a domestic animal • it helps us to think • a six legged creature • a large city in Europe • they keep law and order • the earth is full of these • World's largest land animal • this insect collects nectar • falls from the sky as water • this lays eggs for us to eat • people do this with their legs • we use this to write with a pen • ...

17 Clues: The planet we live on • The layer beneath the crust • The solid centre of the Earth • The outermost layer of the Earth • The scientific study of the Earth • This layer is solid due to immense pressure • The process of heat transfer through liquids • The process that generates heat within the Earth • The inner core is primarily composed of this metal • ...

36 Clues: Half of the Earth • Causes Earth's seasons. • Days in the lunar cycle. • Moon is at maximum luminosity. • Less of this increases gravity. • More of this increases gravity. • Tilt is moving away from the sun. • Means that it happens twice a day. • Allows light to reflect off of it. • Light wave with the highest frequency. • Light wave with the longest wavelength. • ...

20 Clues: A what last about 3.5 days • A what last about 29.5 days • The earth spins on its' what • The earth's what causes seasons • Tides are affected by what gravity • When light is being added to the moon • The earth's what causes day and night • What side of the moon do we always see • The tides are caused by the moons what • what is the 4th phase of the lunar cycle • ...

19 Clues: PUT UP • REPAIRED • USED FOR WALKING ON • THEY SOMETIMES SMELL • PLANTS GIVEN A DRINK • PULLED FROM THE EARTH • A PLANT GROWS FROM HERE • PUT IN THE EARTH TO GROW • THE LEAVES WERE ____ AWAY • ARRANGED NEATLY-NOT MESSY • IT KEEPS THE GARDEN PRIVATE • WE KEEP GARDEN EQUIPMENT HERE • A BRUSH WAS USED FOR THIS TASK • THESE CAN BE BAKED IN THE OVEN • WE DON'T WANT THEM IN THE GARDEN • ...

24 Clues: The temperature. • A particular land. • The symbol is SEC. • A navigation system. • A person who creates maps. • When two lines can never meet. • The four boxes on a Cartesian plane. • pole the opposite of the south pole. • pole the opposite of the north pole. • hemisphere The top half of the earth. • Two numbers showing a spot on a graph. • A period of time that takes 60 seconds. • ...

24 Clues: The temperature. • A particular land. • The symbol is SEC. • A navigation system. • A person who creates maps. • When two lines can never meet. • pole the opposite of the south pole. • pole the opposite of the north pole. • The four boxes on a Cartesian plane. • hemisphere The top half of the earth. • Two numbers showing a spot on a graph. • A period of time that takes 60 seconds. • ...

20 Clues: Center of the Earth • The outer layer of earth • Second Layer of the Earth • The border between two plates • Changed into a stone substance • Any of the Earth's named Mainlands • When plates are pushed to together • When plates go the opposite way of each other • The is the measure of shaking at each location • A large sea wave that is caused by a earthquake • ...

20 Clues: Lunar cycle segment • Focus of a lunar eclipse • After the New moon phases • Face after waxing gibbous • occurs after the full moon • The planet which we live in • another name for the new moon • Occurs after the waning Gibbous phases • It occurs after the first quarter phases • It occurs before the waxing gibbous phases • any object that orbits another celestial body • ...

20 Clues: above the core • circle of volcanoes • the center of the earth • the separation of plates • the layer below the crust • theory of earth's outer shell • a sudden shaking of the ground • the uppermost layer of the earth • it is the molten version of rock • an area of fracturing between rocks • something that erupts and lava comes out • force on an object by something touching it • ...

25 Clues: the portion of Earth that is water • the part of Earth where life exists • the change of state from a gas to a liquid • the change of state from a liquid to a gas • the transfer of energy as heath through a material • a gas molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms • a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet, such as Earth • ...

11 Clues: Rocks move together • Rocks slide past each other • Rocks move away from each other • This pent up pressure is released as energy • Scale- measures the strength of an earthquake • Scale- measures the intensity of an earthquake • A zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • tectonics- This causes much stress on the rocks • ...

10 Clues: how big is the earth • what shape is the earth • made out of iron and nickle • mostly made out of molten rock • the thinnest layer of the earth • also made out of iron and nickle • what is one of the crusts of the earth • how many layers of the earth are there • what is one of the things the earth is made out of • what is one of the things that makes earthqackes happen

11 Clues: water in the form of a gas • air and everything to do with • life and everything to do with it • water held underwater in the soil • water and everything to do with it • earth and everything to do with it • the conversion of vapor or gas to a liquid • weather recorded over a long period of time • when water falls from clouds in different forms of liquid • ...

10 Clues: an amount of something • the space between two places • the top part or layer of something • a rise in the amount or size of something • the amount that something or someone weighs • the distance from the top to the bottom of something • the measured amount of heat in a place or in the body • a particular part of a place, piece of land, or country • ...

10 Clues: they push and pull • are the fastest waves • they slide by each other • the origin of an earthquake • they move towards each other • they move away from each other • can only move through solid rock • are scientists who studied the waves • are waves caused by explosions on or rocks • the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.

10 Clues: Make smaller. • Utilize again. • Making waste reusable. • Garbage without purpose. • Third planet from the Sun. • Protect from harm or waste. • Words and deeds seeking change. • Public objection to an idea or action. • Cutting down trees without replanting. • Warming and cooling of Earth’s natural temperature.

10 Clues: bread-making shops • Clark Kent's hero name • Disappeared into thin air • California's city of roses • Ocular covering worn by a pirate • compelling attractiveness; charm • polite response to being given a gift • Parts of a TV Show that make up a series • member of the press who conducts interviews • Type of computer network that does not need cables

10 Clues: what comes out of a volcano • which layer of the is the thinnest • which volcano is the most dangerous • which tectonic plats create mauntens • which tectonic plate can cause erthquake • which layer of the earth is the thivckest • what is the biggest vollcano in the world • what is the smallest volcano in the world • which tectonic plates separate from each other • ...

15 Clues: equal night • is a push or pull • always faces Earth • occurs at a full moon • a system of organizing time • always faces away from Earth • the largest part of the shadow • the measure of force of gravity • the amount of matter in an object • the darkest part of the moons shadow • made the law of universal gravitation • Attracts all objects toward each other • ...

10 Clues: parts move down. • front- the edge of a moving mass of cold air. • is the average weather in a place over many years. • front- the front edge of a moving mass of warm air. • It is the mix of events that happens each day in our atmosphere. • the movement in a gas or a liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the • ...

10 Clues: The sistem where the Earth is • Number of layers that Earth have • The best friend that humans have • A jungle that produce a lot of oxygen • Number of layers that Atmosphere have • Force that mantein humans on the floor • A giant blue that covered a lot of space. • Type of elephant who lived in the ice age • A giant animal that contain a very high IQ • ...

10 Clues: One of the seven large land masses on Earth • A mountain that erupts with hot lava and gases • A dry and sandy region with very little rainfall • A visible mass of condensed water vapor in the sky • A tall and elevated landform with a peak or summit • A large area covered with many trees and vegetation • The top layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow • ...

11 Clues: The layer we live on • core- Only liquid layer • The center of the earth • - 2 things pushed together • Boundary- Mountains and Trenches • Spreading- Harry Hess found this • One of the 2 layers of the mantle • One of the 2 layers of the mantle • core- hot as the surface of the sun • 2 layers, asthenosphere, and lithosphere • Tectonic Theory- Created by Alfred Wegener

15 Clues: Ancient super continent • Two plates coming together • The first layer of the Earth • the third layer of the Earth • The fourth layer of the Earth • The second layer of the Earth • Gigantic pieces of Earths crust • Two plates separating or dividing • Theory that the continents shifted • When two plates slide past each other • Thin layer between the mantle and crust • ...

10 Clues: Rock formed by cooling magma or lava • Geologic time period known for dinosaurs • The movement of sediment by wind or water • Outer layer of the Earth broken into plates • Crushed rock and mineral extraction industry • Super-heated, flowing layer beneath the crust • Type of plate boundary where two plates move apart • ...

10 Clues: mamal • Mateirall • living thing • water saving • body of water • tropic island • not snow or rain • the biggest star • has roots underground • puffy white thing in the sky

10 Clues: time to get ready • reach for the moon • everything is broken • not safe for surfing • never to be seen again • keeps everyone on the ground • we’re all back together again • you should be worried about this • you will only see these in movies • how far away can you see with this?

10 Clues: the middle of the night, 12 am • when the sun goes down at night • when the sun goes up in the morning • line where the sky and the land meet • middle of the day when it is very hot • the movement of the Earth on its axis​ • the movement of a planet around the sun​ • the path that planet travels around the sun​ • the imaginary line from the North to South Pole​ • ...

10 Clues: What are glacier • What gives us different season • When lava turns to ash it forms a • What the building blocks of rocks? • What rock formed when molten magma cools • The blanket of gases that surrounds a planet • A large round object that travels around a star • Magma that has burst out of a volcano and cooled • The place that a few animal and plants can survive in hot • ...

10 Clues: The solid outermost layer of the Earth. • The solid center of the Earth (no space). • The property that indicates how much matter is contained in an object. • A large magnetic field that surrounds the Earth and some other planets. • A rock from space that hits the Earth's atmosphere and burns up (no space). • ...

18 Clues: no longer a planet • the largest planet • used to go to space • famous for its rings • furthest from the sun • the planet we live on • the second last planet • people who go to space • the planet before earth • used to see the planets • provides heat and light • beleived to live in space • rocks that crash on earth • rises when the sun goes down • the closest planet to the sun • ...

24 Clues: The temperature. • A particular land. • The symbol is SEC. • A navigation system. • A person who creates maps. • When two lines can never meet. • The four boxes on a Cartesian plane. • pole the opposite of the south pole. • pole the opposite of the north pole. • hemisphere The top half of the earth. • Two numbers showing a spot on a graph. • A period of time that takes 60 seconds. • ...

20 Clues: Lunar cycle segment • Focus of a lunar eclipse • After the New moon phases • Face after waxing gibbous • occurs after the full moon • The planet which we live in • another name for the new moon • Occurs after the waning Gibbous phases • It occurs after the first quarter phases • It occurs before the waxing gibbous phases • any object that orbits another celestial body • ...

20 Clues: - where the earthquake begins • - result or the output • - land, thicker but less dense • - it is located below the litosphere • - an apparatus to measure and record • - can be used to locate the earthquake • - the crust and part of the upper mantle • - the first waves to arrive at a seismograph • - they travel through the earth's interior • ...

32 Clues: map maker • study of the Earth • map that sailors use • mathematical equation • maps that shows a theme • resource that is living • layer that is 100% liquid • thickest layer of the Earth • Earth's core is composed of • deals with events in the past • solid rock and outermost layer • color of powder from a mineral • amount of major tectonic plates • latitude lines on a map use this • ...

14 Clues: a swelling • able to live forever • the center layer of Earth • the middle layer of the Earth • a sudden shaking of the Earth • the thin outer layer of Earth • the pointed top of a mountain • a hole in the ground made by an animal • a large area of land surrounded by water • an engine powered by steam, water, or gas • made up of many a parts from different sources • ...

29 Clues: causes night and day • creates "desert pavement" • Earth's orbit around the Sun • Moon phases are growing larger • sediments move slowly downhill • erosion the forms U-shaped valleys • Earth is which planet from the sun? • water that flows over Earth's surface • water that flows over Earth's surface • causes rocks to weather to a reddish color • ...

15 Clues: At night, Earth surface • A greenhouse gets warmer • The Earth surface reflects • The atmosphere has a lot of • Water in atmosphere also acts as a • If the water is in form of gas is called • Of what material is a greenhouse made of • What is the average of temperature in Earth • Is a gas that is part of the greenhouse effect • ...

13 Clues: all the life on Earth • all the land on Earth • all the water on Earth • shows distance on a map • shows direction on a map • day with equal day and night • the line at 0 degrees latitude • the line at 0 degrees longitude • shows what the symbols on the map mean • day with the longest night or longest day • the gases around Earth; the air we breathe • ...

13 Clues: Measurement of an earthquake • Layer beneath the lithosphere • Drift The movement of continents • The solid outer layer of the earth • When two plates overlap each other • When parts of the earth´s crust move • Core The highest layer of the earth • When plates move away from each other • Layer of the earth beneath the lithosphere • ...

15 Clues: the center of the earth • the outer layer of the earth • the upper layer of the mantle • A break in the Earth's crust. • the biggest layer of the earth • The rigid outer part of the Earth • the formation of new areas of oceanic crust • where 2 tectonic plates slide past each other • where 2 tectonic plates move away form each other • ...

43 Clues: Most stars are a _____ System. • First person to walk on the moon. • A _____ is equivalent to 63,000AU. • A complete spin of Earth on it's axis. • A medium mass star in our Solar System. • A planet with 90x the pressure of Earth. • There are 100 billion stars in a ______. • Large explosions on the surface of the sun. • A complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun. • ...

21 Clues: Tendencies • sun's system • leonard's job • Bradbury's name • the earth ... on its axes • ... Center for Research on • a person walking along a road • this place is probably infinite • the number of planets in our system • month in which Leonard was arrested • main character in the Bradbury story • in universe there are 170 billion ... • people in their house were watching ... • ...

20 Clues: Rocks that have bands. • Formed from heat and pressure. • Made up of once living things. • Made up of 2 or more minerals. • A rock formed inside the earth. • Made up of small fragments of rock. • When the rock wears away over time. • Rocks that don't have bands or layers. • When minerals crystallize from the water. • A rock formed on the surface of the earth. • ...

20 Clues: space rock • around Saturn • exploded star. • where we live. • a lot of rings • the largest planet • asteroid or space ____ • what killed the dinosaurs • many solar systems inside • way the most known galaxy • the second planet from the Sun • the fourth planet from the Sun • the center of the solar system • what the moon dose around earth • where everything is not on earth • ...

19 Clues: bright heavily cratered highlands. • lunar soil, often referred to as moon dust. • high tide created on side farthest from the moon. • when the earth blocks the suns rays from the moon. • hollow or depressions made by impacting meteoroids. • only one high tide and one low tide occur in a day. • ridges long narrow, wrinkly, hilly section in maria. • ...

16 Clues: Movement • Push and pull • a type of orbit around the sun • The only planet that contains life • What the Earth does tilted at its axis • the rhythmic rise and fall of sea levels • The force that pulls the moon towards the earth • The star of our solar system that lights up the planet • The force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth • ...

16 Clues: the thin, outer layer of the Earth where we live • all the solid parts of Earth, like rocks and land • layers of rock or soil placed on top of each other • the idea that Earth is at the center of the universe • hot, melted rock found under the surface of the Earth • the place deep underground where an earthquake starts • ...

19 Clues: PUT UP • REPAIRED • USED FOR WALKING ON • THEY SOMETIMES SMELL • PLANTS GIVEN A DRINK • PULLED FROM THE EARTH • A PLANT GROWS FROM HERE • PUT IN THE EARTH TO GROW • THE LEAVES WERE ____ AWAY • ARRANGED NEATLY-NOT MESSY • IT KEEPS THE GARDEN PRIVATE • WE KEEP GARDEN EQUIPMENT HERE • A BRUSH WAS USED FOR THIS TASK • THESE CAN BE BAKED IN THE OVEN • WE DON'T WANT THEM IN THE GARDEN • ...

19 Clues: Our Mascot • What type of force is gravity • By using what can you tell time • What tool measures using gravity • What are the seasons not caused by • The moon is only lite up __________ • Which season has the least daylight • What is 140,600,000 km away from earth • Which season has the shortest shadows? • What keeps the earth in the sun’s orbit • ...

37 Clues: 23.5 degrees. • Sun Moon Earth • Sun Earth Moon • A "dirty snowball" • means "equal night" • Mercury Venus Earth Mars • shape of planetary orbits. • The path that Earth follows. • Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune. • The force of gravity on an object. • The spinning of Earth on its axis. • The amount of matter in an object. • The rise and fall of the oceans water • ...

18 Clues: air • size • life • water • planet • man-made • rocks/earth • not man-made • ability to sustain • can be small or big • everything around us • trees, mountains, hills • part of earth's surface • overall feature of the land • measurement from east to west • measurement from north to south • how things are arranged on a surface • study of physical features of the earth

17 Clues: the imaginary line at which earth rotates • A measure of how hot or cold something is • The force that draws objects toward each other • state of the atmosphere in any given time/place • To move in a circle about/around a central axis. • when the earth, moon, and sun are in a straight line • The time/date when both day and night are at equal time • ...

14 Clues: 365 1/4 days • year with 366 days • name for March Equinox • source of Earth's energy • equal day and equal night • spinning of Earth on its axis • winter, spring, summer, autumn • 23.5 degrees slant of the Earth • movement of Earth around the Sun • 90 degrees North and South latitude • longest and shortest day of the year • division of Earth in two equal parts • ...

10 Clues: lake • down • rock • space • water • river • cloud • ocean • earth • planet

10 Clues: the planet we live on • there are 24 in a day • there are 365 in a year • the earth spins on this • where the earth is widest • the earth goes around this • the closest planet to the sun • there are 8 in our solar system • the northern point of the earth's axis • the southern point of the earth's axis

10 Clues: : the outer layer • : the make up of something • : earth's thickest layer • core: the only liquid core filled with iron and nickel • core: the the hottest layer in the center of the earth • : how tightly packed the matter in the substance is • : a measure of the amount of the weight in an object • ...

10 Clues: liquid layer • we live on it • its mostly rock • the hottest part • the thinnest layer • found under the oceans • also known as the mesosphere • silicate rocks rich in magnesium and iron • very thick layer of rock inside the planet • a current in a fluid that results from convection

10 Clues: / A moving air • / Known as the red planet • / Known as the blue planet • / Shape of the orbital path • / Amount of moisture in the air • / The hotness or coldness of air • / Tool used to get the air temperature • / Direction of the Earth's rotation and revolution around the Sun • / Imaginary line that gives the east west position of a point on earth’s surface. • ...

10 Clues: comes from clouds • a place for learning • the only planet that has life • a plant that uses Photosenthisis • a country that looks like a boot • a pet that is lovable and popular • a skinny sheet that's from a tree • an election that involves with music • energy that reacts to an object Ex: Light bulb • an animal that has different cycles and can fly

10 Clues: a living system • animals living in the wild • forests with high rainfall • what we breathe in every day • travels through water and waves • powerful masses of water movement • flowing water from a vertical drop • the beginning of a flowering plant • a mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids and organisms • ...

10 Clues: Earth's outer layer • A molten state of Earth • the third planet from the sun • Waves that travel through Earth • A solid ball of iron and nickel • the degree of compactness of a substance • a sheet,quantity,or thickness of material • The mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground • the intense heat that causes rocks to rise and fall

10 Clues: fastest waves • second fastest waves • magma at earths surface • detects and records vibrations • felsic and light or mafic and dark • rock formed by erosin and weathering • energy released in the form of vibrations • liquid rock material that comes from earth • the study of earthquakes and seismic waves • naturally occurring solid mixture of minerals

10 Clues: What is CDT? • Underneath 9 down • The creator of CDT • The supercontinent • The surface of Earth • the outer part of 5 across • the scientific name for 9 down • The inside of the center of Earth • The outside of the center of Earth • These large rocks float on the mantle

10 Clues: (of a person) weak and delicate • Interrupt action or speech briefly • graceful and stylish in appearance or manner • possession of the means or skill to do something • favored by or involving good luck or fortune; lucky • all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country • having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness • ...

13 Clues: Made of about 90% water • The air that surrounds Earth • A word that means "just right" • On Mars the ______ can drop to -220! • The only planet that can support life • Covers more than half of Earths surface • Earth has a _______ that can support life • A word that means "to control or maintain" • Earth is the perfect distance from this object • ...

20 Clues: A giant plate of land • A long and giant sea wave • The movement of continents • The hottest layer of the Earth • The thinnest layer of the Earth • The second main layer of the Earth • the remains of a prehistoric animal • A fossil that is replaced by minerals • Measures the effects of an earthquake • A supercontinent millions of years ago • ...

24 Clues: The temperature. • A particular land. • The symbol is SEC. • A navigation system. • A person who creates maps. • When two lines can never meet. • The four boxes on a Cartesian plane. • pole the opposite of the south pole. • pole the opposite of the north pole. • hemisphere The top half of the earth. • Two numbers showing a spot on a graph. • A period of time that takes 60 seconds. • ...

20 Clues: To go around • To spin or turn • The largest planet • A very cold planet! • What planet spins on its side? • All four gas giants have ______ • Earth’s _______ is constantly changing. • A ____ moon is the beginning of the phases • The smallest planet and is closest to the sun • The solar system is made out of how many planets? • What planet is similar to Earth in size and mass? • ...

19 Clues: frozen raindrops • height above sea level • the state of the atmosphere • all the waters of the earth • the solid, rocky layer of Earth • the changing of a liquid to a gas • the pushing forces of the atmosphere • the amount of water vapor in the air • frozen precipitation that forms in layers • the movement of materials away from a place • ...

17 Clues: The "soil" on Mars. • The second hottest planet. • The study of climate and weather. • Water going from a gas to a solid • Growing plants with... fish water? • The lost of water vapor through skin • How many years a red dwarf star lives. • The point of no return for black holes. • The exhalation of water vapor through leaves. • Using electricity to split CO2 into CO and O2. • ...

17 Clues: lavas that are more fluid • large and dangerous volcano • lava that hardened in a vent • substance resistance to flow • broad and small sloped volcano • water vapor and carbon dioxide • when magma reaches the surface • hot yet solid mantle rock rises • hot fluid beneath earth's surface • resembles braids in twisted ropes • Causes rock to melt at a lower temp • ...

17 Clues: data describing and observation using words • data that usually consists of numbers with units • the study of presently occurring scientific events • a model that attempts to explain a set of observations • any information scientists collect by observing nature • a basic assumption about the world that a person assumes is true • ...

17 Clues: changing of a liquid into gas • change of a gas into a liquid • having many small spaces or holes • this type of water is on the earth • things that meet our needs and wants • this type of water has little or no salt • to move slowly down through earth's layers • using something carefully so its not wasted • when water evaporates from the leaves of plants • ...

17 Clues: Summer, Autumn, Winter, ? • fossil fuels are made of this • The first planet from the sun • O2 is the chemical formula for • phosphorous is not found in the • CH4 is the chemical formula for • The process that converts CO2 to O2 • The most common greenhouse gas (5,6) • The most common gas in the atmosphere • The layer around Earth that traps heat • ...

17 Clues: Energy from the sun. • Energy from moving air. • Energy produced from water. • When a species no longer exists. • The month we celebrate Earth Day. • A large area of trees and plants. • The Earth is a _______ we live on. • Energy that can be replaced naturally. • Our home planet, where we live and play. • The color of grass, trees, and many plants. • ...

17 Clues: Energy from the sun. • Energy from moving air. • Energy produced from water. • When a species no longer exists. • A large area of trees and plants. • The month we celebrate Earth Day. • Energy that can be replaced naturally. • Our home planet, where we live and play. • The Earth is the ____________ we live on. • The color of grass, trees, and many plants. • ...

17 Clues: and upper mantle. • consisting of the • a planet or moon. • surface of the Earth • all the water at and near • part of Earth in which life • the rigid outer part of the • a mixture of gases that sur- • including land, water, and air or atmosphere • an instrument used to measure atmospheric/air pressure • 3rd layer of the atmosphere extends from 31- to 53 miles up • ...

17 Clues: center of Earth • forms continents • indirect evidence • beneath the ocean • below Earth's crust • force pressing on an area • controls the magnetic field • meters down rock gets warmer • thinnest/outer layer of Earth • 20 meters down rocks get _______ • solid, flexible rock layer of the mantle • rock samples/drilling/volcanoes eruptions • ...

35 Clues: the place where an organism usually lives • to reduce the severity or impact of something • describes a species that has died out completely • of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event • a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. • limitations that define the boundaries of a design process • ...

35 Clues: the place where an organism usually lives • to reduce the severity or impact of something • describes a species that has died out completely • of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event • a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. • limitations that define the boundaries of a design process • ...

24 Clues: half of a globe • tells about the map • who created the map • writing about the earth • when the map was created • one of earth's 7 main divisions of land • projection good at zooming in on regions • explains the symbols and colors on the map • tells how multiple places have similar features • type of location using addresses or coordinates • ...

25 Clues: shows direction • each half of the earth • portions of earths surface • lines that run east to west • shape and nature of the land • explains the symbols on a map • lines that run north to south • circles the middle of the earth • natural surroundings of a place • the exact location of something • how far above or below sea level • getting information from far away • ...

28 Clues: Travel • Heights • Complain • Complaints • Significantly • Brings to mind • Superior people • Completely empty • Fearless; adventurous • Confined to the Earth • Lose strength or momentum • Exaggeration; overemphasis • Become aware of (something) • Already existing in something • Certain to happen; unavoidable • Group of people living in a foreign place • ...