the earth Crossword Puzzles

Precambrian Earth 2024-05-01

Precambrian Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. molecules that combine to form proteins
  2. a microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles. Prokaryotes include the bacteria and cyanobacteria.
  3. a sedimentary deposit that consists of alternating thin layers of iron oxides (such as magnetite or hematite) and iron-poor minerals (such as shale or chert)
  4. a laminated usually mounded sedimentary fossil formed from layers of cyanobacteria, calcium carbonate, and trapped sediment
  5. sedimentary rocks, typically consisting of sandstone, siltstone, and shale, that are predominantly red in color due to the presence of ferric oxides.
  6. a land mass that was an independent continent about 500 million years ago and that currently includes Greenland and a large part of the North American continent
  7. any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus.
  8. a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging in size from nearly 600 miles (1,000 km) across (Ceres) to dust particles, are found (as the asteroid belt ) especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits, and a few pass close to the earth or enter the atmosphere as meteors.
  9. the nuclear area of Precambrian rocks present in each of the continents.
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  1. When planets begin to melt, the materials in them begin to separate from one another. The heaviest materials, such as metallic iron, sink to form cores. Low-density magmas rise, forming crusts.
  2. any of a major group (Cyanobacteria) of photosynthetic bacteria that are single-celled but often form colonies in the form of filaments, sheets, or spheres and are found in diverse environments (such as salt and fresh water, soils, and on rocks)
  3. an isolated fragment of continental crust forming part of a small crust plate.
  4. a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground. More than 90 percent of meteorites are of rock, while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel.
  5. a large stable block of the earth's crust forming the nucleus of a continent.
  6. one of the world's largest geologic continental shields, centered on Hudson Bay and extending for 8 million square km
  7. taxonomic period classification that consists of all life forms that were present on Earth during the Ediacaran Period
  8. a mineral occurring as prismatic crystals, typically brown but sometimes in translucent varieties of gem quality. It consists of zirconium silicate and is the chief ore of zirconium.

17 Clues: molecules that combine to form proteins • any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus. • the nuclear area of Precambrian rocks present in each of the continents. • a large stable block of the earth's crust forming the nucleus of a continent. • an isolated fragment of continental crust forming part of a small crust plate. • ...

Dynamic Earth 2023-02-26

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When magma is above ground it is called _____.
  2. One plate moves under another plate.
  3. A ______ volcano is one that has not erupted recently, but may still erupt again.
  4. Thinnest layer of the Earth.
  5. ________ currents in the mantle cause plates to move.
  6. Plates moving apart from one another.
  7. Plates moving towards one another.
  8. The place under the Earth where an Earthquake happens.
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  1. Most of these are found on the Ring of Fire.
  2. Plates sliding past one another.
  3. Earthquakes release_________ waves.
  4. Heat travels in solids by ______________.
  5. The Earth's crust is made up of _______ plates.
  6. A series of large waves usually caused by an Earthquake.
  7. Thickest layer of the Earth.
  8. Heat travels in outer space by ___________.
  9. The moment-magnitude scale is a _______ scale to measure Earthquakes.

17 Clues: Thinnest layer of the Earth. • Thickest layer of the Earth. • Plates sliding past one another. • Plates moving towards one another. • Earthquakes release_________ waves. • One plate moves under another plate. • Plates moving apart from one another. • Heat travels in solids by ______________. • Heat travels in outer space by ___________. • ...

Earth Science 2025-05-03

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. (2 words) a volcanically active area of Earth's surface far from a tectonic plate boundary
  2. a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma forces itself vertically across rock layers
  3. volcano with wide, gently sloping sides that forms from quiet eruptions
  4. (3 words) area of volcanic and seismic activity that surrounds the Pacific plate
  5. (2 words) forms as magma hardens inside a pipe
  6. an opening in a volcano
  7. molten rock below the Earth's surface
  8. molten rock is at or above the Earth's surface
  9. (2 words) forms from lava flowing out of the cracks in the crust
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  1. eruoption that occrus with magma that is very hot or low in silica
  2. volcano formed by alternating europtions of lava and ash
  3. eruption that occurs with magma that is high in silica
  4. volcano that is not expected to erupt
  5. volcano that is not currently erupting, but is expected to do so in the future
  6. hole or space left when the top of a volcano collapses
  7. bowl-shaped area at the top of a volcano
  8. (2 words) refers to the process of lava moving across the surface

17 Clues: an opening in a volcano • volcano that is not expected to erupt • molten rock below the Earth's surface • bowl-shaped area at the top of a volcano • (2 words) forms as magma hardens inside a pipe • molten rock is at or above the Earth's surface • eruption that occurs with magma that is high in silica • hole or space left when the top of a volcano collapses • ...

earth science 2024-10-23

earth science crossword puzzle
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  1. can catch falling material during a landslide
  2. structures in areas where there are earthquakes need to ____ energy
  3. a seismograph measures ___ to know how powerful an earthquake is
  4. type of land covering with the most erosion
  5. does mitigate mean increase or decrease
  6. a new island after a volcano is a ______ process
  7. knowing how high flood waters have gone can help you know where to build a ____.
  8. a seismograph helps you know where an ___ may occur.
  9. removing soil from land after a flood leads to ____ changes
  10. man-made ponds can prevent ________.
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  1. beach _______ is when new sand is added to eroded shorelines
  2. strong glass windows can limit damage from ______.
  3. can help people use information from tsunamis and earthquakes
  4. beach ____ can help stop shoreline erosion
  5. changes the shape of a mountain by breaking off rock
  6. physical weathering is always a _______ process
  7. was formed by river water erosion

17 Clues: was formed by river water erosion • man-made ponds can prevent ________. • does mitigate mean increase or decrease • beach ____ can help stop shoreline erosion • type of land covering with the most erosion • can catch falling material during a landslide • physical weathering is always a _______ process • a new island after a volcano is a ______ process • ...

Spag earth, sun & moon crossword 2019-10-27

Spag earth, sun & moon crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. waning quarter
  2. it is a big ball of fire and it is bright
  3. when the moon is circle
  4. the moon appears darker and passes into the earths shadow
  5. the imaginary line that runs through the earth
  6. This causes the seasons
  7. when the moon disappears
  8. it takes 356 and a quarter days for the earth to do this
  9. there is only a little of the moon left
  10. the second half of the moons rotation
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  1. the sun moon and earth all line up
  2. a force that holds us on earth
  3. there are 4 of these
  4. theres only a little bit of the moon gone
  5. there are 12 of these
  6. the first half of the moons rotation

16 Clues: waning quarter • there are 4 of these • there are 12 of these • when the moon is circle • This causes the seasons • when the moon disappears • a force that holds us on earth • the sun moon and earth all line up • the first half of the moons rotation • the second half of the moons rotation • there is only a little of the moon left • it is a big ball of fire and it is bright • ...

Earth's Systems 2020-12-16

Earth's Systems crossword puzzle
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  1. the innermost layer of the Earth
  2. an educated guess
  3. the solid, rocky part of the Earth
  4. a set of principles or interacting components
  5. the study of the relationships between living things and their environment
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  1. the molten rock layer of the Earth
  2. the portion of the Earth that is water
  3. a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth
  4. the part of the Earth where life exists
  5. a step by step process to carry out an experiment
  6. the outermost layer of the Earth

11 Clues: an educated guess • the innermost layer of the Earth • the outermost layer of the Earth • the molten rock layer of the Earth • the solid, rocky part of the Earth • the portion of the Earth that is water • the part of the Earth where life exists • a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth • a set of principles or interacting components • ...

Sun, Earth and Moon Vocabulary 2022-03-29

Sun, Earth and Moon Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space
  2. the combination of substances that make up a whole object
  3. the spinning of a planet, Moon, or other object on its axis
  4. imaginary line about which an object rotates
  5. a giant ball of gases that is the source of energy for the Earth
  6. the planet we live on
  7. the earth rotates in this direction
  8. the sun is made of ________ , mostly helium and hydrogen
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  1. When the sun appears to come up in the east, we call this a __________
  2. the air that surrounds the Earth; it is made of a mixture of gases
  3. one orbit of an object, such as a planet or satellite, in space around another object in space
  4. a large cavity on the surface of the moon
  5. 50 of these can fit in the Earth
  6. When the sun appears to disappear below the horizon line in the west, we call this a _________.
  7. one full rotation of the Earth takes one _____ , or 24 hours

15 Clues: the planet we live on • 50 of these can fit in the Earth • the earth rotates in this direction • a large cavity on the surface of the moon • imaginary line about which an object rotates • the sun is made of ________ , mostly helium and hydrogen • the combination of substances that make up a whole object • the spinning of a planet, Moon, or other object on its axis • ...

Why do the continents look like they fit together? 2023-06-02

Why do the continents look like they fit together? crossword puzzle
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  1. TO BREAK INTO PIECES.
  2. VOLCANIC MATERIAL FROM INSIDE EARTH.
  3. A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE STRUCTURE & HISTORY OF EARTH.
  4. ABLE TO FLOAT.
  5. A MAJOR FAULT OR CRACK IN EARTH'S SURFACE.
  6. TO PROPOSE AN EXPLANATION OR THEORY.
  7. A PERSON WHO MAKES MAPS.
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  1. TO COME TOGETHER.
  2. REMNANTS OF THE CORES OF PLANETS.
  3. THE TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT AN OBJECT IS MADE OF.
  4. THE OUTER LAYER OF EARTH.
  5. EARTHQUAKES PRODUCE 2 TYPES OF ____________ WAVES.
  6. THE SECTION OF EARTH BETWEEN THE CRUST AND THE CORE.
  7. A LONG, STEEP VALLEY.
  8. THE AMOUNT OF MATTER WITHIN A GIVEN SPACE.

15 Clues: ABLE TO FLOAT. • TO COME TOGETHER. • TO BREAK INTO PIECES. • A LONG, STEEP VALLEY. • A PERSON WHO MAKES MAPS. • THE OUTER LAYER OF EARTH. • REMNANTS OF THE CORES OF PLANETS. • VOLCANIC MATERIAL FROM INSIDE EARTH. • TO PROPOSE AN EXPLANATION OR THEORY. • A MAJOR FAULT OR CRACK IN EARTH'S SURFACE. • THE AMOUNT OF MATTER WITHIN A GIVEN SPACE. • ...

Earth Spheres and the Iinner Structure of Earth 2025-11-17

Earth Spheres and the Iinner Structure of Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. all living organisms and recently living organisms on Earth
  2. – The thin, outer layer of the Earth where we live, made of solid rock, including continents and ocean floors.
  3. an imaginary pole going right through the center of Earth from "top" to "bottom."
  4. An imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  5. – The thick layer of hot, semi-solid rock between the core and the crust; it moves slowly and drives tectonic plate movement.
  6. a layer of gas surrounding the Earth
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  1. – The innermost layer of the Earth, made mostly of iron and nickel, divided into a solid inner core and a liquid outer core.
  2. all water on the surface of Earth
  3. Energy from the Sun
  4. One of the two points on Earth’s surface where the planet’s axis of rotation meets the surface: the North Pole (90°N) and the South Pole (90°S).
  5. – The planet we live on, made up of different layers and systems that support life.
  6. rocky surface and interior of Earth

12 Clues: Energy from the Sun • all water on the surface of Earth • rocky surface and interior of Earth • a layer of gas surrounding the Earth • all living organisms and recently living organisms on Earth • an imaginary pole going right through the center of Earth from "top" to "bottom." • – The planet we live on, made up of different layers and systems that support life. • ...

Space Capstone Crossword 2020-05-17

Space Capstone Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the force that binds one object to another
  2. an idea that placed Earth at the center of the solar system instead of the Sun
  3. an idea that places the Sun at the center of the solar system
  4. the study of space
  5. a system composed the interplanetary medium, dark matter, and celestial bodies
  6. the total amount of matter in an object
  7. one of the four periods on Earth that begins with a solstice or equinox and usually has different weather
  8. all the contents of space, time, matter, stars, and other cosmic objects
  9. the movement of an object as it pivots about an axis
  10. a torus-shaped region of asteroids that divide the inner and outer planets
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  1. an imaginary line that runs down the center of an object to depict its center of rotation
  2. the phase of the Moon where the illuminated part that faces Earth gets smaller
  3. elliptical, spiral, and irregular
  4. the mission where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first landed on the Moon
  5. the natural satellite of the Earth that takes about a month to orbit Earth
  6. the rising and falling of the sea due to the gravitational attraction of the planets
  7. the measure of the force of gravity on an object
  8. a method of reducing measurements to achieve the same proportions as the scale model
  9. the distance that light travels in a year
  10. an optical instrument that allows distant objects to appear brighter and clearer

20 Clues: the study of space • elliptical, spiral, and irregular • the total amount of matter in an object • the distance that light travels in a year • the force that binds one object to another • the measure of the force of gravity on an object • the movement of an object as it pivots about an axis • an idea that places the Sun at the center of the solar system • ...

Dimitri Matheson 2023-02-01

Dimitri Matheson crossword puzzle
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  1. any rock that has cooled from a molten state
  2. cooled volcanic rock made of silicon, oxygen, iron, aluminum, magnesium
  3. rock produced from chemical/physical alterations – temperature and pressure
  4. boundary where two plates move apart
  5. boundary where two plates push together
  6. to bend; waves do this when passing through the interior
  7. charged particles flowing from the sun’s surface
  8. the sorting of a planet’s layers by density; densest first
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  1. rock made of cemented fragments of other rocks or shells
  2. vibrations that are sent through the interior of earth
  3. 1,000 meters
  4. the dense metallic center of earth
  5. the outermost layer of the earth; layer we live on
  6. the idea that convection in the mantle moves the plates
  7. area where a plate sinks under another
  8. hot flows up, cold sinks down; process in mantle
  9. boundary where two plates slide past each other
  10. largest layer of the earth; putty-like

18 Clues: 1,000 meters • the dense metallic center of earth • boundary where two plates move apart • area where a plate sinks under another • largest layer of the earth; putty-like • boundary where two plates push together • any rock that has cooled from a molten state • boundary where two plates slide past each other • hot flows up, cold sinks down; process in mantle • ...

Science Thing 2023-02-02

Science Thing crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the difference between high tide and low tide (high tide - low tide)
  2. the lack of water motion between tides
  3. of, found in, or produced by the sea.
  4. the natural satellite of the earth
  5. the star around which the Earth orbits
  6. the pull the moon and sun cast on the Earth
  7. the tidal pattern of one high and one low tide daily
  8. the tidal pattern of two high and two low tides daily with equal heights
  9. the incoming tide (low to high)
  10. the state of the tide when at its highest level.
  11. a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
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  1. of, on, or relating to the earth.
  2. the state of the tide when at its lowest level.
  3. the tidal pattern of two high and two low tides daily with different heights
  4. a wave created where an incoming tide flows into a narrow area (good surfing wave)
  5. the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
  6. the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide.
  7. the planet on which we live; the world.
  8. a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low water
  9. the outgoing tide (high to low)

20 Clues: the incoming tide (low to high) • the outgoing tide (high to low) • of, on, or relating to the earth. • the natural satellite of the earth • of, found in, or produced by the sea. • the lack of water motion between tides • the star around which the Earth orbits • the planet on which we live; the world. • the pull the moon and sun cast on the Earth • ...

8th Grade Science Vocabulary Ch. 1- Ch. 4 2023-05-12

8th Grade Science Vocabulary Ch. 1- Ch. 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. is a personal and often unreasoned judgment for or against one side in a dispute (prejudice)
  2. a flatland that has been raised in elevation
  3. stress of pushing landmasses together
  4. Man's best friend
  5. slowest seismic wave causes the most damage
  6. fault where the hanging wall slides down
  7. Flying mammal
  8. Likes to chase mice
  9. fault where the hanging wall moves upward above the footwall
  10. amount of space an object takes up (ml or m2)
  11. fastest seismic wave (compressional)
  12. can change when the gravitational pull changes (N)
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  1. the stress of landmasses sliding past one another
  2. the shaking of the earth directly above the focus
  3. another name for an average of numbers
  4. the point in the earth where the rocks are broken due to stress
  5. amount of mass per unit volume
  6. violent shaking of the earth caused by reducing stress on the earth
  7. amount of matter in an object (kg)
  8. stress of pulling landmasses apart
  9. a conclusion from facts or premises (what happened)
  10. telling what may happen in the future

22 Clues: Flying mammal • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • amount of mass per unit volume • amount of matter in an object (kg) • stress of pulling landmasses apart • fastest seismic wave (compressional) • stress of pushing landmasses together • telling what may happen in the future • another name for an average of numbers • fault where the hanging wall slides down • ...

17 2025-08-28

17 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. High renown or honor
  2. A length of cloth used to wrap a dead body
  3. A bird, a symbol of the Holy Spirit
  4. A fermented drink, a symbol of blood
  5. The star at the center of our solar system
  6. A visible mass of condensed water vapor
  7. The earth and all its inhabitants
  8. A staple food, a symbol of life
  9. The physical structure of a person
  10. The act of rising from the dead
  11. A symbol of Christ's sacrifice
  12. A spice given to Jesus
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  1. A red liquid that circulates in the body
  2. Water falling in drops
  3. The top layer of the earth
  4. A type of seasoning used for burial
  5. A rapid oxidation of a material
  6. A natural movement of air
  7. An act of defeating an enemy
  8. The natural satellite of the Earth
  9. A fixed luminous point in the night sky
  10. A gentle animal, a symbol of Jesus
  11. A clear liquid
  12. The planet on which we live
  13. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere

25 Clues: A clear liquid • High renown or honor • Water falling in drops • A spice given to Jesus • A natural movement of air • The top layer of the earth • The planet on which we live • An act of defeating an enemy • A symbol of Christ's sacrifice • A rapid oxidation of a material • A staple food, a symbol of life • The act of rising from the dead • The earth and all its inhabitants • ...

Unit 1 Environmental Sys 2024-08-16

Unit 1 Environmental Sys crossword puzzle
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  1. The gaseous layer surrounding the Earth
  2. All the water on Earth, including oceans, rivers, and lakes
  3. A well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world
  4. All regions of Earth that support life
  5. The movement of the Earth’s plates that can cause earthquakes and volcanoes
  6. A variable that is changed by the independent variable
  7. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment and is used for comparison
  8. The water in all its forms, including glaciers and ice caps
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  1. Large areas characterized by climate and plant life on land
  2. An educated guess that can be tested through experimentation
  3. A variable that is changed or controlled to observe its effect
  4. Cycles related to non-living components of ecosystems, like water and nutrients
  5. A tool used to identify organisms based on a series of choices
  6. A conclusion drawn based on evidence and reasoning
  7. Species that are non native, spread rapidly and cause harm to new environments
  8. The solid part of the Earth, including rocks and minerals
  9. The complete disappearance of a species from the Earth
  10. Variables that are kept the same to ensure a fair test

18 Clues: All regions of Earth that support life • The gaseous layer surrounding the Earth • A conclusion drawn based on evidence and reasoning • A variable that is changed by the independent variable • The complete disappearance of a species from the Earth • Variables that are kept the same to ensure a fair test • The solid part of the Earth, including rocks and minerals • ...

Unit 5 Vocab Ava.P 2019-01-16

Unit 5 Vocab Ava.P crossword puzzle
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  1. Gases surrounding Earth
  2. The change from gas or vapor to liquid
  3. The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
  4. All ice on earth
  5. The amount of water vapor in the air
  6. Mild Temperatures
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  1. Layer a layer in earths stratosphere
  2. Vapor The gaseous phase of water
  3. A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
  4. All the water on earth
  5. Heat Energy
  6. all living organisms on earth
  7. Hot temperature, warm energy
  8. Water in the form of droplets
  9. Physical substance in general

15 Clues: Heat Energy • All ice on earth • Mild Temperatures • All the water on earth • Gases surrounding Earth • Hot temperature, warm energy • all living organisms on earth • Water in the form of droplets • Physical substance in general • Vapor The gaseous phase of water • Layer a layer in earths stratosphere • The amount of water vapor in the air • The change from gas or vapor to liquid • ...

Earth's Rotation and Revolution 2022-03-11

Earth's Rotation and Revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. imaginary line through Earth from N to S Pole
  2. when Earth turns around its axis
  3. area of the world where all clocks are the same
  4. side of Earth facing Sun has this
  5. the path a planet follows around the Sun
  6. side of Earth facing away from Sun has this
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  1. Earth rotates from west to...
  2. Earth's axis is not straight, it's...
  3. the movement of a planet around the Sun
  4. one complete turn of Earth
  5. the Sun rises in the east and sets in the...
  6. one complete trip around the Sun

12 Clues: one complete turn of Earth • Earth rotates from west to... • when Earth turns around its axis • one complete trip around the Sun • side of Earth facing Sun has this • Earth's axis is not straight, it's... • the movement of a planet around the Sun • the path a planet follows around the Sun • side of Earth facing away from Sun has this • ...

The space 2016-11-07

The space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alien / another / for / name
  2. sun / the / planet / from / farthest / the
  3. planet / our / name / the / of
  4. planet / the / red
  5. the / solar / our / center / star / at / the / of /system
  6. we / space / the / fly / in /vehicle / to / that / use
  7. the / space / travels / in / who / scientist
  8. gravity / who / discovered / the/ person / the
  9. of / the / planet / solar / largest / the / system
  10. person / on / walked / the / moon / who / first / the
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  1. satellite / the / Earth / of
  2. the / sun / planet / from / seventh / the
  3. with / planet / rings / a
  4. sun / the / planet / that / closest / to / the
  5. star / an / moving / a / object / around
  6. space / person / studies / about / who
  7. the / planet / sun / second / the / from
  8. space / a / that / around / moves / rock / in
  9. sky / in / night / a / light / the
  10. force / Earth / the / to / holding / the / us

20 Clues: planet / the / red • with / planet / rings / a • satellite / the / Earth / of • alien / another / for / name • planet / our / name / the / of • sky / in / night / a / light / the • space / person / studies / about / who • star / an / moving / a / object / around • the / planet / sun / second / the / from • the / sun / planet / from / seventh / the • ...

Geography Review 2023-11-30

Geography Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The study of the earth and the way living things use it.
  2. The region that Texas is located.
  3. The region that Wisconsin is located.
  4. The region that California is located.
  5. The number of regions.
  6. An area of land that is separated from other areas.
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  1. Important places or objects.
  2. Half of the earth.
  3. The region that Florida is located.
  4. The plants that grow in an area.
  5. A model of the earth.
  6. The weather in a certain area over a period of time.
  7. Something used by people to learn more about a place on Earth.
  8. The number of continents.
  9. The region we live in.

15 Clues: Half of the earth. • A model of the earth. • The number of regions. • The region we live in. • The number of continents. • Important places or objects. • The plants that grow in an area. • The region that Texas is located. • The region that Florida is located. • The region that Wisconsin is located. • The region that California is located. • ...

Zarah Patel 3 2023-12-06

Zarah Patel 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The tool that measures earthquake
  2. Formed from volcanic cinders
  3. The magma that reaches the surface
  4. When two plates slide past each other
  5. Resistance to flow
  6. A thick, mostly solid layer that's 85% of the total mass of Earth
  7. When the two plates move toward each other
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  1. The point within the Earth where an earthquake took place
  2. The outermost shell of Earth
  3. The point on Earth's surface directly above the location of an earthquake
  4. The crack within the Earth's lithosphere
  5. When the oceanic crust sinks below continental
  6. When two plates move away from each other
  7. A liquid layer of iron and nickel
  8. The stage of lava before it reaches the surface of Earth
  9. A solid mass of iron and nickel

16 Clues: Resistance to flow • The outermost shell of Earth • Formed from volcanic cinders • A solid mass of iron and nickel • The tool that measures earthquake • A liquid layer of iron and nickel • The magma that reaches the surface • When two plates slide past each other • The crack within the Earth's lithosphere • When two plates move away from each other • ...

Chapter 2: Describing the Earth 2021-09-10

Chapter 2: Describing the Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. the point farthest to the south.
  2. set of horizontal and vertical lines on a map.
  3. lines of latitude halfway between the poles.
  4. half of the earth.
  5. an imaginary line that passes through the center of the earth.
  6. a measure of the distance around a circle or sphere
  7. The spinning of the Earth.
  8. 1 of 7 major land areas of the earth.
  9. distance north or south of the equator.
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  1. farthest point north on the earth.
  2. the line of 0 degrees longitude.
  3. area that has the same clock time.
  4. each block is numbered and lettered, the numbers and letters help you locate quickly the blocks and the places inside them.
  5. distance east or west of the prime meridian.

14 Clues: half of the earth. • The spinning of the Earth. • the point farthest to the south. • the line of 0 degrees longitude. • farthest point north on the earth. • area that has the same clock time. • 1 of 7 major land areas of the earth. • distance north or south of the equator. • lines of latitude halfway between the poles. • distance east or west of the prime meridian. • ...

Crossword puzzles 2023-02-16

Crossword puzzles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Equal
  2. The diffrence
  3. Principle of ____
  4. A common recurring goal
  5. To be efficent
  6. To reuse
  7. Something sustabinable
  8. Come from Earth
Down
  1. Energy from the sun
  2. littering
  3. To buy things that are good for earth
  4. To keep the difference between the two things
  5. A resource that comes from earth
  6. To save
  7. Comes from nature

15 Clues: Equal • To save • To reuse • littering • The diffrence • To be efficent • Come from Earth • Principle of ____ • Comes from nature • Energy from the sun • Something sustabinable • A common recurring goal • A resource that comes from earth • To buy things that are good for earth • To keep the difference between the two things

Earth Science Crossword 2024-03-13

Earth Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. forces pushing against each other
  2. hard outer layer of the earth
  3. when two plates pull apart
  4. rock with an opening to the mantle
  5. a long depression with steep walls
  6. a way to find distance by sending sound waves and checking how long it takes for them to bounce back
  7. an area where plates go into the mantle
  8. the supercontinent that was made up of all the continents
  9. when two plates push together
  10. a fault where the block above the fault moves and over the block below
  11. the man that figured out seafloor spreading
Down
  1. solid metal, deepest part of the earth
  2. forces pulling against each other
  3. solid rock layer of the earth, has convection currents
  4. the border between two tectonic plates
  5. remains of dead animals
  6. a fault where the block above the fault move downward compared to the block below
  7. when two blocks slide past each another
  8. liquid metal, is a casing for a layer of the earth
  9. when two plates scrape by each other

20 Clues: remains of dead animals • when two plates pull apart • hard outer layer of the earth • when two plates push together • forces pushing against each other • forces pulling against each other • rock with an opening to the mantle • a long depression with steep walls • when two plates scrape by each other • solid metal, deepest part of the earth • ...

mars and earth crossword puzzle 2022-04-27

mars and earth crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is a robotic spacecraft that leaves Earth orbit and explores space.
  2. mars has 2 ____
  3. how far is mars from the sun?(in killometers)
  4. what is mars half the size of?
  5. mars is knon as the red planet because?
  6. how many earth days are in a year on earth?
Down
  1. in order to live on mars we need to _________
  2. true or false? mars is a gas planet
  3. mars is known as wha
  4. what happens once every 26 months?
  5. what type of planet is mars NOT?
  6. how long does mars's axis rotation take?
  7. mars is named after the god of ___
  8. how many earth days are in a year on mars?
  9. what is the fourth planet from the sun?

15 Clues: mars has 2 ____ • mars is known as wha • what is mars half the size of? • what type of planet is mars NOT? • what happens once every 26 months? • mars is named after the god of ___ • true or false? mars is a gas planet • what is the fourth planet from the sun? • mars is knon as the red planet because? • how long does mars's axis rotation take? • ...

Benchmark Grade 6 Unit 8.1 2025-04-30

Benchmark Grade 6 Unit 8.1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. effort
  2. deadline
  3. person who studies Earth, soil, land
  4. relating to to earth or land
  5. the study of land
  6. journey
  7. build up over time
  8. mixture
Down
  1. close to, about
  2. to dig or shovel
  3. wears away
  4. rock with crystals inside
  5. make bigger
  6. the internal heat of the Earth
  7. ask, confer, discuss

15 Clues: effort • journey • mixture • deadline • wears away • make bigger • close to, about • to dig or shovel • the study of land • build up over time • ask, confer, discuss • rock with crystals inside • relating to to earth or land • the internal heat of the Earth • person who studies Earth, soil, land

Earth's Moon 2014-11-25

Earth's Moon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earth's only natural satellite
  2. moon's point closest to the earth
  3. the lighted area of the moon decrease in size
  4. as the moon revolves around earth, sunlight begins to illuminate at the right side
  5. division between the illuminated and dark part of the earth's moon
  6. edge of the visible surface of the moon
  7. in a full moon _____ is between the sun and the moon
  8. when you can see the left half illuminated
  9. moon's point farthest from the earth
Down
  1. small volcanic features of the moon
  2. Each day the lighted area of the moon gets bigger
  3. we cannot see the moon because the sun and the moon are lined in one direction
  4. it when half of the moon appears
  5. smooth dark areas on the moon
  6. lunar phase that occurs when the Moon is completely illuminated as seen from the Earth

15 Clues: smooth dark areas on the moon • earth's only natural satellite • it when half of the moon appears • moon's point closest to the earth • small volcanic features of the moon • moon's point farthest from the earth • edge of the visible surface of the moon • when you can see the left half illuminated • the lighted area of the moon decrease in size • ...

Crossword puzzles 2023-02-16

Crossword puzzles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Equal
  2. The diffrence
  3. Principle of ____
  4. A common recurring goal
  5. To be efficent
  6. To reuse
  7. Something sustabinable
  8. Come from Earth
Down
  1. Energy from the sun
  2. littering
  3. To buy things that are good for earth
  4. To keep the difference between the two things
  5. A resource that comes from earth
  6. To save
  7. Comes from nature

15 Clues: Equal • To save • To reuse • littering • The diffrence • To be efficent • Come from Earth • Principle of ____ • Comes from nature • Energy from the sun • Something sustabinable • A common recurring goal • A resource that comes from earth • To buy things that are good for earth • To keep the difference between the two things

Space crossward 2022-04-28

Space crossward crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the closest planet to the sun
  2. Was the first person on the moon
  3. Was the first space probe to take a photo of Mars
  4. Multiple nations funded this and astronauts take tours on it for many months
  5. Was the first rover on Mars
Down
  1. Was First man to go into space
  2. Is the farthest man made object from earth
  3. Is the fourth planet from the sun
  4. Is a layer of earth that makes up most of earths mass
  5. Is the first layer of earth(starting from the outer layers)
  6. Was the first artificial object in space.
  7. Was the first creature to orbit earth
  8. Is the third planet from the sun
  9. Is the hottest planet in the solar system
  10. Was the first man made object on Mars

15 Clues: Was the first rover on Mars • Was First man to go into space • Is the closest planet to the sun • Was the first person on the moon • Is the third planet from the sun • Is the fourth planet from the sun • Was the first man made object on Mars • Was the first creature to orbit earth • Was the first artificial object in space. • Is the hottest planet in the solar system • ...

The Planets 2014-10-29

The Planets crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What colour is mercury
  2. What type of system do we have
  3. What is the seventh planet
  4. Named after the sea god
  5. Something both Saturn and Neptune have
  6. The sun is
  7. Like the chocolate
  8. The force that holds planets in orbit
Down
  1. Smallest Planet (until Recently)
  2. How many moons does earth have
  3. A rock that crashes into earth
  4. Famous for its rings
  5. Known as the Red planet
  6. Closest Planet to the sun
  7. Planet between the first and third planet
  8. Our Planet
  9. The largest planet

17 Clues: Our Planet • The sun is • The largest planet • Like the chocolate • Famous for its rings • What colour is mercury • Known as the Red planet • Named after the sea god • Closest Planet to the sun • What is the seventh planet • How many moons does earth have • A rock that crashes into earth • What type of system do we have • Smallest Planet (until Recently) • ...

Endangered Animals 2023-06-23

Endangered Animals crossword puzzle
Across
  1. homes for animals
  2. to kill animals n purpose
  3. Flying mammal
  4. a person who studies the earth
  5. the amount of people in a group
  6. Has a trunk
  7. different animals and habitats
Down
  1. Large marsupial
  2. people do this to animal habitats
  3. To change
  4. no longer living on earth
  5. to take care of the earth
  6. almost extinct
  7. earth needs this to be healthy

14 Clues: To change • Has a trunk • Flying mammal • almost extinct • Large marsupial • homes for animals • to kill animals n purpose • no longer living on earth • to take care of the earth • a person who studies the earth • different animals and habitats • earth needs this to be healthy • the amount of people in a group • people do this to animal habitats

PLATE TECTONICS 2022-09-08

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A device used to record earthquake
  2. A continuous mass on the ocean floor.
  3. Vibration of Earth
  4. The science that studies Earth.
  5. The outer portion of the earth.
  6. Consolidated mixture of minerals.
  7. A record made by a seismograph.
  8. two plates slide past each other.
  9. A theory
  10. Mountains formed by igneous activity
Down
  1. two plates move
  2. thick part of the Earth’s crust
  3. Second type of earthquake wave
  4. Rigid sections of the lithosphere
  5. The thin part of the Earth’s crust
  6. A mass of molten rock
  7. moving apart.
  8. A slab of rock thrusts into the mantle.
  9. A break in a rock
  10. A depression in the seafloor
  11. A concentration of heat in the mantle

21 Clues: A theory • moving apart. • two plates move • A break in a rock • Vibration of Earth • A mass of molten rock • A depression in the seafloor • Second type of earthquake wave • thick part of the Earth’s crust • The science that studies Earth. • The outer portion of the earth. • A record made by a seismograph. • Rigid sections of the lithosphere • Consolidated mixture of minerals. • ...

Meteorology Part 1 Crossword 2012-04-30

Meteorology Part 1 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. At aphelion, the Earth is tilted _________ the sun.
  2. INcoming _____ RadiaTION.
  3. The time when the Earth is closest to the sun.
  4. The angle at which the sun's light hits the Earth is the angle of __________.
  5. At perihelion, the Earth is tilted _________ from the sun.
  6. The transfer of thermal energy through a material by contact.
  7. A warm, wet air mass is ________ tropical.
Down
  1. During our summer, the Northern hemisphere is receiving a _______ angle of insolation.
  2. When an air mass has reached its water vapor capacity, it is _________.
  3. The time when the Earth is farthest away from the sun.
  4. The amount of water vapor in the air, compared to the capacity.
  5. The amount of water vapor an air mass can hold.
  6. The transfer of thermal energy through the movement f a liquid or gas.
  7. The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves.
  8. A cold, dry air mass is _____ continental.

15 Clues: INcoming _____ RadiaTION. • A cold, dry air mass is _____ continental. • A warm, wet air mass is ________ tropical. • The time when the Earth is closest to the sun. • The amount of water vapor an air mass can hold. • The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves. • At aphelion, the Earth is tilted _________ the sun. • ...

Revision - Social Science Grade 6th Feb 2022 2022-02-24

Revision - Social Science Grade 6th Feb 2022 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Islam
  2. chinese pilgrim
  3. divisions of village
  4. major domains of the Earth
  5. Government appoints
  6. gave concept of zero to the world
  7. 66½° N
Down
  1. health science
  2. space starts after this layer
  3. Dark Continent
  4. Discovered the sea route to India from
  5. Harshavardhan
  6. Zila Panchayat
  7. A layer of Earth surrounding the Earth
  8. xuan zang

15 Clues: Islam • 66½° N • xuan zang • Harshavardhan • health science • Dark Continent • Zila Panchayat • chinese pilgrim • Government appoints • divisions of village • major domains of the Earth • space starts after this layer • gave concept of zero to the world • Discovered the sea route to India from • A layer of Earth surrounding the Earth

The Solar System Crossword Puzzle 2023-09-14

The Solar System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Vast collection of stars, like the Milky Way
  2. Known as Earth's "sister" planet
  3. Earth-centered solar system model
  4. Sun-centered solar system model
  5. - Gaseous planets further from the sun
  6. Italian astronomer and physicist
  7. Earth's natural satellite
  8. The center of our solar system
  9. Planet with a tilted axis
  10. Small rocky object in space
Down
  1. Our home planet
  2. Largest planet in our solar system
  3. Closest planet to the Sun
  4. Former ninth planet in our solar system
  5. Eighth planet from the Sun
  6. Rocky planets closest to the sun
  7. The Red Planet
  8. Known for its beautiful rings
  9. Imaginary line around which Earth rotates

19 Clues: The Red Planet • Our home planet • Closest planet to the Sun • Earth's natural satellite • Planet with a tilted axis • Eighth planet from the Sun • Small rocky object in space • Known for its beautiful rings • The center of our solar system • Sun-centered solar system model • Known as Earth's "sister" planet • Italian astronomer and physicist • Rocky planets closest to the sun • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock
  2. Wegener- the person that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  3. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. valley-A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  5. drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface
  6. core-a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  7. tectonics-a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  8. floor spreading- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  9. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  10. middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading
Down
  1. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  2. core-the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the Mantle and surrounds the inner Core
  3. Fractures in rock
  4. solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  5. ocean ridge-a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the oceanic mantle.
  6. plates that rub against each other
  7. the outer layer of the Earth
  8. - plates collide together to make mountains
  9. A former supercontinent on the Earth in the distant past a large landmass
  10. ocean ridge-an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.

20 Clues: Fractures in rock • the outer layer of the Earth • plates that rub against each other • - plates collide together to make mountains • drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface • an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock • middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • ...

Geography 1 Review #3 Ch. 2 Sec 1 & 2 2021-09-15

Geography 1 Review #3 Ch. 2 Sec 1 & 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The area between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
  2. broken huge pieces of crust
  3. outer skin of the Earth
  4. Latitude lines between 23 ½ South also called Tropic of_____________
  5. surrounding the Earth with thick layer of special gasses
  6. Latitude lines 66 ½ North
  7. a chain of active volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean
  8. shapes or types of land
  9. small pieces of rock may be carried to new places by this process
Down
  1. The Earth travels around the sun in an oval shape path
  2. an imaginary line running through the North & South poles
  3. The complete turn of the Earth on its axis for 24 hours
  4. latitude lines 23 ½ North also known as tropics of_____
  5. single landmass that scientist theorize existed millions of years ago
  6. Latitude lines 66 ½ South
  7. large mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land.
  8. The regions between the Antarctic circles and the poles
  9. Earth’s circular journey around the sun
  10. large areas of flat or gently rolling land.
  11. landforms that rise usually more than 2000 feet above sea levels

20 Clues: outer skin of the Earth • shapes or types of land • Latitude lines 66 ½ South • Latitude lines 66 ½ North • broken huge pieces of crust • Earth’s circular journey around the sun • large areas of flat or gently rolling land. • The Earth travels around the sun in an oval shape path • a chain of active volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean • ...

Geography 1 Review #3 Ch. 2 Sec 1 & 2 2021-09-15

Geography 1 Review #3 Ch. 2 Sec 1 & 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The area between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
  2. broken huge pieces of crust
  3. outer skin of the Earth
  4. Latitude lines between 23 ½ South also called Tropic of_____________
  5. surrounding the Earth with thick layer of special gasses
  6. Latitude lines 66 ½ North
  7. a chain of active volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean
  8. shapes or types of land
  9. small pieces of rock may be carried to new places by this process
Down
  1. The Earth travels around the sun in an oval shape path
  2. an imaginary line running through the North & South poles
  3. The complete turn of the Earth on its axis for 24 hours
  4. latitude lines 23 ½ North also known as tropics of_____
  5. single landmass that scientist theorize existed millions of years ago
  6. Latitude lines 66 ½ South
  7. large mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land.
  8. The regions between the Antarctic circles and the poles
  9. Earth’s circular journey around the sun
  10. large areas of flat or gently rolling land.
  11. landforms that rise usually more than 2000 feet above sea levels

20 Clues: outer skin of the Earth • shapes or types of land • Latitude lines 66 ½ South • Latitude lines 66 ½ North • broken huge pieces of crust • Earth’s circular journey around the sun • large areas of flat or gently rolling land. • The Earth travels around the sun in an oval shape path • a chain of active volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean • ...

Earth's Structure and Tectonic Plates 2016-12-05

Earth's Structure and Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this piece of evidence explains why palm tree fossils have been found in very cold regions of the Earth
  2. the thick middle layer in the solid part of Earth
  3. this theory states that tectonic plates are constantly moving
  4. scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was
  5. outermost layer
  6. Earth's entire solid body
  7. the scientists who is generally credit with the continental drift theory
  8. the rigid layer of Earth that includes the crust and the uppermost mantle
  9. rock formations, rivers, and lakes appear to match up on different continents due to this piece of evidence
  10. a ball-like shape
Down
  1. evidence of dead plants and animals
  2. the force that every object exerts on every other object because of their masses
  3. the outer part of Earth's magnetic field
  4. currents are found in the mantle and cause the tectonic plates to move
  5. the earth is made up of___________ which are constantly moving along above the mantle
  6. a plastic, or flowing, layer within Earth's mantle
  7. solid form
  8. the amount of mass per unit of volume
  9. liquid form and moves
  10. "super-continent"

20 Clues: solid form • outermost layer • "super-continent" • a ball-like shape • liquid form and moves • Earth's entire solid body • evidence of dead plants and animals • the amount of mass per unit of volume • the outer part of Earth's magnetic field • scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was • the thick middle layer in the solid part of Earth • ...

Carbon dioxide 2023-05-21

Carbon dioxide crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the current rise in the average temperature
  2. the state or process of rotting
  3. carbon atoms travels to atmosphere to the Earth and back to the atmosphere
  4. plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth
  5. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow
  6. substance that has no fixed size or shape
  7. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
  8. life-supporting component of the air
  9. constitute the upper trophic levels
  10. chemical compound made up of molecules
  11. a living thing that grows in earth
  12. the using up of a resource
Down
  1. non-renewable energy
  2. a living organism that feeds on organic matter
  3. important energy source in living organisms
  4. a group of atoms bonded together
  5. used to grow plants
  6. the chemical process that occurs in plants
  7. long-term shifts in temperatures
  8. the total amount of greenhouse gases
  9. things that can make their own food using
  10. a molecule composed of 12 atoms of carbon
  11. the process of burning something
  12. the star around which the earth orbits
  13. the action of breathing

25 Clues: used to grow plants • non-renewable energy • the action of breathing • the using up of a resource • the state or process of rotting • a group of atoms bonded together • long-term shifts in temperatures • the process of burning something • a living thing that grows in earth • constitute the upper trophic levels • the total amount of greenhouse gases • ...

Tectonic Hazards 2025-05-09

Tectonic Hazards crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of crust found under landmasses that is thicker
  2. a type of crust that is denser and found under oceans
  3. a natural hazard in the form of a large wave caused by an earthquake
  4. a natural event with social/economic impacts
  5. the central layer of the earth
  6. a type of gentle volcano found at constructive boundaries
  7. a natural hazard that involves magma rising from the mantle
  8. a type of explosive volcano found at destructive boundaries
  9. the outer layer of the earth made of plates
  10. a layer made of molten iron and nickel
Down
  1. these move the plates via rising and falling heat
  2. a plate boundary where two plates move alongside each other
  3. when one plate is forced under another
  4. hazards related to the atmosphere
  5. a natural hazard in the form of violent shaking of the ground
  6. hazards related to movements in the earth
  7. a plate boundary where one plate is forced under another
  8. a plate boundary where two plates separate
  9. the layer of the earth made of magma
  10. the type of hazard that kills the most people

20 Clues: the central layer of the earth • hazards related to the atmosphere • the layer of the earth made of magma • when one plate is forced under another • a layer made of molten iron and nickel • hazards related to movements in the earth • a plate boundary where two plates separate • the outer layer of the earth made of plates • a natural event with social/economic impacts • ...

The Good News 2024-10-22

The Good News crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Through one man, sin entered into the earth
  2. The first world power
  3. Will be forgiven
  4. They will build...
  5. The original serpent
  6. Will be wiped out
  7. Will be preached in all the earth
  8. They will find exquisite delight in the abundance of
  9. Angry because he only has a ... period of time
Down
  1. Get out of her
  2. The last Adam
  3. They will plant...
  4. The last world power
  5. She was thoroughly deceived
  6. Will be no more
  7. Was hurled to the earth
  8. Will feed together with the lamb

17 Clues: The last Adam • Get out of her • Will be no more • Will be forgiven • Will be wiped out • They will plant... • They will build... • The last world power • The original serpent • The first world power • Was hurled to the earth • She was thoroughly deceived • Will feed together with the lamb • Will be preached in all the earth • Through one man, sin entered into the earth • ...

Space Challenge 2021-03-18

Space Challenge crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This planet is home to many people.
  2. This famous constellation consists of seven bright stars.
  3. The name of the Galaxy that contains the Solar System.
  4. The first spaceflight to land humans on the moon.
  5. A group of stars that form well known patterns in the sky.
  6. This star accounts for 99.86% of the mass in the solar system.
  7. This planet was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.
  8. A system of billions of stars, gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
Down
  1. A year on this planet lasts 165 Earth days.
  2. This planet has the most craters in the Solar System
  3. A day on this planet is about 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.
  4. The first person to set foot on the moon.
  5. This is the Earth's only natural satellite.
  6. This planet has 67 moons.
  7. This is a spiral Galaxy that is 2.73 million light-years away from Earth.
  8. This planet orbits the sun every 29.4 Earth years.
  9. This planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

17 Clues: This planet has 67 moons. • This planet is home to many people. • The first person to set foot on the moon. • A year on this planet lasts 165 Earth days. • This is the Earth's only natural satellite. • The first spaceflight to land humans on the moon. • This planet orbits the sun every 29.4 Earth years. • This planet has the most craters in the Solar System • ...

Eclipses and Moons: A Celestial Challenge 2024-05-06

Eclipses and Moons: A Celestial Challenge crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The darkest part of a shadow where light is completely blocked.
  2. Something that happens once every year.
  3. Something that makes things visible; energy that our eyes can see.
  4. A dark area formed when an object blocks light.
  5. The lighter part of a shadow where some light is blocked but not all.
  6. When one celestial body completely blocks another, like when the moon covers the sun completely from Earth.
  7. Earth's natural satellite that orbits around it.
Down
  1. The planet we live on.
  2. The star at the center of our solar system.
  3. When the entire surface of the moon is visible from Earth.
  4. The time of day when it's dark outside because the sun has set.
  5. When only a part of one celestial body is obscured by another, like when the moon only partially covers the sun from Earth's perspective.
  6. When Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon.
  7. When objects are positioned in a straight line.
  8. When the moon isn't visible from Earth because it's between the Earth and the Sun.

15 Clues: The planet we live on. • Something that happens once every year. • The star at the center of our solar system. • A dark area formed when an object blocks light. • When objects are positioned in a straight line. • Earth's natural satellite that orbits around it. • When the entire surface of the moon is visible from Earth. • ...

Planets 2020-07-25

Planets crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the path an object takes around another object in space
  2. earth orbits it
  3. moon orbits it
  4. earth takes 24 hours to complete one
  5. the force that pulls matter towards the centre of the earth
  6. when it appears that the sun is going down in the west
Down
  1. group of stars
  2. natural satellite of earth
  3. a system of planets which revolve around the sun
  4. share of the earth
  5. an imaginary line running through the poles of the earth

11 Clues: group of stars • moon orbits it • earth orbits it • share of the earth • natural satellite of earth • earth takes 24 hours to complete one • a system of planets which revolve around the sun • when it appears that the sun is going down in the west • the path an object takes around another object in space • an imaginary line running through the poles of the earth • ...

The Solar System 2014-04-29

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The area where Pluto is located
  2. How many asteroids are discovered each month(2 words)
  3. What may cause asteroids to break up
  4. Asteroids that cross the Earths orbit(2 words)
  5. Direction a comet tail always points in relation to the Sun
  6. What would happen if Saturn were put in a giant bathtub
  7. Also known as falling or shooting stars
  8. What happens when Earth passes through a comet tail(2 words)
  9. Olympus Mons compared to Mt.Everest(3 words)
  10. Only planet known to have life
  11. The kind of pull that Neptune has on Uranus
  12. The type of acid in the clouds of Venus
  13. Where short-period comets come from(2 words)
  14. Closest planet to the Sun
  15. Planet named after the god of the sea
  16. How many times is the air pressure on Venus compared to the Earth
  17. Planet most likely to be visited first by humans
  18. Largest planet in the Solar System
  19. Planet most famous for its rings
Down
  1. Planet with the strongest winds
  2. What causes a meteor to vaporize
  3. Process that makes Venus so hot (2 words)
  4. Substance that gives Mars its red color
  5. The biggest moon in the Solar System
  6. A substance in the clouds of Jupiter
  7. Why Mercury has such long days(2 words)
  8. Where long-period comets come from(2 words)
  9. How many Earth days make up a year on Mercury(2 words)
  10. Rocks from space that hit the surface of the Earth
  11. Writer that has moons named after his characters
  12. Rocky bodies usually located between Mars and Jupiter
  13. Moon of Jupiter that may have liquid water
  14. What causes the gaps in Saturns rings
  15. Type of machines moving on the Martian surface right now
  16. Planet closest in size to the Earth
  17. A moon that orbits its planet opposite to how the planets goes
  18. Moon with an atmosphere much like an early Earth
  19. The unusual way that Uranus rotates
  20. The mass of Pluto compared to our Moon(2 words)
  21. Planet most joked about
  22. Gas that causes Uranus to look blue-green
  23. A moon of Pluto

42 Clues: A moon of Pluto • Planet most joked about • Closest planet to the Sun • Only planet known to have life • Planet with the strongest winds • The area where Pluto is located • What causes a meteor to vaporize • Planet most famous for its rings • Largest planet in the Solar System • Planet closest in size to the Earth • The unusual way that Uranus rotates • ...

Space Crossword 2017-03-09

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Has the highest mountains in the solar system
  2. The same size as Earth but spins the other way
  3. It can travel around the earth 7 times in 1 second
  4. Surname of the first man on the moon
  5. Our planet
  6. Our solar system(also a chocolate bar!)
  7. Its rings are made of ice
  8. It has the biggest moon
Down
  1. Controls the tides on earth
  2. The name of the country that launched the first man into space
  3. The most storms occur here
  4. Sucks up anything in its path
  5. Coldest planet in the solar system
  6. A ball of iron
  7. A ball of fire

15 Clues: Our planet • A ball of iron • A ball of fire • It has the biggest moon • Its rings are made of ice • The most storms occur here • Controls the tides on earth • Sucks up anything in its path • Coldest planet in the solar system • Surname of the first man on the moon • Our solar system(also a chocolate bar!) • Has the highest mountains in the solar system • ...

Unit 4: Structure of the Earth Review 2023-11-01

Unit 4: Structure of the Earth Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Earth's inner core is mainly made up of _________ and nickle.
  2. This type of plate movement occurs when plates move away from one another.
  3. The speed and ___________ of waves change depending on the material the wave is moving through.
  4. This layer of the Earth is made up of cool and rigid rock. It contains the upper mantle and the crust.
  5. This layer of the Earth only makes up about 1% of the Earth's total mass.
  6. This type of seismic wave can travel through solids and liquids.
  7. This section of the Earth is also known as the lower mantle.
  8. Name of the waves scientists use to study the inside of the Earth.
Down
  1. This type of plate movement can build mountains.
  2. The lithosphere is broken up into pieces called ____________.
  3. This type of plate movement is responsible for most Earthquakes.
  4. This type of wave causes the most damage and moves the slowest.
  5. Most activity on the Earth occurs at or near plate _____________.
  6. Density ___________ as you move towards the center of the Earth.
  7. This type of seismic wave arrives second.

15 Clues: This type of seismic wave arrives second. • This type of plate movement can build mountains. • This section of the Earth is also known as the lower mantle. • The lithosphere is broken up into pieces called ____________. • This type of wave causes the most damage and moves the slowest. • This type of plate movement is responsible for most Earthquakes. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that rub against each other
  2. A former supercontinent on the Earth in the distant past a large landmass
  3. Wegener- the person that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  4. drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface
  5. ocean ridge-a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the oceanic mantle.
  6. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. core-the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the Mantle and surrounds the inner Core
  8. valley-A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  9. an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock
Down
  1. - plates collide together to make mountains
  2. ocean ridge-an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.
  3. middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading
  4. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  5. solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  6. tectonics-a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  7. core-a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  8. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  9. floor spreading- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  10. the outer layer of the Earth
  11. Fractures in rock

20 Clues: Fractures in rock • the outer layer of the Earth • plates that rub against each other • - plates collide together to make mountains • drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface • middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading • an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • ...

Science Crossword 2023-11-17

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of heat transfer through rays
  2. a type of heat transfer through direct contact
  3. a mountain that has active magma inside of it
  4. pieces of Earth's crust that are moving on the convection current in the mantle
  5. a type of stress that pulls
  6. a flat area of land that's higher than surrounding ground
  7. compressing seismic wave; primary wave
  8. the shaking of the Earth from Earth's plates moving
  9. a type of stress where rocks slide against each other in 2 different directions
  10. a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago and contained all of the continents
  11. a force that changes rock's shape and volume
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  1. a type of heat transfer through liquids
  2. a tool used to study seismic waves
  3. magma that is above the surface of the Earth
  4. the area where rock begins to move beneath the surface of the Earth
  5. how scientists measure the size of an earthquake
  6. The area above the epicenter on Earth's surface
  7. seismic waves on the surface of the Earth
  8. a type of stress that squeezes
  9. up and down seismic waves; secondary wave

20 Clues: a type of stress that pulls • a type of stress that squeezes • a tool used to study seismic waves • a type of heat transfer through rays • compressing seismic wave; primary wave • a type of heat transfer through liquids • seismic waves on the surface of the Earth • up and down seismic waves; secondary wave • magma that is above the surface of the Earth • ...

Topic Key treams 2024-05-16

Topic Key treams crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten the rock under the surface
  2. A volcano that Has not erupted in a long time but may in the future
  3. Smooth glassy rock that forms when lava cools quickly and crystals can't form
  4. shaking of the ground
  5. A volcano currently erupting or has recently
  6. The area of the earth at the surface
  7. body of water at the top of a volcano
  8. it is commonly made of tiny fossils, shell fragments, and other fossil debris
  9. the middle of the earth
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  1. rock deep underground, that forms under high temperatures of pressure
  2. a pipe that the magma flows up
  3. particles of pulverized rock thrown out by a vent in an eruption
  4. Molten Rock above ground
  5. The very hot second layer of the earth
  6. a crystal that is formed from oxygen and silicon
  7. crust of the earth, carries the ocean and/or continents on them
  8. study of rocks
  9. Rock which is made from cooled lava
  10. rough-textured dusty rock that floats on water
  11. a volcano that will not erupt again

20 Clues: study of rocks • shaking of the ground • the middle of the earth • Molten Rock above ground • a pipe that the magma flows up • Molten the rock under the surface • Rock which is made from cooled lava • a volcano that will not erupt again • The area of the earth at the surface • body of water at the top of a volcano • The very hot second layer of the earth • ...

Atmosphere Vocabulary 2022-03-31

Atmosphere Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the continuous flow of plasma
  2. Chlorofluorocarbons that were first synthesized in 1928 as a safe alternative to toxic gases like ammonia and sulfur dioxide that were used as refrigerant
  3. superheated gases composed of electrically charged particles from the sun
  4. mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and is held in place by gravity
  5. three atom form of oxygen gas that protects earth from UV radiation
  6. Small organisms that float in the atmosphere
  7. Layer between the troposphere and the stratosphere
  8. upper part of the mesosphere
Down
  1. Area around the earth that is affected by the earth’s magnetic field
  2. ___ storm is extra disturbance from the solar wind
  3. Top of the stratosphere
  4. lower region of the thermosphere at 80 to 300 km above the earth
  5. white trails of fine,white crystals across the sky
  6. atmospheric ___ is the pressure exerted by the weight of earth’s atmosphere at any given point on earth
  7. electrically charged atoms that have gained or lost one or more electrons
  8. high frequency radiation from the sun.

16 Clues: Top of the stratosphere • upper part of the mesosphere • the continuous flow of plasma • high frequency radiation from the sun. • Small organisms that float in the atmosphere • ___ storm is extra disturbance from the solar wind • white trails of fine,white crystals across the sky • Layer between the troposphere and the stratosphere • ...

Meteorology Part 1 Crossword 2012-04-30

Meteorology Part 1 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves.
  2. When an air mass has reached its water vapor capacity, it is _________.
  3. At aphelion, the Earth is tilted _________ the sun.
  4. The angle at which the sun's light hits the Earth.
  5. The amount of water vapor in the air, compared to the capacity.
  6. The transfer of thermal energy through the movement f a liquid or gas.
  7. The transfer of thermal energy through a material by contact.
  8. The time when the Earth is farthest away from the sun.
Down
  1. The time when the Earth is closest to the sun.
  2. The amount of water vapor an air mass can hold.
  3. At perihelion, the Earth is tilted _________ from the sun.
  4. INcoming SOLar RadiaTION.
  5. A warm, wet air mass.
  6. A cold, dry air mass.
  7. During our summer, the Northern hemisphere is receiving a _______ angle of insolation.

15 Clues: A warm, wet air mass. • A cold, dry air mass. • INcoming SOLar RadiaTION. • The time when the Earth is closest to the sun. • The amount of water vapor an air mass can hold. • The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves. • The angle at which the sun's light hits the Earth. • At aphelion, the Earth is tilted _________ the sun. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2017-11-28

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continental _______ is a theory that continents drift apart
  2. a _________ plate is a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  3. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  4. outermost layer of the Earth
  5. a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
  6. a squeezing force
  7. layer between the crust and the core
  8. a pulling force
  9. sea-floor _________ is how a new lithosphere is created
  10. molten rock in Earth's crust
Down
  1. the innermost layer of the earth
  2. _________ plate is a piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  3. soft layer of the mantle
  4. caused by an earthquake or Earth vibration
  5. __________ boundary is between two colliding plates
  6. ___________ boundary is between two plates moving away from each other
  7. a break in the Earth's crust
  8. ___________ boundary is between two plates that are sliding past each other
  9. the bending of rock layers

19 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the Earth • a break in the Earth's crust • molten rock in Earth's crust • the innermost layer of the earth • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • caused by an earthquake or Earth vibration • ...

Tectonic Plates 2017-11-28

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in the Earth's crust
  2. sea-floor _________ is how a new lithosphere is created
  3. a _________ plate is a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  4. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  5. a squeezing force
  6. a pulling force
  7. __________ boundary is between two colliding plates
  8. continental _______ is a theory that continents drift apart
  9. outermost layer of the Earth
  10. caused by an earthquake or Earth vibration
Down
  1. the bending of rock layers
  2. layer between the crust and the core
  3. a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
  4. soft layer of the mantle
  5. molten rock in Earth's crust
  6. _________ plate is a piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  7. ___________ boundary is between two plates moving away from each other
  8. ___________ boundary is between two plates that are sliding past each other
  9. the innermost layer of the earth

19 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • molten rock in Earth's crust • outermost layer of the Earth • the innermost layer of the earth • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • caused by an earthquake or Earth vibration • ...

Regional Climate 2024-01-31

Regional Climate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process when a substance (water) changes from liquid to a gas
  2. long term weather conditions of an area, combination of temperature, wind patterns, precipitation, etc.
  3. amount of energy needed to change an objects temperature
  4. amount of water vapor in the air
  5. the revolution of Earth around the Sun
  6. when water droplets become too large after condensation and fall due to gravity
  7. phenomena caused by Earth's rotation, deflects fluids opposite directions in opposite hemispheres
  8. large circular ocean currents
  9. the "power" of the sunlight hitting Earth, dependent upon the angle
Down
  1. a measure of the thermal energy in a given substance
  2. pattern created in fluids when different densities exist
  3. wind from a dominant direction across Earth's surface
  4. layer of gas surrounding Earth's surface, separates Earth from space
  5. process when substances change from gas to liquid, when water does this we often see clouds
  6. distance away from the equator, longitude is its twin
  7. a substance that fills a confined space, has no "shape"
  8. energy from the Sun
  9. mass/volume, how tightly packed molecules are in a substance
  10. energy energy created from particle motion in a given substance
  11. the angle that describes the Earth relative to the plane of orbit
  12. thermal energy transfer through contact between substances/objects
  13. four distinct periods of the year as Earth orbits the Sun

22 Clues: energy from the Sun • large circular ocean currents • amount of water vapor in the air • the revolution of Earth around the Sun • a measure of the thermal energy in a given substance • wind from a dominant direction across Earth's surface • distance away from the equator, longitude is its twin • a substance that fills a confined space, has no "shape" • ...

Earth Sphere's vocab 2025-04-02

Earth Sphere's vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – All living things on Earth, including plants, animals, and people.
  2. – The layer of hot, soft rock beneath Earth’s crust.
  3. – All the water on Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and groundwater.
  4. – The layer of gases surrounding Earth, including oxygen and carbon dioxide.
  5. – Water falling from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
  6. – A gas in the atmosphere that plants use to make food through photosynthesis.
  7. – The center of Earth, made of very hot metal.
Down
  1. – The process of water vapor cooling and turning into liquid droplets.
  2. – The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas.
  3. – A gas in the atmosphere that people and animals need to breathe.
  4. – The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces over time.
  5. – The process of rocks and soil being worn away by wind, water, or ice.
  6. – The solid part of Earth, including rocks, soil, and landforms.
  7. – The thin, outermost layer of Earth where we live.

14 Clues: – The center of Earth, made of very hot metal. • – The thin, outermost layer of Earth where we live. • – The layer of hot, soft rock beneath Earth’s crust. • – The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas. • – The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces over time. • – Water falling from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. • ...

Moon Phases & Tides Review 2025-11-11

Moon Phases & Tides Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a partial shadow between regions of full shadow and full illumination
  2. Spring tides occur during this phase. The moon is fully lit up from our point of view on Earth
  3. the darkest part of the shadow of the moon
  4. Neap tides occur during this phase. The moon appears to be halfway lit up with the right side lit up.
  5. When the moon is getting smaller in appearance; means "shrinking"
  6. an imaginary line around which an object rotates
  7. occurs when the Earth passes between the Moon and Sun
  8. when the sun and moon are in line with each other, the gravitational pull is in the same direction
  9. curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object
  10. When the moon is getting larger in appearance each night; means "growing"
  11. the movement of Earth around the Sun
Down
  1. time takes for moon to complete all 8 phases
  2. occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking all or a portion of the Sun
  3. generally every beach experiences this many high tides and low tides everyday
  4. when the sun and the moon are at right angles to each other, the gravitational pulls are not in the same direction
  5. the spinning of earth around its axis. Rotates once every 24 hours
  6. Spring tides occur during this phase. The moon is not lit up from our point of view on Earth
  7. Neap tides occur during this phase. The moon appears to be halfway lit up with the left side lit up.
  8. the force of attraction that all objects with mass have for each other

19 Clues: the movement of Earth around the Sun • the darkest part of the shadow of the moon • time takes for moon to complete all 8 phases • an imaginary line around which an object rotates • occurs when the Earth passes between the Moon and Sun • When the moon is getting smaller in appearance; means "shrinking" • ...

Earth's InteriorS 2025-04-16

Earth's InteriorS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. naturally occurring solid with a chemical composition from inorganic material
  2. forms from cooled magma or lava
  3. act of changing some material in the Earth by heat, pressure, or chemical reaction
  4. wave that is produced from an earthquake that travels through Earth
  5. small, solid pieces of material that is biotic or abiotic
  6. grains that make up the solid size, shape and pattern of the grain
  7. repeating pattern of a mineral's particles forming a solid
  8. layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core that is a liquid
  9. layer of dense ball of solid metal (iron and nickel) with extreme pressure
  10. what forms the solid or liquid by the chemicals atoms
  11. types of atoms that make up the crust of the Earth like oxygen and silicon
Down
  1. forms when rock is changed by heat or pressure or chemical reaction
  2. data or observations that support or disprove hypothesis
  3. the movement of material from cold to hot temperatures in a cycle
  4. process by which atoms are arranged to form a material that has a crystal
  5. hot layer of rock that is 3,000 kilometers thick in the Earth
  6. layer of solid rock that forms the outer layer of the Earth
  7. is when a living thing uses it's minerals and makes a solid
  8. how the rock was formed
  9. small particles of rocks or the remains of biotic materials are pressed and cemented

20 Clues: how the rock was formed • forms from cooled magma or lava • what forms the solid or liquid by the chemicals atoms • data or observations that support or disprove hypothesis • small, solid pieces of material that is biotic or abiotic • repeating pattern of a mineral's particles forming a solid • layer of solid rock that forms the outer layer of the Earth • ...

Sustainable Biomes 2025-03-20

Sustainable Biomes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gas surronding the earth
  2. arrangement of natural and artifical physical features
  3. ability to be maintained at a certain level or rate
  4. variety of plant life
  5. the weather conditions
  6. ecyosystem of water
  7. the height
  8. outer part of the earth
Down
  1. surface and atmosphere
  2. living
  3. system formed by organisms
  4. inhabitant of earth
  5. Angular distance of North and South
  6. combined mass of waters
  7. occupying space
  8. biological not living
  9. large natural occuring community

17 Clues: living • the height • occupying space • inhabitant of earth • ecyosystem of water • variety of plant life • biological not living • surface and atmosphere • the weather conditions • combined mass of waters • outer part of the earth • gas surronding the earth • system formed by organisms • large natural occuring community • Angular distance of North and South • ...

Astronomy Crossword 2021-11-29

Astronomy Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The planet farthest from the sun with the longest year (248 earth years) (now called a "dwarf planet")
  2. Found between Mars and Jupiter
  3. The red planet due to iron oxide
  4. The shape of a planets's orbit
  5. First planet to be located with the help of a telescope
  6. The planet closest to the sun with the shortest year (88 earth days)
  7. The largest planet with the shortest day (one day every 10 hours)
Down
  1. The distance light travels in one Earth year (about 6 trillion miles)
  2. Planet in our solar system that is less dense than water
  3. The phase of the moon where the moon cannot be seen
  4. Caused when the moon blocks out the sun or the earth blocks out the moon
  5. The planet with the hottest surface temperature
  6. Planet with 13 known moons
  7. Star that is 93 million miles from earth
  8. A place where no molecules are present

15 Clues: Planet with 13 known moons • Found between Mars and Jupiter • The shape of a planets's orbit • The red planet due to iron oxide • A place where no molecules are present • Star that is 93 million miles from earth • The planet with the hottest surface temperature • The phase of the moon where the moon cannot be seen • First planet to be located with the help of a telescope • ...

The Solar System 2025-09-08

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the Earth has only one ______ that orbits around it. Other planets have many of them.
  2. huge balls of hot gas that can be seen in the sky at night
  3. the sun and nine planets make up our _______
  4. to sent back, like a mirror
  5. the farther a planet is from the sun, the _____ the temperature
  6. the planet we live on
  7. a curved path which the planets move around
Down
  1. the closer a planet is to the sun, the _____ the temperature
  2. the imaginary line around the center of Earth
  3. made of ice, gas, and dust that travels to the edge of the solar system
  4. a tiny planet-like object in space made of rock and metal
  5. the southernmost point on earth
  6. a group of stars that make patterns looking like objects, people, and animals
  7. the northernmost point on Earth
  8. a pull between the sun and the planets

15 Clues: the planet we live on • to sent back, like a mirror • the southernmost point on earth • the northernmost point on Earth • a pull between the sun and the planets • a curved path which the planets move around • the sun and nine planets make up our _______ • the imaginary line around the center of Earth • a tiny planet-like object in space made of rock and metal • ...

Term 1 revision 2024-11-24

Term 1 revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates collide and create fold mountains.
  2. Process that cause plates to move.
  3. Thickest layer of the Earth.
  4. Layer which can be divided into oceanic/continental.
  5. When magma erupts through the crust.
  6. Example of a conservative boundary.
  7. Shaking of the earth.
  8. Named example of a fold mountain.
Down
  1. The hottest layer of the Earth.
  2. Plates that move away from each other.
  3. Plates move towards each other, one sinks. /
  4. Layer of the earth that is liquid iron & nickel
  5. Name of lava when below the crust.
  6. plates that slide past each other.
  7. The point where two plates meet.

15 Clues: Shaking of the earth. • Thickest layer of the Earth. • The hottest layer of the Earth. • The point where two plates meet. • Named example of a fold mountain. • Process that cause plates to move. • Name of lava when below the crust. • plates that slide past each other. • Example of a conservative boundary. • When magma erupts through the crust. • ...

Solar System & Beyond Crossword 2025-10-27

Solar System & Beyond Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "The imaginary line around which an object spins, or rotates. Earth rotates around an axis that runs straight through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole."
  2. "A natural phenomenon that causes objects to be attracted to each other based on each object's mass and the distance between them."
  3. Phases "The different shapes of the Moon visible from Earth."
  4. "Any representation of a system used to help one understand and communicate how it works"
  5. "Something that happens in a repeated and predictable way."
  6. "The amount or number of an object or event relative to other objects or events."
  7. The mixture of gases ("air") that surrounds a planet.
  8. "A collection of stars and their solar systems that are gravitationally bound to one another."
  9. "A curved path that a space object takes around a star, planet, or moon."
  10. tilt "The angle of Earth's axis (approximately 23.5 degrees from perpendicular) relative to Earth's orbital plane around the Sun."
Down
  1. Unit (au) the mean, or average, distance between Earth and the Sun (149,597,870,700 m)
  2. A sequence of events that repeats.
  3. Eclipse "When the Moon passes into Earth's shadow."
  4. Eclipse "When the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun such that the Moon's shadow causes some places on Earth to experience darkness during daytime."
  5. "Rockets, satellites, probes, space stations, and space shuttles that carry various tools and equipment to gather data about space and space objects"
  6. axis "The imaginary line around which an object spins, or rotates. Earth rotates around an axis that runs straight through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole."
  7. System "A star and all of the objects that orbit it"

17 Clues: A sequence of events that repeats. • Eclipse "When the Moon passes into Earth's shadow." • System "A star and all of the objects that orbit it" • The mixture of gases ("air") that surrounds a planet. • "Something that happens in a repeated and predictable way." • Phases "The different shapes of the Moon visible from Earth." • ...

SCIENCE CH. 11 2024-03-04

SCIENCE CH. 11 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ____________ von Braun helped develop space travel
  2. belt that Pluto is in
  3. planet called the ringed planet
  4. the outermost part of the sun
  5. planet sometimes called Earth's twin
  6. research spacecraft sent beyond earth
  7. planet most like Earth
  8. the outer planets are called the gas _________.
  9. belt in between Mars and Jupiter
  10. the time it takes for a planet to revolve around the sun
Down
  1. planet closest to the sun
  2. ____________ Goddard launged the first rocket
  3. the __________ of the moon are caused by the sun
  4. the sun's atmosphere
  5. the inner planets are also called this
  6. spots, dark spots of the sun
  7. the surface of the sun
  8. planet with the Great Red Spot
  9. shuttle, reusable space vehicle for equipment and people
  10. determines the seasons on the earth

20 Clues: the sun's atmosphere • belt that Pluto is in • the surface of the sun • planet most like Earth • planet closest to the sun • spots, dark spots of the sun • the outermost part of the sun • planet with the Great Red Spot • planet called the ringed planet • belt in between Mars and Jupiter • determines the seasons on the earth • planet sometimes called Earth's twin • ...

solar system 2025-02-23

solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement of the Earth around the Sun.
  2. The layer of gases surrounding the earth.
  3. A man made satellite revolving around the Earth to help in communication.
  4. The natural satellite of the Earth.
  5. The imaginary line around which Earth spins.
  6. The star at the centre of our solar system.
Down
  1. The planet called as Earths Twin.
  2. A tool used to see distant planets and stars.
  3. The first person to walk on the moon.
  4. The force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
  5. A planet considered as dwarf planet.
  6. The spinning motion of earth on its axis.

12 Clues: The planet called as Earths Twin. • The natural satellite of the Earth. • A planet considered as dwarf planet. • The first person to walk on the moon. • The movement of the Earth around the Sun. • The layer of gases surrounding the earth. • The spinning motion of earth on its axis. • The star at the centre of our solar system. • ...

The Solar System and Nicolaus Copernicus 2022-02-27

The Solar System and Nicolaus Copernicus crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The only planet with water
  2. The gas giant
  3. Galileo, Kepler and Newton are thinkers of the scientific ____________
  4. The Earth rotates on this
  5. The god of the sea
  6. The messenger to the gods
Down
  1. The second largest planet
  2. Ptolemy's theory stated the Earth was ____________
  3. The planet with no more than 2 moons
  4. The university where Copernicus studied liberal arts
  5. The city where Copernicus was born
  6. The closest planet to earth
  7. The planet originally named after King George III
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus came from a family of _______

14 Clues: The gas giant • The god of the sea • The second largest planet • The Earth rotates on this • The messenger to the gods • The only planet with water • The closest planet to earth • The city where Copernicus was born • The planet with no more than 2 moons • The planet originally named after King George III • Nicolaus Copernicus came from a family of _______ • ...

Vocab from all units 2023-11-06

Vocab from all units crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when the earth spins and it's dark out
  2. when you can easily remove something from a thing mixed with other stuff
  3. when the light on the moon shows a full circle
  4. when the earth goes around the sun causing seasons
  5. when you can't see the moon in the sky
  6. caused by the earths revoltations
  7. same properties as metals and is used in electronicts
  8. when the earth spins or turns
  9. when the earth spins and there is light in the sky
Down
  1. something that conducts electricity and is maluable
  2. something brittle that dosen't conduct electricity
  3. how much space something takes up
  4. something that conducts electricity and is brittle and maluable
  5. when something floats
  6. when something sinks
  7. how much matter something takes up
  8. when something sinks or floats
  9. when you cant remove anything from a mixture of differn't things
  10. it's in everything

19 Clues: it's in everything • when something sinks • when something floats • when the earth spins or turns • when something sinks or floats • how much space something takes up • caused by the earths revoltations • how much matter something takes up • when the earth spins and it's dark out • when you can't see the moon in the sky • when the light on the moon shows a full circle • ...

Earth-Sun-Moon System 2022-03-18

Earth-Sun-Moon System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Only ______ of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun.
  2. When it's summer in Ireland it is ______ in Australia.
  3. The change from winter to summer is called ______.
  4. Tilting towards the Sun means that the sunlight in the summer is more ______ than it is during the winter.
  5. For half the lunar cycle, the illuminated area of the Moon visible on Earth is increasing; the Moon is said to be ______ .
  6. The change from summer to winter is called ______.
  7. The Earth has seasons because its axis is ______ .
Down
  1. A ______ Moon is the first phase in the lunar cycle and cannot be seen because we are looking at the unlit half of the Moon.
  2. A ______ eclipse occurs when the Earth blocks out the light of the Sun.
  3. The side of the Earth illuminated by the Sun is in ______, while the side of the Earth the sunlight doesn't reach is in nighttime.
  4. A ______ occurs when the Moon looks like it is entirely illuminated.
  5. A ______ eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks out the light of the Sun.
  6. During the other half of the lunar cycle, the illuminated area of the Moon visible on Earth is decreasing; the Moon is said to be ______ .
  7. During our summer, the Earth is positioned such that the northern hemisphere is tilted ______ the Sun.
  8. The portion of illuminated Moon you are able to see changes, these changes are called ______ of the Moon.

15 Clues: Only ______ of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun. • The change from winter to summer is called ______. • The change from summer to winter is called ______. • The Earth has seasons because its axis is ______ . • When it's summer in Ireland it is ______ in Australia. • A ______ occurs when the Moon looks like it is entirely illuminated. • ...

Space crossward 2022-04-28

Space crossward crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the closest planet to the sun
  2. Was the first person on the moon
  3. Was the first space probe to take a photo of Mars
  4. Multiple nations funded this and astronauts take tours on it for many months
  5. Was the first rover on Mars
Down
  1. Was First man to go into space
  2. Is the farthest man made object from earth
  3. Is the fourth planet from the sun
  4. Is a layer of earth that makes up most of earths mass
  5. Is the first layer of earth(starting from the outer layers)
  6. Was the first artificial object in space.
  7. Was the first creature to orbit earth
  8. Is the third planet from the sun
  9. Is the hottest planet in the solar system
  10. Was the first man made object on Mars

15 Clues: Was the first rover on Mars • Was First man to go into space • Is the closest planet to the sun • Was the first person on the moon • Is the third planet from the sun • Is the fourth planet from the sun • Was the first man made object on Mars • Was the first creature to orbit earth • Was the first artificial object in space. • Is the hottest planet in the solar system • ...

Unit 2 Review Crossword (Part 1) 2023-03-08

Unit 2 Review Crossword (Part 1) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the development of this was important for the development of life on land
  2. a type of plate boundary formed when plates reverse direction
  3. the concept responsible for Earth's formation of layers
  4. Earth's early atmosphere is thought to be similar to gases produced by these
  5. this layer of the Earth creates a magnetic field, which protects the Earth from the Sun's harmful radiation and charged particles
  6. this number tells us how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus of an atom
  7. how much time it takes a radioactive isotope to decay by one half
  8. heat from the core of the Earth tranfers to the mantle, where this process takes plates that drives plate tectonics
Down
  1. fossil evidence of early life on Earth that produced oxygen and changed Earth's atmosphere
  2. the gas thought to be the most prevalent in Earth's early atmosphere
  3. Earth's early oceans were formed from the outgassing of volcanoes as well as the bombardment of Earth by these
  4. the Early Earth "grew" due to this process
  5. the second most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere
  6. the presence of banded iron formations in the rocks from this era suggests that there was some oxygen present in the atmosphere
  7. the first ocean water formed from this process that is part of the water cycle
  8. along with hydrogen, formed Earth's earliest atmosphere
  9. a type of seismic wave that can only pass through solids

17 Clues: the Early Earth "grew" due to this process • the second most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere • the concept responsible for Earth's formation of layers • along with hydrogen, formed Earth's earliest atmosphere • a type of seismic wave that can only pass through solids • a type of plate boundary formed when plates reverse direction • ...

Geography Crossword Puzzle 2014-09-03

Geography Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. natural environment of organisms
  2. a natural stream of water fairly large size flowing in a definite course
  3. humans changing and being changed
  4. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences
  5. a representation, usually on a flat surface
  6. to connect with another
  7. one of the main land masses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number
  8. portion of earths surface consisting of designated rock and humus
  9. a specific geometric feature on the surface of earth
  10. an act or instance of impacting
  11. the nato name for class of soviet nuclear
  12. the ability to reason about earth systems and interactions
  13. a person engaged in maps
  14. a particular portion of space, whether definite or indefinite extent
  15. any area that has canons and characteristics
  16. existing in or formed by nature
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  1. the angular distance north or south from the equator
  2. transfer of people and/or goods
  3. a past of knowledge dealing with past events
  4. action, effect, or influence
  5. composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region
  6. a natural elevation of the earths surface rising more or more abruptly
  7. reading a map and finding part about the world
  8. the planet third in order from the sun
  9. an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable
  10. angular distance east or west of the surface of the earth
  11. earth, globe, considered a planet
  12. study of earth and its features
  13. a place of settlement, activity, or residence
  14. a state or nation
  15. a source of supply, support, or aid
  16. a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised

32 Clues: a state or nation • to connect with another • a person engaged in maps • action, effect, or influence • transfer of people and/or goods • an act or instance of impacting • study of earth and its features • existing in or formed by nature • natural environment of organisms • humans changing and being changed • earth, globe, considered a planet • a source of supply, support, or aid • ...

Geography Crossword Puzzle 2014-09-03

Geography Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a representation, usually on a flat surface
  2. a past of knowledge dealing with past events
  3. any area that has canons and characteristics
  4. the nato name for class of soviet nuclear
  5. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences
  6. a natural elevation of the earths surface rising more or more abruptly
  7. a place of settlement, activity, or residence
  8. action, effect, or influence
  9. a natural stream of water fairly large size flowing in a definite course
  10. transfer of people and/or goods
  11. earth, globe, considered a planet
  12. study of earth and its features
  13. a source of supply, support, or aid
  14. a particular portion of space, whether definite or indefinite extent
  15. the angular distance north or south from the equator
  16. an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable
  17. one of the main land masses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number
  18. existing in or formed by nature
  19. reading a map and finding part about the world
Down
  1. a specific geometric feature on the surface of earth
  2. a state or nation
  3. to connect with another
  4. the ability to reason about earth systems and interactions
  5. humans changing and being changed
  6. a person engaged in maps
  7. an act or instance of impacting
  8. composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region
  9. angular distance east or west of the surface of the earth
  10. natural environment of organisms
  11. portion of earths surface consisting of designated rock and humus
  12. a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised
  13. the planet third in order from the sun

32 Clues: a state or nation • to connect with another • a person engaged in maps • action, effect, or influence • an act or instance of impacting • transfer of people and/or goods • study of earth and its features • existing in or formed by nature • natural environment of organisms • humans changing and being changed • earth, globe, considered a planet • a source of supply, support, or aid • ...

Chapter 19 - The Earth, sun, and moon 2021-04-12

Chapter 19 - The Earth, sun, and moon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. action-reaction forces
  2. first man in space
  3. new/full moon tide enhancement
  4. color of a moon on total lunar eclipse
  5. phases when sun-Earth-moon form right angle
  6. month for northern spring equinox
  7. means "almost full"
  8. one trip around another object
  9. percent the moon/Earth are lit
  10. objects tend to maintain their current state
  11. small difference in high & low tide
Down
  1. different appearances of the moon
  2. darker of the two shadows
  3. achieved by combining gravity and inertia
  4. month of southern winter solstice
  5. downward pull based on mass & distance
  6. time for one spin on moon's axis
  7. first man on the moon
  8. trapping of heat by an atmosphere
  9. gives Earth its seasons
  10. zone for viewing total solar eclipse
  11. gives Earth its day and night
  12. most or least daylight hours
  13. depressions formed from meteor impacts

24 Clues: first man in space • means "almost full" • first man on the moon • action-reaction forces • gives Earth its seasons • darker of the two shadows • most or least daylight hours • gives Earth its day and night • new/full moon tide enhancement • one trip around another object • percent the moon/Earth are lit • time for one spin on moon's axis • different appearances of the moon • ...

Final Exam 2023-12-15

Final Exam crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the point in earth where energy is relised in a earth
  2. hypothesis that contents moved slowly to their current locations
  3. 1 way two blocks create an earthquake it starts with a N
  4. the stratosphere contains what
  5. 1 way two blocks move to create earth it starts with a S
  6. is used to measure temperature
  7. The scientific method in order
  8. next step after testing the hypothesis
  9. 1 thing
  10. when low-pressure occors
  11. 1 way that distinguish the atmospheric layer it starts with T
  12. how much water vapor is in the air
Down
  1. 1 thing that distinguish atmospheric layers
  2. Stratosphere
  3. 1 way two blocks create an earthquake it starts with a R
  4. a scientific law that describes this
  5. between a warm and cold air masses
  6. first to reach a sesmeograph
  7. what causes cloudy weather
  8. a vast underwater mountain chain is called
  9. prosses that takes rocks into inside of the earth
  10. plates move apart at

22 Clues: 1 thing • Stratosphere • plates move apart at • when low-pressure occors • what causes cloudy weather • first to reach a sesmeograph • the stratosphere contains what • is used to measure temperature • The scientific method in order • between a warm and cold air masses • how much water vapor is in the air • a scientific law that describes this • next step after testing the hypothesis • ...

Chapter 8 Crossword 2025-11-07

Chapter 8 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when the Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon
  2. the larger planets of the outer solar system; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  3. different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth
  4. on Earth, summer, autumn, winter and spring; caused by the tilt of the planets axis
  5. model of the universe with the sun as the centre
  6. the time a planet takes to rotate once once completely on its own axis
Down
  1. one complete orbit of the Sun
  2. relating to the sky or to spaces
  3. satellites placed into orbit by humans
  4. the time a planet takes to revolve once around the Sun
  5. oval shaped
  6. the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
  7. model of the universe with the Earth as the centre
  8. roughly spherical ball of rock or gas that orbits the Sun
  9. the line connecting the north and south pole. Earth spins on this

15 Clues: oval shaped • one complete orbit of the Sun • relating to the sky or to spaces • satellites placed into orbit by humans • different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth • model of the universe with the sun as the centre • model of the universe with the Earth as the centre • when the Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon • ...

Earth's surface 2023-10-15

Earth's surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The height above sea level of a point on Earth's
  2. organism on Earth
  3. shape,structure,area,and age
  4. less level surface
  5. A landform made up of nearly flat or gently rolling
  6. body
  7. lowest parts of an area
  8. The portion of the Earth that is water
  9. Range A group of mountains that are closely related
  10. A mixture of gasses that surrounds a planet moon or other
Down
  1. A landform with high elevation and high relief
  2. The mostly solid,Rocky part of the Earth which extends from
  3. The difference in elevation between the highest
  4. with low relief
  5. The landform that has high elevation and a more
  6. The part of the Earth where life exists,includes all of the
  7. center of the core to the surface of the crust

17 Clues: body • with low relief • organism on Earth • less level surface • lowest parts of an area • shape,structure,area,and age • The portion of the Earth that is water • A landform with high elevation and high relief • center of the core to the surface of the crust • The difference in elevation between the highest • The landform that has high elevation and a more • ...

Earth and Space Vocabularies 2022-08-12

Earth and Space Vocabularies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rigid, outermost rocky shell of our planet.
  2. The relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
  3. An object that's reduced to liquid form by heating.
  4. The splitting apart of a single tectonic plate into two or more tectonic plates.
  5. A supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  6. Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere
  7. A current in a fluid that results from convection.
  8. Relating to an earth vibration caused by something else.
  9. The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.
  10. A measure of mass per unit of volume.
Down
  1. The degree of hotness or coldness of the atmosphere on some chosen scale.
  2. The part that is responsible for generating the planet's magnetic field.
  3. A natural substance composed of solid crystals of different minerals that have been fused together into a solid lump.
  4. The mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  5. The relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  6. The hot solid material with high pressure found in the centre.
  7. The mechanically weak region of the upper mantle of Earth.
  8. The region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.
  9. The boundary between the crust and the mantle in the earth.
  10. The outermost layer.

20 Clues: The outermost layer. • A measure of mass per unit of volume. • The mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • The rigid, outermost rocky shell of our planet. • A current in a fluid that results from convection. • An object that's reduced to liquid form by heating. • Relating to an earth vibration caused by something else. • ...

Exploring the Cosmos 2024-12-25

Exploring the Cosmos crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Missions that took humans to the Moon
  2. NASA rover that explored Mars
  3. First satellite launched into space
  4. Dwarf planet far from the Sun
  5. Saturn’s largest moon
  6. Largest moon in our solar system
  7. Closest planet to the Sun
  8. Closest star to Earth after the Sun
Down
  1. Shooting star seen in the night sky
  2. Constellation shaped like a hunter
  3. Hottest planet due to thick clouds
  4. Study of planets, stars, and space
  5. Name of the galaxy we live in
  6. Planet famous for its rings
  7. Largest planet in our solar system
  8. Famous telescope orbiting Earth
  9. Bright star in the Lyra constellation
  10. Space station orbiting the Earth
  11. First man to walk on the Moon
  12. Known as the Red Planet

20 Clues: Saturn’s largest moon • Known as the Red Planet • Closest planet to the Sun • Planet famous for its rings • Name of the galaxy we live in • NASA rover that explored Mars • Dwarf planet far from the Sun • First man to walk on the Moon • Famous telescope orbiting Earth • Space station orbiting the Earth • Largest moon in our solar system • Constellation shaped like a hunter • ...

1st 9 Weeks Vocab Part 2 2017-04-24

1st 9 Weeks Vocab Part 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. liquid rock inside the Earth
  2. sedimentary rock formed from sediment pieces compacted together
  3. the way light shines off of the surface of a mineral
  4. describes igneous rocks formed inside the Earth
  5. when a mineral breaks along curved surfaces
  6. type of metamorphic rock with visible folds
  7. Scale used to measure the hardness of a mineral
  8. a rock formed through extreme heat and pressure
  9. lightest type of metamorphic rock, mostly granite
  10. darkest type of metamorphic rock, mostly basalt
Down
  1. a rock formed from lava or magma
  2. liquid rock on the surface of the Earth
  3. when a mineral breaks along flat surfaces
  4. a ratio of mass to volume
  5. rock that contains a mixture of textures- fine grained and coarse grained
  6. describes igneous rocks formed on the surface of the Earth
  7. a rock formed from the compaction and cementation of sediments
  8. cycle process that changes one type of rock into another
  9. the color of the mineral as a powder

19 Clues: a ratio of mass to volume • liquid rock inside the Earth • a rock formed from lava or magma • the color of the mineral as a powder • liquid rock on the surface of the Earth • when a mineral breaks along flat surfaces • when a mineral breaks along curved surfaces • type of metamorphic rock with visible folds • describes igneous rocks formed inside the Earth • ...

Crossword Puzzle - Earth Processes 2022-02-16

Crossword Puzzle - Earth Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  2. weathering causes rocks to crumble.
  3. the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.
  4. an area or ridge of land that separates water flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
  5. the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea, or ice.
  6. part of the water cycle in which the water flows over the land as surface water.
  7. the rigid outer parts of the earth (crust).
  8. the underground layer of water bearing permeable rock.
  9. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general of over a long period.
  10. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
Down
  1. water water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
  2. erosion movement of glacier ice over its bed.
  3. any of the almost spherical concentrate regions of matter that makes up the earth and atmosphere.
  4. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  5. all the waters on earths surface.
  6. the central or innermost portion of the earth.
  7. is the mostly-solid bulk of earths surface.
  8. horizon a layer parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical, and biological characteristics differ from the layers.
  9. erosion a normal process that moves soil from one location to another by wind power.
  10. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals.
  11. erosion the detachment and removal of soil material by water.

21 Clues: all the waters on earths surface. • weathering causes rocks to crumble. • is the mostly-solid bulk of earths surface. • the rigid outer parts of the earth (crust). • erosion movement of glacier ice over its bed. • the central or innermost portion of the earth. • the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. • ...

Benchmark #2: Space 2025-10-21

Benchmark #2: Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an oval shape
  2. peak points of the orbit where the axis is pointed furthest or closest to the Sun
  3. the axis is equal but coming from pointing towards and about to point away
  4. the axis is pointing away from the Sun
  5. the bigger it is the more gravity is felt
  6. outer lighter shadow where light is partially blocked
  7. the farther it is the less gravity is felt
  8. an imaginary line about which an object rotates
  9. eclipse where the moon is in the middle between the Sun and Earth
  10. eclipse where the Earth is in the middle between the moon and the Sun
  11. the spin of an object around an axis
Down
  1. areas that are always freezing cold due to the curvature of the Earth and how the sunlight travels through the atmosphere
  2. series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order
  3. an event that occurs when an object is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another
  4. these occur on Earth due to revolution and tilt
  5. the axis is equal but coming from pointing away and about to point towards
  6. halfway points where the axis is equal and not pointed towards or away from the Sun
  7. central darker shadow where light is totally blocked
  8. one orbit around another object
  9. Earth has one of 23.5 degrees
  10. the axis is pointing towards the Sun
  11. the attractive force between two masses
  12. the path of one object going around another

23 Clues: an oval shape • Earth has one of 23.5 degrees • one orbit around another object • the axis is pointing towards the Sun • the spin of an object around an axis • the axis is pointing away from the Sun • the attractive force between two masses • the bigger it is the more gravity is felt • the farther it is the less gravity is felt • the path of one object going around another • ...

Space crossward 2022-04-28

Space crossward crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the closest planet to the sun
  2. Was the first person on the moon
  3. Was the first space probe to take a photo of Mars
  4. Multiple nations funded this and astronauts take tours on it for many months
  5. Was the first rover on Mars
Down
  1. Was First man to go into space
  2. Is the farthest man made object from earth
  3. Is the fourth planet from the sun
  4. Is a layer of earth that makes up most of earths mass
  5. Is the first layer of earth(starting from the outer layers)
  6. Was the first artificial object in space.
  7. Was the first creature to orbit earth
  8. Is the third planet from the sun
  9. Is the hottest planet in the solar system
  10. Was the first man made object on Mars

15 Clues: Was the first rover on Mars • Was First man to go into space • Is the closest planet to the sun • Was the first person on the moon • Is the third planet from the sun • Is the fourth planet from the sun • Was the first man made object on Mars • Was the first creature to orbit earth • Was the first artificial object in space. • Is the hottest planet in the solar system • ...

Earth and Space Vocabularies 2022-08-12

Earth and Space Vocabularies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The splitting apart of a single tectonic plate into two or more tectonic plates.
  2. The mechanically weak region of the upper mantle of Earth.
  3. The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.
  4. The relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses.
  5. The region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.
  6. The boundary between the crust and the mantle in the earth.
  7. A natural substance composed of solid crystals of different minerals that have been fused together into a solid lump.
  8. The degree of hotness or coldness of the atmosphere on some chosen scale.
  9. The outermost layer.
  10. The mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  11. The hot solid material with high pressure found in the centre.
Down
  1. A current in a fluid that results from convection.
  2. The relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
  3. A supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  4. Relating to an earth vibration caused by something else.
  5. Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere
  6. The part that is responsible for generating the planet's magnetic field.
  7. The rigid, outermost rocky shell of our planet.
  8. A measure of mass per unit of volume.
  9. An object that's reduced to liquid form by heating.

20 Clues: The outermost layer. • A measure of mass per unit of volume. • The mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • The rigid, outermost rocky shell of our planet. • A current in a fluid that results from convection. • An object that's reduced to liquid form by heating. • Relating to an earth vibration caused by something else. • ...

Geology Katelynn Rhode 2024-01-30

Geology Katelynn Rhode crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  2. necessary gas for life, also known as O2. 45 percent of earth is made up of it
  3. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  4. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. a chemical element; it is hard, and brittle, with a blue-gray metallic color. 27 percent of the earth is made up of it
  7. moving apart Oon different directions
  8. any of Earth’s main areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  9. to examine in detail for a purpose
  10. a silvery gray metallic color; less dense than other common metals. 8 percent of the earth is made up of it
Down
  1. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  2. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
  3. earths fourth and final layer, solid iron and nickel, hottest layer
  4. earths third layer, very hot, mostly molten iron and nickel
  5. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  6. a strong, hard magnetic silvery-gray metal, much used as a material for construction and manufacturing. 5.8 percent of the earth is made up of it
  7. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  8. hot, second layer of earth, mainly magma
  9. the science that deals with the earth’s physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it
  10. a feature that forms ont eh surface of a planet,such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune

20 Clues: moving toward the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart Oon different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot, second layer of earth, mainly magma • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet • earths third layer, very hot, mostly molten iron and nickel • ...

Austin science crossword 2024-11-01

Austin science crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compound that increases the number of hydronium ions when dissolved in water.
  2. 4th planet from the sun red.
  3. 1st planet from the sun smallest in the solar system.
  4. 7th planet from the sun 4 time wider than earth.
  5. Compound that increases the number of hydroxide ions when dissolved in water.
  6. Ice giant 17 time the mass of earth.
  7. 2nd planet from the sun a day on it is a year on earth.
  8. scale Measurment the expresses how acidic or basic a substance is.
Down
  1. 6th planet from the sun has rings.
  2. Combonation of two or more substances that are physically combined.
  3. Homogenous mixture throughout which two or more substances are uniformity dispersed.
  4. 5th planet from the sun largest in the solar system.
  5. Nature satellite of earth.
  6. Really bright and hot star.
  7. Planet we live on.

15 Clues: Planet we live on. • Nature satellite of earth. • Really bright and hot star. • 4th planet from the sun red. • 6th planet from the sun has rings. • Ice giant 17 time the mass of earth. • 7th planet from the sun 4 time wider than earth. • 5th planet from the sun largest in the solar system. • 1st planet from the sun smallest in the solar system. • ...

Word Work #29- Terra/Terr/Geo 2024-04-18

Word Work #29- Terra/Terr/Geo crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a raised, flat mound of earth (dirt) that looks like a platform with sloping sides.
  2. out of this world; above and beyond what is found on planet Earth.
  3. a hollow stone found on the earth that is lined on the inside with crystals.
  4. almost or completely surrounded by land.
  5. the study of the earth, specifically rocks and the planet’s crust.
  6. an area, region, or piece of land.
Down
  1. under the surface of the earth; underground.
  2. a person who studies the regions of the earth, including the climates and natural resources.
  3. the science of the earth that deals with the regions or places on the planet’s surface.
  4. cotta baked earth; hard, brownish-red pottery.
  5. land, earth

11 Clues: land, earth • an area, region, or piece of land. • almost or completely surrounded by land. • under the surface of the earth; underground. • cotta baked earth; hard, brownish-red pottery. • out of this world; above and beyond what is found on planet Earth. • the study of the earth, specifically rocks and the planet’s crust. • ...

#221 science project 2023-02-14

#221 science project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What tool measures using gravity
  2. What pattern does the moon phases follow?
  3. What keeps the earth in the sun’s orbit
  4. What type of force is gravity
  5. Which season has the least daylight
  6. By using what can you tell time
  7. What place has not many changes in season?
  8. What are the seasons not caused by
  9. What is 140,600,000 km away from earth
  10. What do stars use to keep gases in ball form
Down
  1. Which places only have summer and winter and barely any fall and spring
  2. What side are shadows facing from the sun
  3. If where you are it’s night then the sun is shining on the oppisite ____
  4. The seasons are caused by the earths ____
  5. The moon is only lite up __________
  6. What does the earth do to cause day and night
  7. Which season has the shortest shadows?
  8. The moon orbit the earth is in an ___________ way

18 Clues: 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 • Which season has the least daylight • The moon is only lite up __________ • Which season has the shortest shadows? • What is 140,600,000 km away from earth • What keeps the earth in the sun’s orbit • ...

Crossword puzzle in physical science 2024-01-21

Crossword puzzle in physical science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  2. - Like the first quarter, it is seen illuminated on half the side facing the earth. The third quarter moon rises about midnight, is highest at dawn and sets about noon. In the morning it is in the western sky.
  3. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  4. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  5. - in the solar system is a large round object that orbits the sun and has cleared out most of the other objects in its orbit.
  6. - is considered as the greatest of the early Greek astronomers who compared and observed the brightness of the 850 stars and arranged them into order of brightness or magnitude.
  7. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  8. - Half the side of the moon facing the earth appears illuminated. It rises about noon, reaches its high point for the day at sundown, and sets near midnight.
  9. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  10. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  11. - the shape of the earth.
  12. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  13. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
  14. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  15. -was believed to be at fixed position in the sky, however when the Greeks traveled,to places nearer the equator, like• Egypt, they noticed that it is closer to the horizon
  16. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
Down
  1. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  2. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  3. - The whole side of the moon is now illuminated to viewers from the earth. The full moon rises in the east as the sun sets in the west. It stays up all night long, reaching its highest point about midnight. In summer, it is as low in the sky as the sun is at noon in midwinter.
  4. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  5. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  6. -a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the light from the Sun.
  7. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  8. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  9. - is the second planet from the sun. It is brighter than Mercury in the sky and is easily seen near the sun at either sunup or sunset.
  10. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  11. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  12. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  13. - appears only when the moon is on the side of the earth most directly in line with the sun. There is no illumination on the earth's side, so it is also sometimes called the dark moon.
  14. - proposed a system of fixed spheres. He believed that the sun, moon and the five known planets and the stars were attached to these spheres which carried the heavenly bodies while they revolved around the stationary Earth.

30 Clues: - the shape of the earth. • - Earth is assumed to the center of all • -A natural object that orbits a larger object. • - gave the most accurate size during their time. • - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views • - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. • - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon • ...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth 2021-09-15

Journey to the Centre of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. out to solve (a problem,a question)
  2. angry
  3. purpose you do it intentionally, not by accident.
  4. a large meal
  5. pleased,happy
  6. feeling that you have no hope.
  7. cave
  8. a combination of letters or symbols that have a secret message.
  9. an old piece of paper which is made of animal skin in the past.
  10. to not pay attention to ,to not listen to.
  11. an area of land,scenery.
  12. cap a layer of ice
Down
  1. a narrow crack or hole
  2. a large and round rock or stone.
  3. something (a question,a problem) difficult to understand.
  4. not real
  5. out of to leave a place quickly and angrily.
  6. a person who has a disease of the nerves and skin
  7. to send our rocks,lava,ash,etc.(e.g.a volcano)
  8. very deep.
  9. a large cave
  10. end the end of a road,street,or passage without a exit.
  11. the letters of Germanic alphabet in the past.
  12. sight visible,you can see it.
  13. out to make a loud noise,to scream.

25 Clues: cave • angry • not real • very deep. • a large meal • a large cave • pleased,happy • cap a layer of ice • a narrow crack or hole • an area of land,scenery. • feeling that you have no hope. • sight visible,you can see it. • a large and round rock or stone. • out to solve (a problem,a question) • out to make a loud noise,to scream. • to not pay attention to ,to not listen to. • ...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth 2021-09-15

Journey to the Centre of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to send our rocks,lava,ash,etc.(e.g.a volcano)
  2. a narrow crack or hole
  3. out to solve (a problem,a question)
  4. visible,you can see it.
  5. the letters of Germanic alphabet in the past.
  6. end the end of a road,street,or passage without a exit.
  7. feeling that you have no hope.
  8. an area of land,scenery.
  9. an old piece of paper which is made of animal skin in the past.
  10. angry
Down
  1. something (a question,a problem) difficult to understand.
  2. cap a layer of ice
  3. a large cave
  4. not real
  5. very deep.
  6. to not pay attention to ,to not listen to.
  7. a large and round rock or stone.
  8. out to make a loud noise,to scream.
  9. pleased,happy
  10. purpose you do it intentionally, not by accident.
  11. a combination of letters or symbols that have a secret message.
  12. cave
  13. out of to leave a place quickly and angrily.
  14. a large meal

24 Clues: cave • angry • not real • very deep. • a large cave • a large meal • pleased,happy • cap a layer of ice • a narrow crack or hole • visible,you can see it. • an area of land,scenery. • feeling that you have no hope. • a large and round rock or stone. • out to solve (a problem,a question) • out to make a loud noise,to scream. • to not pay attention to ,to not listen to. • ...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth 2021-09-15

Journey to the Centre of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large cave
  2. very deep.
  3. visible,you can see it.
  4. to send our rocks,lava,ash,etc.(e.g.a volcano)
  5. pleased,happy
  6. the letters of Germanic alphabet in the past.
  7. an old piece of paper which is made of animal skin in the past.
  8. a combination of letters or symbols that have a secret message.
  9. out to solve (a problem,a question)
  10. the place where a parson lives.
  11. a large meal
  12. feeling that you have no hope.
Down
  1. an area of land,scenery.
  2. not real
  3. not visible,you cannot see it.
  4. purpose you do it intentionally, not by accident.
  5. out of to leave a place quickly and angrily.
  6. a large and round rock or stone.
  7. cap a layer of ice
  8. cave
  9. something (a question,a problem) difficult to understand.
  10. to not pay attention to ,to not listen to.
  11. a person who has a disease of the nerves and skin
  12. end the end of a road,street,or passage without a exit.
  13. a narrow crack or hole
  14. angry
  15. priest.
  16. to push or mix something with your finger or with an object
  17. out to make a loud noise,to scream.

29 Clues: cave • angry • priest. • not real • very deep. • a large cave • a large meal • pleased,happy • cap a layer of ice • a narrow crack or hole • visible,you can see it. • an area of land,scenery. • not visible,you cannot see it. • feeling that you have no hope. • the place where a parson lives. • a large and round rock or stone. • out to solve (a problem,a question) • ...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth 2022-03-02

Journey to the Centre of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a lot of rain and sometimes snow and wind
  2. with the last part first
  3. a woman who is engaged to be married
  4. to go down suddenly
  5. a person who studies science
  6. an opening in something that you can look or go through
  7. a stream of water that falls from a high place
  8. a big, wide hole
  9. when rocks, fire and lava come out of a volcano
  10. your sister's or brother's son
  11. suitcases or bags that you take when you go on a journey
Down
  1. a mountain that sometimes erupts and has lava
  2. an important teacher at a university who also studies a lot
  3. something that shows you directions
  4. a big natural room under the earth
  5. to travel on water in a ship or boat
  6. a dark shape that the sun makes on things
  7. a small river
  8. a long passage under the ground or through a mountain
  9. to blow up or break suddenly with a big noise
  10. this is red and hot, and it burns
  11. a long trip
  12. something that you do not tell other people
  13. a person or thing that shows or tells people where to go

24 Clues: a long trip • a small river • a big, wide hole • to go down suddenly • with the last part first • a person who studies science • your sister's or brother's son • this is red and hot, and it burns • a big natural room under the earth • something that shows you directions • to travel on water in a ship or boat • a woman who is engaged to be married • ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth 2024-10-09

Journey to the Center of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To go after something or somebody
  2. This is red and hot, it burns
  3. A big natural room under the earth
  4. The highest part of something
  5. An animal that is very bad to look at
  6. A dark shape that the sun makes.
  7. The hot liquid that comes out when a volcano erupts.
  8. The part of the earth that is not the sea.
  9. A mountain that fire and rocks sometimes come from.
  10. A long hole that goes through or under something
  11. A big hill
  12. Powder that explodes
  13. Something that you don’t tell to everybody
  14. People say or write things with this
  15. To make something stop working.
  16. Under the earth
  17. An opening in something that you can look through or go through
  18. A person who studies the natural world
  19. When you go far
  20. The study of the natural world
  21. A big, wide hole
  22. To go across the water
  23. You write this to someone
  24. When rocks and fire come out
  25. An important teacher who also studies a lot
  26. A thing that helps you to see in the dark
  27. Where we all live.
Down
  1. You eat this
  2. Not happy about something and thinking a lot about it.
  3. The light in the sky when there is a storm.
  4. Your sister’s or brother’s son.
  5. A type of elephant from five million years ago.
  6. To break suddenly with a noise
  7. Something that shows you north and helps you see where to go
  8. Little
  9. You use a ship to go across the water
  10. The side of a tunnel
  11. The lowest part of something
  12. A sharp tool used for cutting something
  13. To hit again and again
  14. A big white or grey thing that rain comes from
  15. A small river
  16. Bags and things you take when you go on a journey.
  17. Your father’s or mother’s brother
  18. up To break into small pieces noisily
  19. We live on this
  20. A lot of rain and very bad weather
  21. A person or guide that shows or tells people where to go.
  22. A small ship made from trees
  23. Beginning at the last letter and going to the first letter
  24. A beautiful stone
  25. A person that does something important or good.
  26. Something that shows you something important
  27. When you feel that something is true.
  28. To give fire to something
  29. When water falls from over rocks
  30. We write with these. 26 letters in the alphabet.
  31. We walk on this
  32. You write on this

59 Clues: Little • A big hill • You eat this • A small river • We live on this • Under the earth • When you go far • We walk on this • A big, wide hole • A beautiful stone • You write on this • Where we all live. • The side of a tunnel • Powder that explodes • To hit again and again • To go across the water • To give fire to something • You write this to someone • The lowest part of something • ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth 2024-10-09

Journey to the Center of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The highest part of something
  2. An animal that is very bad to look at
  3. You use a ship to go across the water
  4. A beautiful stone
  5. To go after something or somebody
  6. You write on this
  7. A dark shape that the sun makes.
  8. Something that shows you something important
  9. up To break into small pieces noisily
  10. When water falls from over rocks
  11. We live on this
  12. A big white or grey thing that rain comes from
  13. Your sister’s or brother’s son.
  14. The study of the natural world
  15. Bags and things you take when you go on a journey.
  16. This is red and hot, it burns
  17. A long hole that goes through or under something
  18. A big, wide hole
  19. A person who studies the natural world
  20. A person or guide that shows or tells people where to go.
  21. To make something stop working.
  22. Under the earth
  23. An important teacher who also studies a lot
  24. A sharp tool used for cutting something
  25. Little
  26. Powder that explodes
  27. To give fire to something
  28. A big hill
Down
  1. Something that shows you north and helps you see where to go
  2. A small river
  3. The side of a tunnel
  4. Not happy about something and thinking a lot about it.
  5. A person that does something important or good.
  6. A mountain that fire and rocks sometimes come from.
  7. A lot of rain and very bad weather
  8. A thing that helps you to see in the dark
  9. To hit again and again
  10. A small ship made from trees
  11. An opening in something that you can look through or go through
  12. You write this to someone
  13. Something that you don’t tell to everybody
  14. People say or write things with this
  15. A big natural room under the earth
  16. Beginning at the last letter and going to the first letter
  17. When you feel that something is true.
  18. You eat this
  19. The light in the sky when there is a storm.
  20. To go across the water
  21. To break suddenly with a noise
  22. When rocks and fire come out
  23. Your father’s or mother’s brother
  24. A type of elephant from five million years ago.
  25. We walk on this
  26. The lowest part of something
  27. We write with these. 26 letters in the alphabet.
  28. When you go far
  29. Where we all live.
  30. The hot liquid that comes out when a volcano erupts.
  31. The part of the earth that is not the sea.

59 Clues: Little • A big hill • You eat this • A small river • We live on this • Under the earth • We walk on this • When you go far • A big, wide hole • A beautiful stone • You write on this • Where we all live. • The side of a tunnel • Powder that explodes • To hit again and again • To go across the water • You write this to someone • To give fire to something • A small ship made from trees • ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth 2024-11-25

Journey to the Center of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Trevor reads a message from Max's _____________ that was written on Sean's 3rd birthday (8.14.97).
  2. Trevor figures that they must find a __________ that can send them to the surface.
  3. Trevor: [as they are climbing] Hey, look at all the schist. Sean: What? Trevor: It's a _____________ rock. Green schist, white schist, mica-garnet schist... Sean: Oh. Schist.
  4. Hannah Ásgeirsson: [all climbing down] Okay, Sean, just make ________with me. Sean: So, Hannah, uh. Do you come here often?
  5. Trevor: That's Mount _________! Hey Sean, if your mom asks you what you did this weekend, you tell her uncle Trevor took you to Italy.
  6. Hannah Ásgeirsson: That's two _________ me now. Trevor: Who's counting? Hannah Ásgeirsson: I am.
  7. Trevor: We're still _________!
  8. Trevor: Enormous fossilized mushrooms. Sean: Sort of like humongous _____________?
  9. Sean: Rubies... Hannah Ásgeirsson: Emeralds... Trevor: ______________!
  10. He intends to send Sean back to his mother, but relents at Sean's protest and brings Sean to Iceland with him. They start by looking for another __________.
  11. Sean: [running from a dinosaur] Haven't you ever seen a dinosaur before? Trevor: Not with_____ on it!
  12. Trevor: [in complete awe] Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the___________________.
Down
  1. She tells them that both her father and Max believed that _________ 's books were factual accounts.
  2. Sean: Oh, we're in deep ______.
  3. They all continue until they discover a _________-dwelling that Max lived in.
  4. Trevor continues to read Max's journal until he realizes from his notes that they must quickly leave, as the __________is steadily rising.
  5. They also figure that they must _______ before the temperature rises past 135 degrees.
  6. While hiking the mountain, a ____________ storm forces the three into a cave. The cave entrance collapses, trapping them, so they have no alternative but to go deeper in the cave, which turns out to be an abandoned mine.
  7. Trevor: Max was __________. He was ___________!Trevor: [shouting] Max! Was! ___________! Ha ha! Trevor: [to Sean] Your dad was right. He was ____________.Sean: [to Hannah] Hannah, your dad was ____________ too. Trevor: They both believed in something that everyone told them was impossible. He was ______________! Trevor: [echoing] He was ___________!
  8. Sean: [coming across a dinosaur skeleton] Man, I really wish I'd read that _______.

20 Clues: Trevor: We're still _________! • Sean: Oh, we're in deep ______. • Sean: Rubies... Hannah Ásgeirsson: Emeralds... Trevor: ______________! • They all continue until they discover a _________-dwelling that Max lived in. • Trevor figures that they must find a __________ that can send them to the surface. • ...

Sun Moon and Earth 2023-02-06

Sun Moon and Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The line separating the light and the dark sides of any astronomical body
  2. The visible surface of the sun
  3. The lowest layer of the suns atmosphere starting at the photosphere and extending out to 2000km from the surface
  4. System The sun, planets, and small solar system bodies and other objects held in orbit around the suns gravity
  5. The suns apparent path among the stars as observed from earth equivalent to the place of the earths orbit
  6. The Spin of and object around its center of mass such as the earth rotating about its axis
  7. The point in an orbit around the earth at which the orbiting body is nearest to the earth
Down
  1. An ancient model of the solar systems that placed the earth at the center with the sum and planets orbiting the earth in perfect circular paths
  2. A model of the solar system that places the sun at its center with the earth and other planets orbiting around it
  3. Anything having to do with astronomical objects
  4. Orbital motion around its point such as the earth revolving around the sun
  5. The point in an orbit around the earth at which the orbiting body is farthest from the earth

12 Clues: The visible surface of the sun • Anything having to do with astronomical objects • The line separating the light and the dark sides of any astronomical body • Orbital motion around its point such as the earth revolving around the sun • The point in an orbit around the earth at which the orbiting body is nearest to the earth • ...

GLOBE THE MODEL OF THE EARTH 2018-09-15

GLOBE THE MODEL OF THE EARTH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. imaginary horizontal lines on the globe,running from east to west
  2. twenty three and a half degree south latitude
  3. the lines of latitude and longitude cross each other at right angles and form a sort of a net called a grid on a globe or a map
  4. the topmost point on the globe
  5. topmost point on the globe
  6. imaginary line around which the Earth rotates
  7. a small ball like model of the earth
Down
  1. the sixty six and a half degree south latitude
  2. sixty six and a half degree north latitude
  3. one half of the Earth
  4. the zero degree latitude
  5. divide the globe vertically
  6. the twenty three and a half degree north latitude
  7. divide the globe horizontally
  8. a greek astronomer who invented the system of latitudes and longitudes

15 Clues: one half of the Earth • the zero degree latitude • topmost point on the globe • divide the globe vertically • divide the globe horizontally • the topmost point on the globe • a small ball like model of the earth • sixty six and a half degree north latitude • twenty three and a half degree south latitude • imaginary line around which the Earth rotates • ...

the 5 layers of the earth 2024-02-08

the 5 layers of the earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Every layer except one is a
  2. and physical properties The layers of the earth can be defined by their
  3. What is the lithosphere made of
  4. How many tectonic plates made the crust
  5. what is the other thing the layers are defined by
  6. The silicate rocks flow even more
  7. What is the only layer with liquid
Down
  1. Convection currents within the asthenosphere send
  2. What is the hottest layer of the earth
  3. the outer and inner core are both made of
  4. The continental crust is mostly
  5. The mesosphere is the
  6. The mechanical properties scientists analyze how the parts of the earth
  7. The asthenosphere is like
  8. The asthenosphere is solid but also

15 Clues: The mesosphere is the • The asthenosphere is like • Every layer except one is a • The continental crust is mostly • What is the lithosphere made of • The silicate rocks flow even more • What is the only layer with liquid • The asthenosphere is solid but also • What is the hottest layer of the earth • How many tectonic plates made the crust • ...

For the Beauty of the Earth 2024-05-01

For the Beauty of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To our ___ so freely given
  2. This our ___ hymm
  3. This our joyful ___
  4. Brother ___ parent child
  5. For each [redacted] gift of
  6. For the love which from our
  7. For each ___ gift
Down
  1. Graces human and
  2. Of the ____ and of the night
  3. Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n
  4. Friends on [planet] and friends
  5. For the ___ of human love
  6. Friends on
  7. Lord of all to thee we
  8. Sun and moon and ___ of light

15 Clues: Friends on • Graces human and • This our ___ hymm • For each ___ gift • This our joyful ___ • Lord of all to thee we • Brother ___ parent child • For the ___ of human love • To our ___ so freely given • For each [redacted] gift of • For the love which from our • Of the ____ and of the night • Sun and moon and ___ of light • Friends on [planet] and friends • ...

Climate 2019-01-09

Climate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "lines" that run parallel to Earth's equator
  2. amount of solar energy received by a region of Earth
  3. a relatively thin layer of Earth that has conditions suitable for supporting life
  4. the degree by which Earth's poles are titled from the perpendicular of the plane of it's orbit
  5. weather conditions in a general area, over a long time period
  6. all the water on earth;all forms
  7. the state of the atmosphere at a certain place, at a certain time
  8. relies on reports from people about certain events
  9. the solid portion of Earth, made of rocks, minerals, and elements
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  1. low______ absorbs a lot of light
  2. the deflection of any object from a straight line path, caused by Earth's rotation
  3. the angle between a ray falling on a surface and the line of the perpendicular to that surface
  4. unbiased evidence that reflects general situations
  5. the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere
  6. the layer of gases that surround Earth
  7. an organism becomes more suited for their environment
  8. the distance above earth's surface, measured from sea level

17 Clues: low______ absorbs a lot of light • all the water on earth;all forms • the layer of gases that surround Earth • "lines" that run parallel to Earth's equator • unbiased evidence that reflects general situations • relies on reports from people about certain events • amount of solar energy received by a region of Earth • ...