the earth Crossword Puzzles

Chapter 1 2020-09-24

Chapter 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. The layer of the Earth’s mantle right below the lithosphere and facilitates tectonic plate movement
  2. Deep areas in the ocean that form underwater trenches, plains, and mountain ranges
  3. 7 large land masses in the Earth’s surface that is believed to all have been connected
  4. Term used to describe the ocean’s floor made up of deposited sand and rocks
  5. Area underwater with various trenches and depths due to tectonic plate movement
  6. The study of the Earth’s physical composition and the changes it has undergone and the ones it will face in the future
  7. Part of the earth made up of the crust and top layer of the mantle and characterized as the rigid outer layer of Earth
  8. Land area that, along with a shield, make up a craton and experiences tectonic plate movements
  9. A group of tested hypotheses that have been approved through the scientific method to extend or limit scientific knowledge
  10. The name for a group of sciences that work towards knowing more about the Earth and its systems
  11. Parts of the earth that have individual responsibilities but often interact with each other
  12. The study of the changes in the atmosphere and types of weather and their systems
  13. The physical structure of earth; includes inner and outer core, crust, and the mantle
  14. The inner part of the Geosphere made up of hot metal
  15. The top layer of the Geosphere and covers the entirety of the Earth’s surface
  16. Largest layer of the Geosphere and is located between the crust and the core
  17. Areas of the Earth which was formed from eroded mountains and is not affected by plate tectonics
  18. A system of timing the changes and events in Earth’s history dating back to its origin 4.6 billion years ago
  19. Underwater mountain range formed by cooled magma from plate tectonic movement
  20. Area that is exactly where the ocean floor and continental slope meet
  21. An underwater mountain that does not break the surface
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  1. Area where the ocean meets the edge of a continent and leads to the continental slope
  2. Series of concern mountain ranges that formed from the same geological disruption
  3. Contains all of the living things on earth ranging from animals to vegetation
  4. A scientific question that is proposed before tested and will be used as a foundation for reasoning in a scientific investigation
  5. Theory A theory that states our solar system originated from a singular dust and gas cloud
  6. Area along a continent’s shore which is made up of a continental shelf, slope, and rise
  7. A process to prove or disprove a hypothesis through experiments, research, and observation
  8. The Study of space, stars, galaxies, and the universe in general
  9. All of the water in the earth including lakes, oceans, and rivers
  10. The layer or en envelope of gas that covers the Earth’s surface
  11. The study of the Earth’s interacting parts conserving matter and energy movement
  12. The term used to describe the chemical, physical, and biological processes that interact with one another and occur on earth
  13. Narrow depths in the ocean formed by underwater tectonic plate movement
  14. Downward area or land between the edge of a continent and the bottom of the ocean
  15. The study of oceans as well as their characteristics and affect on the earth
  16. Region of stable and permanent rock that acts as the foundation for a continent

37 Clues: The inner part of the Geosphere made up of hot metal • An underwater mountain that does not break the surface • The layer or en envelope of gas that covers the Earth’s surface • The Study of space, stars, galaxies, and the universe in general • All of the water in the earth including lakes, oceans, and rivers • ...

Year 10 Science Review 2022-09-20

Year 10 Science Review crossword puzzle
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  1. plate Thailand is located on
  2. a balance between gravity and inertia
  3. The layer of the earth we live on
  4. What the soil is made up of in BKK
  5. what makes mars and din dang red
  6. What happens to light as you move fast
  7. a greenhouse gas that keeps heat energy on the earth
  8. hottest layer of the earth
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  1. the power source that moves the plates
  2. what the core is made up of
  3. The force that holds the earth around the sun
  4. equals mass times the speed of light squared
  5. liquid layer
  6. a wave created from an earthquake
  7. What lays a meter below the surface in BKK
  8. where lava comes from

16 Clues: liquid layer • where lava comes from • hottest layer of the earth • what the core is made up of • plate Thailand is located on • what makes mars and din dang red • The layer of the earth we live on • a wave created from an earthquake • What the soil is made up of in BKK • a balance between gravity and inertia • the power source that moves the plates • ...

Geography Vocabulary 2022-12-12

Geography Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. lines running vertically around the earth measuring degrees east and west of the prime meridian
  2. a line of longitude between the eastern and western hemisphere that helps determines date and time
  3. where a place is located in relation to another place
  4. the method a mapmaker uses to portray the world as a map; there are many of these
  5. northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast
  6. a way to measure distance on a map; ex. ½ inch on a map represents 100 miles
  7. one half of the Earth
  8. the exact location of a place on earth; measured in coordinates
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  1. a problem common in all maps because it is impossible
  2. north, south, east, west
  3. lines running across the earth that measure degrees above and below the equator
  4. the largest continent
  5. zero degree line of longitude that passes through Greenwich, England
  6. line of latitude that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
  7. exactly flatten a 3D sphere into a 2D flat plane
  8. the smallest continent
  9. a chart that explains what symbols on a map mean

17 Clues: the largest continent • one half of the Earth • the smallest continent • north, south, east, west • northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast • exactly flatten a 3D sphere into a 2D flat plane • a chart that explains what symbols on a map mean • a problem common in all maps because it is impossible • where a place is located in relation to another place • ...

HORI-SUN 2022-02-11

HORI-SUN crossword puzzle
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  1. The imaginary line that connects the north and south poles.
  2. The ability to do work.
  3. The name of the motion that occurs when an objects spins on its own axis.
  4. The layer of the sun that is so dense, it takes energy more that 100,000 years to move through it.
  5. The distance from the Sun to Earth.
  6. This occurs when the moon is between the Sun and Earth.
  7. A space system that has a star at its center.
  8. The closest star to earth.
  9. An eruption that releases magnetic energy.
  10. The Sun consists of this many layers, including its interior and atmosphere.
  11. The process of energy transfer from the sun to plants.
  12. The most abundant element that makes up the Sun.
  13. Because the Earth rotates on it's axis, the Sun appears to do this in the East.
  14. Huge loops of gas that link different parts of sunspot regions.
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  1. Streams of electrically charged particles.
  2. The temperature of the core of the Sun in degrees Celcius.
  3. The middle layer of the Sun's atmosphere.
  4. The portion of the sun where hydrogen atoms join to form helium.
  5. What you see when you look at an image of the Sun.
  6. A natural force that pulls objects with more mass towards each other.
  7. The element that is created through nuclear fusion in the Sun.
  8. The process that provides the Sun with its energy.
  9. The amount of time it takes light from the Sun to reach Earth.
  10. The outermost layer of the Sun's interior.
  11. The Greek work for light.
  12. The half of the Earth that is south of the equator.
  13. The outer "halo" around the Sun.
  14. The length of time for a regular cycle of sunspots.
  15. The circular path something travels around something else.
  16. A cooler area on the sun's surface.

30 Clues: The ability to do work. • The Greek work for light. • The closest star to earth. • The outer "halo" around the Sun. • The distance from the Sun to Earth. • A cooler area on the sun's surface. • The middle layer of the Sun's atmosphere. • Streams of electrically charged particles. • The outermost layer of the Sun's interior. • An eruption that releases magnetic energy. • ...

Geography Chapter 2 Crossword 2023-12-04

Geography Chapter 2 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. When the earth's proportions are stretched to fit on a flat surface.
  2. When the earth is inscribed onto a cylinder, then laid flat.
  3. A system of satellites used to gather information about any point on earth.
  4. When the earth is inscribed onto a cone, then laid flat.
  5. Used to record information on to maps.
  6. A map that directly takes the curvature of the earth and spreads it out on a sheet of paper with the proportions mostly intact.
  7. Used to find the exact location of things.
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  1. Very zoomed in map.
  2. Similar to fraction maps but they also state said differences in directly convertible factors “one centimeter to ten kilometers” or “one inch equals five miles.”
  3. Use a similar formula to shape based projections but instead of laying the proportions flat, it attempt to maintain the earth's proportions.
  4. The wildly accepted form to convey latitude and longitude. Also known as degrees/minutes/seconds form.
  5. Very zoomed out map.
  6. Relays the difference between the distance on the map and the distance on actual earth.
  7. Uses lines with distances to represent actual distance on earth.
  8. When the proportions of the earth are stretched or shifted to fit on a flat map.

15 Clues: Very zoomed in map. • Very zoomed out map. • Used to record information on to maps. • Used to find the exact location of things. • When the earth is inscribed onto a cone, then laid flat. • When the earth is inscribed onto a cylinder, then laid flat. • Uses lines with distances to represent actual distance on earth. • ...

tectonics plate crossword 2013-05-08

tectonics plate crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. tectoncis large scale of movements of earth lithosphere
  2. thrid layer of earth
  3. boundaries two plates move away from each other
  4. is the soft weak layer of the mantle
  5. boundaries when two plates collide
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  1. plates lithosphere divide parts
  2. floor spreading the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks
  3. the super contientent split 245 million yrs. ago
  4. is the outmost rigid layer
  5. rock changes shape
  6. strong lower part of the mantle
  7. is the movementof mantle
  8. bounaries two plates move past each other
  9. second layer of earth
  10. first layer of earth

15 Clues: rock changes shape • thrid layer of earth • first layer of earth • second layer of earth • is the movementof mantle • is the outmost rigid layer • plates lithosphere divide parts • strong lower part of the mantle • boundaries when two plates collide • is the soft weak layer of the mantle • bounaries two plates move past each other • boundaries two plates move away from each other • ...

Atmosphere Crossword 2021-04-13

Atmosphere Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A person who studies science, currently most are focussing on rising climates
  2. a gas that excretes from decomposing life
  3. third most abundant gas on earth
  4. the weather conditions of an area over a long period of time
  5. makes up 20% of the atmosphere
  6. makes up 79% of atmosphere
  7. The most abundant greenhouse gas
  8. where all life on earth is
  9. a disturbance in the magnetosphere caused by solar wind
  10. the measure of how many air molecules is an any given area
  11. the current most common form of fuel
  12. The hottest layer with the least density
  13. the outermost layer of the earth
  14. the gas that makes you laugh
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  1. the gas giant the earth revolves around, heats the planet
  2. the wavelength longer than red light but shorter than radio waves
  3. the coldest layer
  4. the total makeup of our planet
  5. a layer of gas in the atmosphere that protects earth
  6. a rock that is dark in color and used as a fuel source
  7. the process of the earths temperatures rising. Mostly caused by humans.
  8. the state of the atmosphere at any given place
  9. the most common type of energy that causes climate change
  10. the measurement of
  11. what comes from the sun that will give humans skin cancer, also used as a power source.
  12. Where weather occurs, planes fly here
  13. greenhouse gas that is used as fuel

27 Clues: the coldest layer • the measurement of • makes up 79% of atmosphere • where all life on earth is • the gas that makes you laugh • the total makeup of our planet • makes up 20% of the atmosphere • third most abundant gas on earth • The most abundant greenhouse gas • the outermost layer of the earth • greenhouse gas that is used as fuel • the current most common form of fuel • ...

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2020-01-29

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The deformation of the crust
  2. ___ is made by sea floor spreading
  3. The layer of the mantle that allows the plates to slowly move on top of it
  4. Sea floor spreading often causes the ____ of oceanic crust when it hits continental crust
  5. When ocean crusts converge, they often form a ____ which can be very deep
  6. Plate boundary caused by plates moving away from each other
  7. The process of continents slowly breaking apart and moving away from each other
  8. Hot magma ____ and then falls as it cools, causing plates to move in the lithosphere
  9. Dense oceanic crust is often made of dense _____ which subducts under the continental crust made of mostly granite
  10. Layer of Earth composed of molten nickel and iron
  11. Hot material in the mantle
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  1. The movement of magma in the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move
  2. The plate boundary created when plates crunch into each other
  3. ___ are common on divergent boundaries because magma comes up from the mantle
  4. Supercontinent that was made up of all the other continents
  5. The thinnest layer of the Earth, made of silicon and aluminum
  6. Made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle
  7. Both density and pressure ____ as you go further toward the center of the Earth
  8. The thickest layer of the Earth, contains magma
  9. Solid Layer of the Earth that is solid due to pressure from the outer core
  10. Plate boundary created when the plates slide past each other

21 Clues: Hot material in the mantle • The deformation of the crust • ___ is made by sea floor spreading • The thickest layer of the Earth, contains magma • Made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle • Layer of Earth composed of molten nickel and iron • Supercontinent that was made up of all the other continents • ...

Eclipse 2023-04-28

Eclipse crossword puzzle
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  1. This happens when the Moon totally blocks out the Sun's light
  2. The Earth makes a daily ____ on its axis
  3. It occurs when a celestial object passes in front of another object and blocks some of its light.
  4. This happens when the Earth partly blocks the Sun's light from reaching the moon
  5. The lighter, outer part of a shadow
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  1. You see it every night
  2. This happens when the Moon only partially blocks out the Sun's light
  3. The Earth's ____ around the sun takes 365 days
  4. This happens when the Earth blocks out the Sun's light from reaching the moon
  5. You see it every day
  6. The Earth's axis is not straight up and down it is on a ____
  7. Each year the Earth completes one ____ around the sun
  8. The inner, darker part of a shadow
  9. We live on it
  10. Sometimes people are scared of their own ____

15 Clues: We live on it • You see it every day • You see it every night • The inner, darker part of a shadow • The lighter, outer part of a shadow • The Earth makes a daily ____ on its axis • Sometimes people are scared of their own ____ • The Earth's ____ around the sun takes 365 days • Each year the Earth completes one ____ around the sun • ...

Photosynthesis + Cellular Respiration 2023-10-04

Photosynthesis + Cellular Respiration crossword puzzle
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  1. first step of photosynthesis, uses sunlight to split H2O + make ATP & NADPH, O2 is released
  2. process of using light energy to make glucose, starts with CO2 + H2O + ends with C6H12O6+O2
  3. sphere of the earth, all of the water on earth
  4. second step of photosynthesis, uses energy in ATP + NADPH to make glucose from CO2
  5. sphere of earth, all the gases surrounding earth
  6. Adenosine Diphosphate, uncharged energy storage molecule with 2 phosphate
  7. process of using light energy to make glucose, starts with CO2 + H2O + ends with C6H12O6+O2
  8. nutrient used in proteins + nucleic acids, must be foxed for living things to use, often limited
  9. Adenosine Triphosphate, charged energy storage molecule with 3 phosphorus groups
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  1. process of breaking down glucose to make ATP, starts with C6H12O6+O2 + ends with CO2 + H2O
  2. anything that has mass + it takes up space, makes up everything
  3. second step of anaerobic respiration, 2 types includes alcoholic + lactic acid
  4. pigment in chloroplast, used to trap light energy during photosynthesis
  5. first step of aerobic respiration, breaks down glucose into pyruvate, makes some NADH
  6. nutrient, used in phosphates of nucleic acids + phospholipids of membranes, often limited
  7. substances on the beginning of a chemical reaction phanged into products
  8. sphere of earth, all the rocks + soil on earth
  9. type of organism that is able to make its own food, base of the food chain
  10. describes a situation in which oxygen is present
  11. substances created during a chemical reaction, made from reactants

20 Clues: sphere of the earth, all of the water on earth • sphere of earth, all the rocks + soil on earth • sphere of earth, all the gases surrounding earth • describes a situation in which oxygen is present • anything that has mass + it takes up space, makes up everything • substances created during a chemical reaction, made from reactants • ...

Geology 2025-02-26

Geology crossword puzzle
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  1. The study of earth and what it’s made of and does.
  2. Earth's solid outer layer, including landforms like mountains and continents.
  3. Process of formation, movement, and destruction of Earth's tectonic plates.
  4. Crust beneath the oceans, primarily made of basalt and is thinner and denser.
  5. thicker, less dense part of Earth's crust that forms the continents.
  6. Process by which rocks are transformed between different types.
  7. Principle that the Earth's processes, such as erosion and sedimentation, have operated in the same way throughout geological time.
  8. layer of gases surrounding Earth.
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  1. Continuous movement of water on, above, and below Earth's surface.
  2. Part of Earth where life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
  3. Earth's solid, innermost layer, consisting of iron and nickel.
  4. Large plates that move and interact.
  5. All the water on Earth, including oceans, rivers, lakes, and ice.
  6. Solid, outer layer of Earth that includes both the crust and the upper part of the mantle, responsible for tectonic activity.
  7. Earth's outermost layer, composed of solid rock, and is thinner than the layers beneath it.
  8. Largest layer of Earth beneath the crust, composed of semi-solid rock.

16 Clues: layer of gases surrounding Earth. • Large plates that move and interact. • The study of earth and what it’s made of and does. • Earth's solid, innermost layer, consisting of iron and nickel. • Process by which rocks are transformed between different types. • All the water on Earth, including oceans, rivers, lakes, and ice. • ...

Crossword - Space Exploration 2013-08-18

Crossword - Space Exploration crossword puzzle
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  1. He wrote "The War of the Worlds"
  2. the name of a REUSABLE manned spacecraft
  3. space probe used to study the Sun
  4. last name of first human (a Russian cosmonaut) to complete one orbit around the Earth
  5. name of dividing line between Earth's atmosphere and outer space
  6. space telescope which allows for a deep view into space
  7. a familiar NATURAL satellite
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  1. the planet which is the "pale blue dot"
  2. famous historical example of an ARTIFICIAL satellite
  3. He wrote "From the Earth to the Moon"
  4. the first man-made spacecraft to land successfully on another planet was the Russian Venera 7 which landed on the planet ________
  5. name of the American mission, the 11th of which allowed the first humans to step foot on the surface of the moon
  6. the name of the near-Earth asteroid studied by the probe, NEAR-Shoemaker
  7. name of Russian space dog that orbited Earth
  8. first space station (Russian owned)

15 Clues: a familiar NATURAL satellite • He wrote "The War of the Worlds" • space probe used to study the Sun • first space station (Russian owned) • He wrote "From the Earth to the Moon" • the planet which is the "pale blue dot" • the name of a REUSABLE manned spacecraft • name of Russian space dog that orbited Earth • famous historical example of an ARTIFICIAL satellite • ...

Geography 2025-09-11

Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. A 3D copy of the Earth.
  2. A compass in a map.
  3. A guide on the symbols in the map.
  4. Grid marks for North and South.
  5. An imaginary line that Earth rotates on.
  6. A book of maps.
  7. A 2D image of an area.
  8. An imaginary line on Earth.
  9. A way to divide the Earth.
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  1. Numbered and intersecting lines that tell you where something is.
  2. Diameter for the map.
  3. The study of land.
  4. How high or low you are.
  5. How high you are from the ocean.
  6. Grid marks for West and East.

15 Clues: A book of maps. • The study of land. • A compass in a map. • Diameter for the map. • A 2D image of an area. • A 3D copy of the Earth. • How high or low you are. • A way to divide the Earth. • An imaginary line on Earth. • Grid marks for West and East. • Grid marks for North and South. • How high you are from the ocean. • A guide on the symbols in the map. • ...

Earthquakes crosswords puzzle 2025-09-19

Earthquakes crosswords puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. people who studies seism
  2. the San Andrea’s one is the most famous
  3. synonym of seism
  4. powerful vibrations produced by a seism
  5. they make the mantle move
  6. plates, large pieces on the Earth’s surface that move several centimeters per year
  7. movement of rapproachement of two tectonic plates
  8. gigantic wave formed when a seism occurs in the sea
  9. released during a seism when rocks break suddenly
  10. measurement of the strength of a seism
  11. upper layer of the Earth
  12. movement of plates that move away from one another
  13. vibrations following an earthquake
  14. point at which the seism originates
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  1. verb that desribes the movement of two plates when they face one another
  2. synonym of earthquake
  3. movement of plates that sink below another
  4. land relief due to collision between two plates
  5. middle layer of the Earth made of rocks that form a type of solid paste
  6. point on the Earth’s surface directly vertically above the hypocentre
  7. new earthquakes after a seism
  8. the centre of the Earth
  9. our planet

23 Clues: our planet • synonym of seism • synonym of earthquake • the centre of the Earth • people who studies seism • upper layer of the Earth • they make the mantle move • new earthquakes after a seism • vibrations following an earthquake • point at which the seism originates • measurement of the strength of a seism • the San Andrea’s one is the most famous • ...

Earthquakes crosswords puzzle 2025-09-19

Earthquakes crosswords puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. movement of plates that sink below another
  2. land relief due to collision between two plates
  3. released during a seism when rocks break suddenly
  4. the San Andrea’s one is the most famous
  5. measurement of the strength of a seism
  6. middle layer of the Earth made of rocks that form a type of solid paste
  7. new earthquakes after a seism
  8. the centre of the Earth
  9. point on the Earth’s surface directly vertically above the hypocentre
  10. powerful vibrations produced by a seism
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  1. synonym of seism
  2. point at which the seism originates
  3. vibrations following an earthquake
  4. movement of plates that move away from one another
  5. they make the mantle move
  6. upper layer of the Earth
  7. people who studies seism
  8. large pieces on the Earth’s surface that move several centimeters per year
  9. gigantic wave formed when a seism occurs in the sea
  10. movement of rapproachement of two tectonic plates
  11. verb that desribes the movement of two plates when they face one another
  12. synonym of earthquake
  13. our planet

23 Clues: our planet • synonym of seism • synonym of earthquake • the centre of the Earth • upper layer of the Earth • people who studies seism • they make the mantle move • new earthquakes after a seism • vibrations following an earthquake • point at which the seism originates • measurement of the strength of a seism • the San Andrea’s one is the most famous • ...

Astronomy Crossword 2025-05-16

Astronomy Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. How many _____(s) are in our solar system.
  2. Its what we use to see space closer from Earth computers.
  3. A colorful gas cloud.
  4. The galaxy we live in.
  5. The closest star to Earth.
  6. The little bright thing in the sky.
  7. How the planets move around the sun.
  8. Buzz _________.
  9. These three stars make a belt called the _______.
  10. The planet we are poppulating right now.
  11. Different word for mass.
  12. A constellation and a galaxy.
  13. Milky Way ______.
  14. It is an Element that starts with an H.
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  1. A station for people who go to space.
  2. A satellite that takes pictures of space.
  3. The biggest star on the North hemisphere.
  4. How long it take the Internatioal Space Station to orbit Earth.
  5. The first telliscope launch into space.
  6. Story's about gods and goddesses from Greek and anceint Egyipt.
  7. What is holding this planet from flying away from the solar system.
  8. A giant hole that sucks up everything and anything.
  9. This word is found in the first law of Motion.

23 Clues: Buzz _________. • Milky Way ______. • A colorful gas cloud. • The galaxy we live in. • Different word for mass. • The closest star to Earth. • A constellation and a galaxy. • The little bright thing in the sky. • How the planets move around the sun. • A station for people who go to space. • The first telliscope launch into space. • It is an Element that starts with an H. • ...

eclipse-EA 2024-03-25

eclipse-EA crossword puzzle
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  1. the area where the people viewing a solar eclipse will see a total eclipse.
  2. the moon phase during a solar eclipse.
  3. when the last baily bead is left and creates an image of a ring.
  4. a partail solar eclipse where the moon is in its furthest state form the earth and therefore can not block out the sun fully.
  5. when the moon is on the other side of the earth from the sun.
  6. the moon orbiting around the earth.
  7. a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
  8. the darkest part of the elliptical shadow,
  9. planet we live.
  10. the protective gear that you should where while viewing a solar eclipse.
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  1. a solar eclipse where the moon fully blocks out the sun.
  2. a contraption that lets you view a solar eclipse with no eye gear and is made of cardboard.
  3. the moon phase during a lunar eclipse.
  4. a solar eclipse where the moon only partaily blocks out the sun.
  5. when the moon passes through the sun and the earth.
  6. the lighter part of the elliptical shadow.
  7. the star in our solar system.
  8. when the moon is blocking out the sun but not enough to block out all of the suns ray leaving blobs of light.

18 Clues: planet we live. • the star in our solar system. • the moon orbiting around the earth. • the moon phase during a lunar eclipse. • the moon phase during a solar eclipse. • the lighter part of the elliptical shadow. • the darkest part of the elliptical shadow, • when the moon passes through the sun and the earth. • a solar eclipse where the moon fully blocks out the sun. • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  2. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  3. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  4. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  5. - 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.
  6. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  7. - 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.
  8. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  9. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  10. - 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.
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - 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.
  17. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
Down
  1. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  2. -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
  3. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  4. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  5. -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.
  6. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  7. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  8. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  9. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  10. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the shape of the earth.
  14. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  15. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  2. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  3. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  4. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  5. - 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.
  6. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  7. - 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.
  8. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  9. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  10. - 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.
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - 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.
  17. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
Down
  1. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  2. -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
  3. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  4. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  5. -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.
  6. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  7. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  8. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  9. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  10. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the shape of the earth.
  14. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  15. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  2. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  3. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  4. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  5. - 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.
  6. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  7. - 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.
  8. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  9. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  10. - 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.
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - 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.
  17. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
Down
  1. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  2. -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
  3. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  4. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  5. -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.
  6. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  7. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  8. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  9. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  10. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the shape of the earth.
  14. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  15. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Space 2013-10-10

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A rocky ball that orbits earth
  2. The 7th planet
  3. The red planet
  4. The god of the sea
  5. Something in the night sky
  6. The object in the middle of all galaxy's
  7. A object in orbit around the earth or another planets in order to collect information
  8. I'm no longer a planet
  9. The planet we live on
Down
  1. The hottest planet
  2. A system of millions or billions of stars
  3. The largest planet
  4. The objects that orbits around Saturn
  5. A tool to see objects in space
  6. Our star
  7. The mode of transport to the moon
  8. The force that keeps us on the ground
  9. A person that goes to outer space
  10. the things that orbit the sun
  11. The galaxy we live in

20 Clues: Our star • The 7th planet • The red planet • The hottest planet • The largest planet • The god of the sea • The galaxy we live in • The planet we live on • I'm no longer a planet • Something in the night sky • the things that orbit the sun • A rocky ball that orbits earth • A tool to see objects in space • The mode of transport to the moon • A person that goes to outer space • ...

Earth Science The Changing Earth 3C 2021-11-18

Earth Science The Changing Earth 3C crossword puzzle
Across
  1. level of strata with the most fossils found in the geologic column
  2. generations after creation when God's judgement came
  3. rock layer
  4. Creation geologist who rethought the geologic column from the ground up
  5. days that took God to create everything
  6. How a person views the world based on his perspective
  7. Book in the Bible that talks the most about ice, cold, and snow
Down
  1. Flood that is considered one of the most catastrophic event after creation that greatly changed the earth
  2. formed from Ice Age
  3. hot molten rock

10 Clues: rock layer • hot molten rock • formed from Ice Age • days that took God to create everything • generations after creation when God's judgement came • How a person views the world based on his perspective • Book in the Bible that talks the most about ice, cold, and snow • level of strata with the most fossils found in the geologic column • ...

Tectonic plates, and fossils 2024-10-23

Tectonic plates, and fossils crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A place were a Ridge system is the most extensive chain of mountains on Earth
  2. the layer of Earth between the core and the
  3. The point of origin of an earthquake
  4. A layer of the earth’s crust that lies underneath the contienents
  5. the result of sudden movement along faults within the Earth
  6. A hot, malleable semi liquid zone in the upper mantle, directly underneath the lithosphere
  7. A scientist, who Made the original argument that Pangea even
  8. The exact opposite of a convergent boundary
  9. a scientist who studies fossils
  10. Over 200 million years ago, this Was a large super-continent, roamed by
Down
  1. A layer of the earth’s crust that lies underneath the
  2. A logarithmic scale, from 1 to 10 indicating the intensity of an earthquake, from 1 being the smallest intensity, to 10 being the highest intensity of an earthquake
  3. is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through earth’s crust
  4. Large pieces of rock which are in the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle
  5. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  6. Where tectonic plates converge
  7. melted rock beneath Earth’s surface
  8. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  9. Any Instrument used to record, and measure vibrations of earthquakes
  10. The outermost layer of earth

20 Clues: The outermost layer of earth • melted rock on Earth’s surface • Where tectonic plates converge • a scientist who studies fossils • melted rock beneath Earth’s surface • The point of origin of an earthquake • the layer of Earth between the core and the • The exact opposite of a convergent boundary • A layer of the earth’s crust that lies underneath the • ...

Abby Sliker-The Land 2025-04-24

Abby Sliker-The Land crossword puzzle
Across
  1. currents a process that involves movement of energy from place to place
  2. an opening in earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gass erupt
  3. 1 of 2 ancient supercontinents produced by the first split of Pangaea
  4. ancient continental mass in the Northern Hemisphere
  5. a theory which states the earth's surface is made of plates that move with respect to one another
  6. outside layer of earth made from solid rock
  7. innermost layer of earth
  8. German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the continental drift hypothesis
  9. point where 2 or more plates meet
  10. molten rock that is underground
  11. the movement of continents resulting from motion of tectonic plates
Down
  1. hot or cold mixture of water and rock fragments the flow quickly down the slope of a volcano
  2. molten rock ejected by volcanos in liquid form
  3. mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior
  4. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  5. on of the earth's 7 main divisions of land
  6. when 2 blocks of earth slip past one another
  7. major fracture of Earth's crust in Wester North America
  8. gradual destruction of rock or solid in a particular area by water or other weather
  9. flow dense, fast-moving flow of solidified lava pieces, volcanic ash, and hot gas
  10. liquid, iron-nickel layer of the earth between solid inner core and lower mantle
  11. most recent supercontinent meaning whole earth
  12. volcanos that haven't erupted in a long time but are predicted to
  13. breaking down of rocks and minerals on the surface of the earth
  14. features on the earths surface that makes up the terrain

25 Clues: innermost layer of earth • molten rock that is underground • point where 2 or more plates meet • mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior • on of the earth's 7 main divisions of land • outside layer of earth made from solid rock • when 2 blocks of earth slip past one another • molten rock ejected by volcanos in liquid form • most recent supercontinent meaning whole earth • ...

Geography Crossword 2025-05-21

Geography Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – A tool that shows north, south, east, and west.
  2. – Numbers or letters that show a location on a map.
  3. – A drawing that shows where places are.
  4. – A place where something is.
  5. – A round model of the Earth.
  6. – A large area with its own government and borders.
  7. – Explains the symbols on a map.
  8. – A set of lines used to find places on a map.
  9. – An invisible line around the middle of Earth.
  10. – The direction the sun rises.
Down
  1. – Tells you how far distances are on a map.
  2. – Lines that go up and down the Earth.
  3. – The direction the sun sets.
  4. – One of Earth’s biggest land areas (like Africa).
  5. – A specific area, like a city or park.
  6. – One of the four main directions (usually up on a map).
  7. – Lines that go across the Earth sideways.
  8. – Opposite of north.

18 Clues: – Opposite of north. • – The direction the sun sets. • – A place where something is. • – A round model of the Earth. • – The direction the sun rises. • – Explains the symbols on a map. • – Lines that go up and down the Earth. • – A specific area, like a city or park. • – A drawing that shows where places are. • – Lines that go across the Earth sideways. • ...

Module 1 & 2 (Plate Tectonics and The Earth's Interior) 2018-07-28

Module 1 & 2 (Plate Tectonics and The Earth's Interior) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A record made by a seismograph.
  2. Depression in the seafloor produced by subduction process.
  3. Vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of energy.
  4. Ground that is at the bottom of the sea.
  5. Suggested an explanation to the Continental Drift.
  6. Soft, weak upper portion of the mantle where the lithospheric plates float and move around.
  7. Boundary in which two plates move toward each other.
  8. An event in which a slab of rock thrusts into the mantle.
  9. German meteorologist that proposed a theory that the continents were once a large landmass.
  10. Consolidated mixture of minerals.
Down
  1. "All Earth"
  2. Ability of solid to flow.
  3. Topmost, solid part of the Earth that is composed of several plates.
  4. Layer of the Earth that is mainly made up of silicate rocks and solids.
  5. Extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian of southern Africa and South America.
  6. Break in rock along which movement has occurred.
  7. Where an earthquake starts.
  8. Former large continents.
  9. Element present in the inner and outer core.
  10. Largest continent.

20 Clues: "All Earth" • Largest continent. • Former large continents. • Ability of solid to flow. • Where an earthquake starts. • A record made by a seismograph. • Consolidated mixture of minerals. • Ground that is at the bottom of the sea. • Element present in the inner and outer core. • Break in rock along which movement has occurred. • ...

Rocks Review 2024-10-16

Rocks Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock inside earth
  2. horizontal mineral bands caused by pressure
  3. type of rock made by heat and pressure
  4. cooled inside the earth, big crystals
  5. A flat, brittle sedimentary rock
  6. a class of sedi. rocks made from loose sediment
  7. Sedimentary rock made of calcite
  8. mineral found in rock salt
  9. cooled outside the earth, small crystals
  10. Type of bedding.Progressive increase in size
Down
  1. Bedding at an angle along a horiz. surface
  2. Igneous rocks with low silica content
  3. molten rock outside earth
  4. Texture. Big crystals cemented by smaller crystals
  5. Dark, glassy igneous rock
  6. type of metamorphism involving igneous intrusions
  7. The continuous changing and making of rocks
  8. Igneous rocks with high silica content
  9. Gypsum is an example of this class of sedi. rock
  10. mineral growth gluing sediments together
  11. Metamorphic form of Shale

21 Clues: molten rock inside earth • molten rock outside earth • Dark, glassy igneous rock • Metamorphic form of Shale • mineral found in rock salt • A flat, brittle sedimentary rock • Sedimentary rock made of calcite • Igneous rocks with low silica content • cooled inside the earth, big crystals • type of rock made by heat and pressure • Igneous rocks with high silica content • ...

5th Grade Science Review 2022-05-06

5th Grade Science Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When water particles get heavy and fall from the sky as rain, snow, sleet or hail.
  2. Water particles warm and turn into water vapor through a process called ________.
  3. We call organisms that make their own food from photosynthesis ___________.
  4. The _________ orbits the earth every 28 days.
  5. There are three states of _________.
  6. It takes 24 hours for the earth to make one ______.
  7. All matter is made up of these tiny particles called ______.
  8. When it rains and water travels across roads and yards and into the gutters.
  9. If you count Pluto, there are ______ planets in our solar system.
Down
  1. ____________ is the biggest planet in our solar system.
  2. The other name for earth's orbit is a _____.
  3. When water vapor cools and turns back into a liquid.
  4. It takes this long for the earth to travel its path around the sun.
  5. The _______ is at the center of our solar system.
  6. We have ________ because earth is tilted on its axis.
  7. The earth is tilted 23.5 degrees on its ______.
  8. Organisms that eat only meat are called _____.
  9. If you warm up the particles in a solid piece of matter it will melt and turn into a ______.

18 Clues: There are three states of _________. • The other name for earth's orbit is a _____. • The _________ orbits the earth every 28 days. • Organisms that eat only meat are called _____. • The earth is tilted 23.5 degrees on its ______. • The _______ is at the center of our solar system. • It takes 24 hours for the earth to make one ______. • ...

STREAM TABLE 2022-09-21

STREAM TABLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What came first, the Colorado Plateau, the Colorado River, or the Grand Canyon?
  2. The particles of earth material that are carried along by moving water; sediments settle out when the water slows or stops moving.
  3. A ______ is forming where the water flows off the sand cliff.
  4. The Colorado rivers flows ___________ all the way to Arizona.
  5. ________ represented the Colorado River.
  6. Where is the material eroded by the Colorado River deposited today?
  7. _____ and clay represented the plateau rock.
  8. The process of erosion by _____ or water is how earth materials are eroded in the Grand Canyon.
  9. The water flowing into the basin is milky white and very _________.
  10. Our stream table layers weren’t made of solid _____.
  11. The different rates at which layers of weather earth materials are carried away by water, wind or ice.
Down
  1. The ________ particles are deposited on the flat part of the tray.
  2. The removal and transportation of loose earth materials.
  3. Faster water produces ______ erosion.
  4. Smaller particles are carried ________ downstream.
  5. The settling out of eroded earth material, usually in a basin.
  6. The _______ particles are deposited near where the water flows off the sand cliff.
  7. The different rates at which layers of weather earth materials are carried away by water, wind or ice.
  8. Where do you think the material that was eroded by the Colorado River was deposited in the past?

19 Clues: Faster water produces ______ erosion. • ________ represented the Colorado River. • _____ and clay represented the plateau rock. • Smaller particles are carried ________ downstream. • Our stream table layers weren’t made of solid _____. • The removal and transportation of loose earth materials. • The Colorado rivers flows ___________ all the way to Arizona. • ...

Sub Day Crossword Puzzle! 2022-03-28

Sub Day Crossword Puzzle! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The question Ilse always asks Ms.Sopar at the beginning of class, Is ______ charged?
  2. The _____ Lounge, where to pick up copies Ms.Sopar makes
  3. Where we went on our last field trip ( 6th grade teachers are planning a new one in April!)
  4. The sphere where earthquakes happen
  5. What we should show our guest teachers
  6. The type of model you need a high speed computer for
  7. What you get if you don't meet expectations when there is a guest sub
  8. The moon's ______ is stronger because it is closer to the earth than the Sun
  9. The part of the lab that comes after the purpose
Down
  1. the inner most part of the earth
  2. This is released after an explosion or earthquake and helps scientists understand what the interior of the earth looks like
  3. a movement that causes vibrations in the earth's crust
  4. the layer of the earth under the crust
  5. The name of the talent show that after school puts on every year - it also means "We are" in Spanish :)
  6. The type of models scientists make in their mind
  7. tool used to determine the magnitude of an earthquake
  8. The howl that is also part of your rubric
  9. the part of the pizza that's always leftover this is also the part of the earth that we live on
  10. What happens is there is an earthquake in or near an ocean

19 Clues: the inner most part of the earth • The sphere where earthquakes happen • the layer of the earth under the crust • What we should show our guest teachers • The howl that is also part of your rubric • The type of models scientists make in their mind • The part of the lab that comes after the purpose • The type of model you need a high speed computer for • ...

Earth Science 2023-08-28

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the earth is mostly made up of
  2. all the planets are called the
  3. the earth and moon orbits around me
  4. another way to say spin
  5. water is a
Down
  1. another way to say go around
  2. earth is surrounded by and atmosphere of
  3. a satellite of earth
  4. the sun is also a
  5. the moon rotates around me
  6. air is a
  7. your desk is a

12 Clues: air is a • water is a • your desk is a • the sun is also a • a satellite of earth • another way to say spin • the moon rotates around me • another way to say go around • the earth is mostly made up of • all the planets are called the • the earth and moon orbits around me • earth is surrounded by and atmosphere of

Genesis 1 2025-04-26

Genesis 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The Earth's satellite that reflects the sun's light, created on the fourth day.
  2. - The edible product of a plant, created on the third day.
  3. - Solid or stable; the earth was made firm to support life.
  4. - The power or control over something; humans are given dominion over the earth.
  5. - The expanse or sky that divides the waters above and below.
  6. - Large bodies of saltwater, distinct from land.
  7. - Celestial bodies that provide light at night, created on the fourth day.
  8. - A plant used for food or medicine, also created on the third day.
  9. things - Small, creeping creatures, like insects and reptiles.
  10. - To increase in number, as God commands the animals and humans.
  11. - The act of dividing or setting apart (e.g., light from darkness).
  12. - Visible energy that makes things visible; created on the first day.
  13. - To fill or replenish the earth.
  14. - To make holy or set apart, referring to the seventh day which God blessed and sanctified.
  15. - A characteristic of God’s creation, as He declared it “good.”
  16. - God said it was not good for man to be alone, and He made a helpmate (woman).
  17. - The day on which God created mankind and animals.
  18. - The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
  19. - Describing God’s creation as being excellent and beneficial.
  20. - The end of the day, part of the creation process in Genesis.
  21. - The planet we live on.
  22. - A large plant with a trunk and branches; produced on the third day.
  23. - The solid surface of the earth, distinct from water.
  24. - God’s declaration of favor and goodness over His creation.
Down
  1. - An order given by God, such as the command to fill the earth and subdue it.
  2. - Refers to the categories or groups in which God made creatures.
  3. - Domesticated animals, such as cows, created on the sixth day.
  4. - Human beings created in God’s image, male and female.
  5. - The labor or tasks given to humanity in the Garden of Eden.
  6. - The act of ceasing from work, as God did on the seventh day.
  7. - A likeness or representation of something, referring to humanity created in God’s image.
  8. - A vital substance that covers much of the earth.
  9. - Refers to the seventh day, on which God rested from His creation work.
  10. - To bring something under control, as humanity was commanded to do to the earth.
  11. - The absence of light; separated from light on the first day.
  12. - To bring something into existence.
  13. - The ability to bear fruit or multiply, a command given to living creatures.
  14. - The liquid that covered the earth before the creation of dry land.
  15. - A 24-hour period of time, or a unit of time for work or rest.
  16. - The act of bringing something into existence from nothing.
  17. - A wild animal, part of the creatures created by God.
  18. - The start of a new day, also part of the creation process.
  19. - The Creator of the universe, central figure in the Bible.
  20. - Birds created on the fifth day.
  21. - Aquatic animals created on the fifth day.
  22. - To separate or distinguish one thing from another.
  23. - The star that provides light and warmth, created on the fourth day.
  24. - The garden where God placed man and woman.
  25. - The sky or the firmament, where the stars and planets reside.
  26. - Green plants that grow on the earth, part of the vegetation created.

50 Clues: - The planet we live on. • - Birds created on the fifth day. • - To fill or replenish the earth. • - To bring something into existence. • - Aquatic animals created on the fifth day. • - The garden where God placed man and woman. • - Large bodies of saltwater, distinct from land. • - A vital substance that covers much of the earth. • ...

Planet Earth 2013-12-10

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Time it takes 1/2 of the atoms to decay into an isotope
  2. Formed at a convergent boundary
  3. In a cross-section of rock, oldest at the bottom
  4. Approximate age
  5. Large landmass consisting of all the continents
  6. State of matter of the inner core
  7. ridge Example of a divergent boundary
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  1. Plates slide in opposite directions
  2. One type of crust
  3. Crust and upper portion of mantle
  4. Cools to form new crust
  5. Broadest category in geologic time scale
  6. Actual date that object died
  7. Full spreading rate
  8. Third planet from the sun
  9. Tool used to represent carbon-14
  10. Layer of rock

17 Clues: Layer of rock • Approximate age • One type of crust • Full spreading rate • Cools to form new crust • Third planet from the sun • Actual date that object died • Formed at a convergent boundary • Tool used to represent carbon-14 • Crust and upper portion of mantle • State of matter of the inner core • Plates slide in opposite directions • ridge Example of a divergent boundary • ...

Earth History 2014-12-04

Earth History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Appeared 550,000,000 years ago.
  2. Is the shortest period in history.
  3. A metamorphic rock that was formed from slate
  4. Happened 270,000,000 years ago.
  5. Metamorphic rock that formed when sandstone, a sedimentary rock, changes due to heat
  6. A drop of acid on a rock will fizz if it contains this.
  7. Appeared 200,000 years ago.
  8. a graphic representation of the passage of time as a line.
  9. Formed when molten rock cools and hardens
Down
  1. Igneous rock that is made of volcanic glass
  2. Appeared 420,000,000 years ago.
  3. Igneous rock that looks dull and feels rough
  4. Is 52 miles away from lee's ferry.
  5. Is the longest era in history
  6. Appeared 245,000,000 years ago.
  7. Formed 6,000,000 years ago, was carved by the Colorado river, and is a mile deep
  8. 20 miles away from lee's ferry.

17 Clues: Appeared 200,000 years ago. • Is the longest era in history • Appeared 420,000,000 years ago. • Appeared 550,000,000 years ago. • Appeared 245,000,000 years ago. • Happened 270,000,000 years ago. • 20 miles away from lee's ferry. • Is the shortest period in history. • Is 52 miles away from lee's ferry. • Formed when molten rock cools and hardens • ...

exTReMe eArTh :<) 2020-07-07

exTReMe eArTh :<) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. massive wave also known as tiddel ewaves in japan!
  2. eruption with ash and lava!
  3. swirl;ing!/world wing kinda thing?
  4. orange hot similar to the sun
  5. eaerth shakes!
  6. when earth shakes!
  7. world wind! bad storm!
  8. drowning water over land/underwater :<)
  9. comes put a volcano
Down
  1. falling rock from spacE
  2. world wind!
  3. no food or water crops don't grow!
  4. mmh and lightning very very frightning!
  5. falliing rock!
  6. mmh and thunder very very ferightning!
  7. often rain/at night asometimes thunder!
  8. rain leads to flooding ext
  9. when two peices of earth slide/crash ext can cause earth quake!

18 Clues: world wind! • falliing rock! • eaerth shakes! • when earth shakes! • comes put a volcano • world wind! bad storm! • falling rock from spacE • eruption with ash and lava! • rain leads to flooding ext • orange hot similar to the sun • no food or water crops don't grow! • swirl;ing!/world wing kinda thing? • mmh and thunder very very ferightning! • mmh and lightning very very frightning! • ...

Earth Science 2017-06-13

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the location where the earthquake actually originates.
  2. a type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  3. refers to the extent of ancient glaciers and rock markings left behind.
  4. the area from the crust to the upper portion of the upper mantle.
  5. the location of a earthquake on the surface directly above the focus.
  6. a type of body wave that is second to arrive. the ground motion is perpendicular to the direction of the wave travel through solids.
  7. a surface wave that is the slowest to arrive. since it travels along the Earth's surface, the ground motion is a rolling action like ripples in a pond.
Down
  1. the act in which the heavier plate goes under the lighter plate. usually occurs when a oceanic plate is present.
  2. the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from the release of accumulated energy caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  3. core: layer made up of a mixture of iron and nickel. This layer is liquid unlike the other layers.
  4. formations that are created when a oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate or when a oceanic plate subducts under another oceanic plate.
  5. spot: an area where molten rock rises to the Earth's surface.
  6. a type of plate boundary where two plates come together.
  7. the Earth's thickest layer. It is mostly solid and makes up 70% of Earth's mass.
  8. the type of plate boundary in which the plates move along each other.
  9. core: mostly made up of solid iron, at 5000 degrees to 6000 degrees. Is located at the center of the Earth.
  10. a body wave that arrives the fastest. the ground squeezes and stretches in the direction of the travel through solids, liquids and gases.

17 Clues: the location where the earthquake actually originates. • a type of plate boundary where two plates come together. • spot: an area where molten rock rises to the Earth's surface. • the area from the crust to the upper portion of the upper mantle. • a type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Earth Science 2017-06-13

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a surface wave that is the slowest to arrive. since it travels along the Earth's surface, the ground motion is a rolling action like ripples in a pond.
  2. mostly made up of solid iron, at 5000 degrees to 6000 degrees. Is located at the center of the Earth.
  3. the type of plate boundary in which the plates move along each other.
  4. the area from the crust to the upper portion of the upper mantle.
  5. the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from the release of accumulated energy caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  6. the act in which the heavier plate goes under the lighter plate. usually occurs when a oceanic plate is present.
  7. a type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  8. a type of plate boundary where two plates come together.
  9. an area where molten rock rises to the Earth's surface.
  10. the location where the earthquake actually originates.
Down
  1. layer made up of a mixture of iron and nickel. This layer is liquid unlike the other layers.
  2. the location of a earthquake on the surface directly above the focus.
  3. a body wave that arrives the fastest. the ground squeezes and stretches in the direction of the travel through solids, liquids and gases.
  4. a type of body wave that is second to arrive. the ground motion is perpendicular to the direction of the wave travel through solids.
  5. the Earth's thickest layer. It is mostly solid and makes up 70% of Earth's mass.
  6. refers to the extent of ancient glaciers and rock markings left behind.
  7. formations that are created when a oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate or when a oceanic plate subducts under another oceanic plate.

17 Clues: the location where the earthquake actually originates. • an area where molten rock rises to the Earth's surface. • a type of plate boundary where two plates come together. • the area from the crust to the upper portion of the upper mantle. • a type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Earth Day 2016-04-21

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. practice of farming
  2. degree or intensity of heat
  3. shrubs of the sea
  4. April 22
  5. unnatural gas
  6. our home
  7. opposite of cold
  8. weather conditions temperature relating to or denoting a region or climate characterized by mild temperatures.
  9. constant heat
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  1. fire that spreads rapidly
  2. turn lights off when not in use
  3. trap suns radiation
  4. country
  5. mass of ice
  6. what the sun gives off
  7. how much rain falls
  8. home for sea creatures

17 Clues: country • April 22 • our home • mass of ice • unnatural gas • constant heat • opposite of cold • shrubs of the sea • trap suns radiation • practice of farming • how much rain falls • what the sun gives off • home for sea creatures • fire that spreads rapidly • degree or intensity of heat • turn lights off when not in use • ...

Restless Earth 2021-05-04

Restless Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mid ocean ridges form _________chains
  2. Crust farther away from the mid ocean ridge
  3. Ocean that is geting larger every year
  4. The name of wegener's supercontinent
  5. The fossilized fern found in antartica
  6. Pangaea was a single ______
  7. Crust closer to the mid ocean ridge
  8. Making new ocean floor (3 words)
Down
  1. The man who proposed continental drift
  2. Wegener's theory (2 words)
  3. When Earth's magnetic poles change(2 words)
  4. Plates sink below other plates
  5. Continent that fits next to S. America
  6. Melted rock coming up to the ocean floor
  7. Part of Earth with convection currents
  8. Remains of plants and animals in stone
  9. Used to map the ocean floor

17 Clues: Wegener's theory (2 words) • Used to map the ocean floor • Pangaea was a single ______ • Plates sink below other plates • Making new ocean floor (3 words) • Crust closer to the mid ocean ridge • The name of wegener's supercontinent • Mid ocean ridges form _________chains • The man who proposed continental drift • Continent that fits next to S. America • ...

Earth History 2025-03-28

Earth History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fossil that forms when an organism is trapped buried in a way that prevents decay
  2. The idea that Earth's features formed quickly due to sudden, violent events
  3. The era following the Mesozoic, known as the 'Age of Mammals'
  4. The scientific principle that the same natural processes occurring today have always happened
  5. A fossil that forms when minerals fill a mold, creating a copy of the original organism
  6. The principle that states older rock layers are found beneath younger ones
  7. The method of dating that determines the actual age of a fossil in years
  8. The dating method that measures radioactive decay to determine a fossil's age
  9. The fossil record is divided into time periods, including this one known for the rise of dinosaurs
  10. The fossilized imprint of an organism's movement, such as a footprint
Down
  1. The process of determining the relative order of past events without knowing their exact age
  2. A fossil used to determine the age of rock layers because it was widespread and only existed for a short time
  3. A fossil that forms when minerals replace the original material of an organism
  4. The radioactive isotope used to date fossils up to about 50,000 years old
  5. oldest era in Earth's history, before most complex life evolved
  6. A fossil that forms when an organism decomposes, leaving an empty space in the shape of the organism
  7. The era that came before the Mesozoic, known for early marine life and trilobites

17 Clues: The era following the Mesozoic, known as the 'Age of Mammals' • oldest era in Earth's history, before most complex life evolved • The fossilized imprint of an organism's movement, such as a footprint • The method of dating that determines the actual age of a fossil in years • The radioactive isotope used to date fossils up to about 50,000 years old • ...

Planet Earth 2025-04-15

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Not warm at all, like ice or snow.
  2. – The different times of the year: spring, summer, fall (autumn), and winter. Each one has different weather.
  3. – Not straight, leaning to one side.
  4. – Something that is much smaller than usual.
  5. – A very dry and hot place with little water.
  6. – To turn around in a circle.
  7. – A big piece of land on Earth, like a huge island. There are 7 of them.
Down
  1. – Plants that people grow to eat, like corn, wheat, or carrots.
  2. – The light that comes from the sun. It helps plants grow and keeps us warm.
  3. – To make something, like building a house with blocks or tools.
  4. - A dwarf planet, the smallest one.
  5. – The warmth or hot feeling we get from the sun, fire, or warm things.
  6. – Not the same in every place. Like when some parts get more sunlight than others.
  7. – An invisible line around the middle of the Earth. Places near it are usually warm.
  8. – A large, warm continent with many countries, animals like lions and elephants.
  9. – Very warm, like a sunny day or soup right off the stove.
  10. – A very cold continent at the bottom of the Earth. It’s covered in ice and has penguins!

17 Clues: – To turn around in a circle. • - A dwarf planet, the smallest one. • – Not warm at all, like ice or snow. • – Not straight, leaning to one side. • – Something that is much smaller than usual. • – A very dry and hot place with little water. • – Very warm, like a sunny day or soup right off the stove. • – Plants that people grow to eat, like corn, wheat, or carrots. • ...

Earth Day 2024-04-16

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A natural element; found in things like plants, animals, and the air
  2. To protect; to prevent waste
  3. Something that can last a long time without harming the environment
  4. A community of living organisms
  5. To rescue or save something from damage, destruction, or loss
  6. Something that can be replaced naturally; never ends
  7. Something that can naturally break down into smaller, harmless parts over time
Down
  1. Something that CANNOT replaced naturally; has an end
  2. Predictions about future trends, outcomes, or scenarios based on current data
  3. An area where all the water flows and collects in one place
  4. A place where plants and animals live
  5. A specific species that no longer exists anywhere on Earth.
  6. footprint The impact people have on Earth's climate through carbon dioxide emission
  7. The study of how living organisms interact with each other and their environment
  8. A specific species that is at risk of becoming extinct
  9. The normal weather patterns in a place over a long period of time
  10. Natural; plants or animals without artificial chemicals.
  11. The variety of plants, animals, and other living things in a place

18 Clues: To protect; to prevent waste • A community of living organisms • A place where plants and animals live • Something that CANNOT replaced naturally; has an end • Something that can be replaced naturally; never ends • A specific species that is at risk of becoming extinct • Natural; plants or animals without artificial chemicals. • ...

Earth Science 2021-08-25

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. observable results of a process
  2. scientific problem
  3. Observing earth
  4. observation using words
  5. Manage
  6. investigation of events
Down
  1. same process will always produce
  2. Assumes is true
  3. Useful
  4. investigating
  5. Study of presently
  6. Organized methods
  7. See
  8. mathematical
  9. Explains
  10. Facts
  11. Consist of numbers

17 Clues: See • Facts • Useful • Manage • Explains • mathematical • investigating • Assumes is true • Observing earth • Organized methods • Study of presently • scientific problem • Consist of numbers • observation using words • investigation of events • observable results of a process • same process will always produce

Earth Science 2022-03-18

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer around Earth that traps heat
  2. Plants and animals need nitrogen to make
  3. The most common greenhouse gas (5,6)
  4. Summer, Autumn, Winter, ?
  5. The hot material that erupts from volcanoes
  6. The process that converts CO2 to O2
  7. The first planet from the sun
  8. The most common gas in the atmosphere
Down
  1. When earth's tectonic plates move, ______ are caused
  2. Over the past 200 years carbon dioxide has increased or decreased in the atmosphere
  3. O2 is the chemical formula for
  4. The sphere that contains rocks and soil
  5. fossil fuels are made of this
  6. name of the sphere with all living things
  7. phosphorous is not found in the
  8. A renewable source of energy that uses sunlight is known as
  9. CH4 is the chemical formula for

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

Earth System 2025-12-07

Earth System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cover, describe a particular state of being or existence. They allow the next event or thing to happen.
  2. a model of a set of problems or events that can be used to learn how to do something.
  3. is the layers of gasses that surround the Earth.
  4. is a weather tool used to measure the amount of water vapor, or moisture, in the air.
  5. is the minute-by-minute to day-by-day changes of the atmosphere’s condition in a specific place.
  6. Balloon, is a typeof balloon that contains measuring tools and is sent into the air to find out information about weather conditions.
  7. is a tool used to measure temperature.
  8. The process where liquid water turns into water vapor (gaseous water).
  9. a measure of the amount of water in the air.
Down
  1. The process where water vapor cools down and turns back into liquid.
  2. a group of related things that work together as a whole. In weather, this can be temperature, air pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloudiness.
  3. means happening, done, made, used, or existing every day.
  4. the source of an enormous amount of energy, a portion of which provides Earth with the light and heat.
  5. is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls to Earth.
  6. from the Sun is responsible for the movements of air and water that create weather.
  7. Pattern, a type of weather that stays in an area for a few days to a few weeks.
  8. is a measure of hotness or coldness, which in turn is a measure of the kinetic energy of particles.
  9. the height of a particular location above sea level.

18 Clues: is a tool used to measure temperature. • a measure of the amount of water in the air. • is the layers of gasses that surround the Earth. • the height of a particular location above sea level. • means happening, done, made, used, or existing every day. • The process where water vapor cools down and turns back into liquid. • ...

Earth Science: Weather 2013-06-12

Earth Science: Weather crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The season of the year in which one half of the Earth recieves less Sinlight than the other.
  2. Lowers as you go up in the atmosphere.
  3. Drops of water that fall from the sky.
  4. The season of the year in which one half of the Earth recieves more Sunlight than the other.
  5. The limit of the Troposphere and start of the Stratosphere.
  6. Year to Year change in weather.
  7. Layer above the Troposphere.
  8. Prediction of the weather of a month.
  9. Water in the Gas phase.
Down
  1. Air in motion.
  2. The First layer of the atmosphere.
  3. The layer of the atmosphere that prevents meteors from impacting Earth.
  4. The lowest temperature possible.
  5. A puffy cloud.
  6. The layer of the atmosphere where man-made satellites orbit the Earth.
  7. An instrument for measuring temperature.
  8. The change from a solid to a gas without going through the liquid phase.

17 Clues: Air in motion. • A puffy cloud. • Water in the Gas phase. • Layer above the Troposphere. • Year to Year change in weather. • The lowest temperature possible. • The First layer of the atmosphere. • Prediction of the weather of a month. • Lowers as you go up in the atmosphere. • Drops of water that fall from the sky. • An instrument for measuring temperature. • ...

Earth Science: Weather 2013-06-12

Earth Science: Weather crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The limit of the Troposphere and start of the Stratosphere.
  2. The season of the year in which one half of the Earth recieves less Sinlight than the other.
  3. Layer above the Troposphere.
  4. The lowest temperature possible.
  5. Prediction of the weather of a month.
  6. The change from a solid to a gas without going through the liquid phase.
  7. The layer of the atmosphere that prevents meteors from impacting Earth.
  8. Year to Year change in weather.
  9. Drops of water that fall from the sky.
Down
  1. The layer of the atmosphere where man-made satellites orbit the Earth.
  2. The First layer of the atmosphere.
  3. A puffy cloud.
  4. Air in motion.
  5. Water in the Gas phase.
  6. The season of the year in which one half of the Earth recieves more Sunlight than the other.
  7. An instrument for measuring temperature.
  8. Lowers as you go up in the atmosphere.

17 Clues: A puffy cloud. • Air in motion. • Water in the Gas phase. • Layer above the Troposphere. • Year to Year change in weather. • The lowest temperature possible. • The First layer of the atmosphere. • Prediction of the weather of a month. • Lowers as you go up in the atmosphere. • Drops of water that fall from the sky. • An instrument for measuring temperature. • ...

atmosphere (8th) 2020-03-04

atmosphere (8th) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the continuous flow of plasma from the sun
  2. the upper part of the atmosphere where the gases do not mix
  3. a superheated gas composed of electrically charged particles
  4. the earth is surrounded by two of these that help protect us from solar winds
  5. a mixture of gases that surrounds the earth
  6. the pressure exerted by Earth's atmosphere at any given point
  7. a three-atom form of oxygen gas that protects Earth from UV radiation
  8. ultraviolet radiation from the sun
Down
  1. an atom with an electrical charge that has gained or lost one or more electrons
  2. the lower part of the atmosphere closest to the Earth
  3. microscopic organisms that float in the atmosphere
  4. the area around the earth that is affected by the earth's magnetic field
  5. the solid particles in the atmosphere
  6. synthetic compounds consisting of carbon, fluorine, and chlorine
  7. makes up 78% of atmospheric gas

15 Clues: makes up 78% of atmospheric gas • ultraviolet radiation from the sun • the solid particles in the atmosphere • the continuous flow of plasma from the sun • a mixture of gases that surrounds the earth • microscopic organisms that float in the atmosphere • the lower part of the atmosphere closest to the Earth • the upper part of the atmosphere where the gases do not mix • ...

Plate Tectonic, Volcano, and Earthquakes 2024-04-10

Plate Tectonic, Volcano, and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. all of the crust as well as the upper, rigid part of the mantle.
  2. third layer of earth
  3. a place where sea-floor spreading takes place.
  4. the process of new oceanic crust forming as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies.
  5. second layer of earth
Down
  1. center of the earth
  2. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. thin layer of gas surrounding earth
  4. first layer of the earth
  5. the boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates
  6. occurs when two tectonic plates collide, and one plate moves under the other and sinks into the mantle.
  7. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
  8. the hypothesis that the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  9. the landmass that existed when all continents were joined.
  10. places where tectonic plates meet.

15 Clues: center of the earth • third layer of earth • second layer of earth • first layer of the earth • places where tectonic plates meet. • thin layer of gas surrounding earth • a place where sea-floor spreading takes place. • the landmass that existed when all continents were joined. • the boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates • ...

2.1 Vocabulary 2025-09-04

2.1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a person who draws or produces maps
  2. a map that shows theme or patterns as climate natural resources or population
  3. four main points of a compass north south east west
  4. half of the earth
  5. the lines on the map that run east to west
  6. study of Earth, its people,places and environments
  7. the lines of a map that runs north to south
Down
  1. height above or below sea level
  2. area with similar characteristics that make it distinct from otherareas
  3. the starting point for measuring longitude
  4. a map that shows land and water features
  5. a line of latitude that runs around the middle of the earth
  6. a map that shows the names and borders of countries
  7. a way of showing the round earth on a flat map
  8. the relationship between distances on the map and on earth

15 Clues: half of the earth • height above or below sea level • a person who draws or produces maps • a map that shows land and water features • the starting point for measuring longitude • the lines on the map that run east to west • the lines of a map that runs north to south • a way of showing the round earth on a flat map • study of Earth, its people,places and environments • ...

Space 2019-03-24

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the body of rock rotating Earth
  2. the red planet
  3. the force on which keeps us on Earth
  4. allows humans to explore space
  5. the planet on which we live on
  6. the zone we live in
  7. what floats around Earth (words mixed together)
Down
  1. space ships
  2. what twinkles at night in the sky
  3. a rock that hits Earth
  4. suck things up in space
  5. exploded star

12 Clues: space ships • exploded star • the red planet • the zone we live in • a rock that hits Earth • suck things up in space • allows humans to explore space • the planet on which we live on • the body of rock rotating Earth • what twinkles at night in the sky • the force on which keeps us on Earth • what floats around Earth (words mixed together)

Moon 2023-05-09

Moon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first planet
  2. The biggest planet
  3. The coldest planet
  4. The planet with rings
  5. The moon has eight of these
  6. Getting bigger
Down
  1. The moon does this around Earth
  2. The seventh planet
  3. The red planet
  4. The planet we live on
  5. Earth has one
  6. All planets orbit this
  7. The hottest planet
  8. Getting smaller

14 Clues: Earth has one • The red planet • Getting bigger • Getting smaller • The first planet • The seventh planet • The hottest planet • The biggest planet • The coldest planet • The planet we live on • The planet with rings • All planets orbit this • The moon has eight of these • The moon does this around Earth

Earth, Moon , Earth 2024-02-20

Earth, Moon , Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a very large star in the middle on the solar system
  2. a plant that supports life.
  3. when a plant leans to one side.
  4. when a plant spins on its axis.
  5. the time it takes a plant to orbit anther plant.
Down
  1. Earth natural satellite
  2. A force that pushes you down.
  3. something that orbits something.
  4. layers of gases that surround earth.
  5. when something orbits something.

10 Clues: Earth natural satellite • a plant that supports life. • A force that pushes you down. • when a plant leans to one side. • when a plant spins on its axis. • something that orbits something. • when something orbits something. • layers of gases that surround earth. • the time it takes a plant to orbit anther plant. • a very large star in the middle on the solar system

Clara´s Space Crossword 2022-04-28

Clara´s Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. able to see far way
  2. the turning of Earth
  3. a space ship that is no longer made
  4. the path a planet travels around the sun
  5. a man-made object that orbits Earth
  6. having to do with the sun
  7. a synonym for movement
  8. a imaginary line that a planet rotates on
  9. the milky way is this
  10. having to do with the moon
Down
  1. relating to the heavens or skies
  2. shooting stars
  3. a single turn
  4. a kind of star formation
  5. like a meteor or asteroid
  6. Earth space and all things in it
  7. occurs when light from the sun is cut off
  8. the study of space
  9. small objects between Mars and Jupiter
  10. a measure of distance in space

20 Clues: a single turn • shooting stars • the study of space • able to see far way • the turning of Earth • the milky way is this • a synonym for movement • a kind of star formation • like a meteor or asteroid • having to do with the sun • having to do with the moon • a measure of distance in space • relating to the heavens or skies • Earth space and all things in it • ...

Earth and Beyond 2024-01-18

Earth and Beyond crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The star at the center of our solar system.
  2. A push or pull that can make things move.
  3. Shaped like a ball or globe.
  4. A three-dimensional round object.
  5. The path an object takes as it revolves around another object.
  6. The natural phenomenon that pulls objects towards the Earth.
  7. The natural satellite that orbits the Earth.
  8. Elements like iron and copper found in the Earth's crust.
  9. The third planet from the sun.
  10. A fossil fuel that can be used for energy.
Down
  1. The sun and other things that provide energy.
  2. Solid substances that make up the Earth's surface.
  3. A force that attracts objects toward each other
  4. How something looks or seems.
  5. The location of an object.
  6. Natural resources we get from the Earth.
  7. A fossil fuel found underground.

17 Clues: The location of an object. • Shaped like a ball or globe. • How something looks or seems. • The third planet from the sun. • A fossil fuel found underground. • A three-dimensional round object. • Natural resources we get from the Earth. • A push or pull that can make things move. • A fossil fuel that can be used for energy. • The star at the center of our solar system. • ...

EARTH SCIENCE CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2023-10-12

EARTH SCIENCE CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. form from the cooling and solidification of lava or magma
  2. The outermost layer; this is the layer what we step on it
  3. includes solar, water, wind
  4. emit greenhouse gases
  5. sphere that covers all the water on Earth
  6. means Earth
  7. the innermost layer of the Earth
  8. rocks are subjected to high intense
  9. means water
  10. it would appear flat because inflation stretches any initial curvature
  11. the branch of science concerned with the investigation and measurement of spectra produced when matter interacts with or emits electromagnetic
  12. uses the heat trapped in the Earth's core
Down
  1. the layer of the Earth with Fudge like consistency
  2. produces radioactive waste
  3. theory that states there may be an infinite number of universes
  4. one of the scientists who proposed the steady state theory
  5. the point where the universe started
  6. The most popular theory of the universe
  7. the set of all life forms on Earth
  8. black combustible rock made upof elemental C,H,O,N and varying amounts of S
  9. rocks include sandstone, limestone, and shale
  10. the layer includes crust, mantle, inner core and outer core
  11. naturally occurring liquid composed of complex hydrocarbons
  12. one of the scientists who proposed the oscillating theory
  13. means life
  14. educated guess
  15. in the thin gaseous layer that involves the lithosphere
  16. a gravitationally-bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust, and dark matter
  17. a galaxy that is close to the Milky Way

29 Clues: means life • means Earth • means water • educated guess • emit greenhouse gases • produces radioactive waste • includes solar, water, wind • the innermost layer of the Earth • the set of all life forms on Earth • rocks are subjected to high intense • the point where the universe started • The most popular theory of the universe • a galaxy that is close to the Milky Way • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  2. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  3. - 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.
  4. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  5. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  6. - 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.
  7. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  8. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  9. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  10. -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.
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  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. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  17. - 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.
  18. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
Down
  1. - 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.
  2. - the shape of the earth.
  3. - 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.
  4. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  5. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  6. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  7. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  8. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  9. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  10. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  11. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  12. - 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.
  13. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  14. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
  15. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours

33 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 • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2014-01-24

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the innermost layer of Earth
  2. energy transfer by the movement of a material
  3. a scientific hypothesis stating that the landmasses on earth were once a solid piece but drifted apart
  4. a measurement of how much material is in a volume
  5. the period in which all the continents were joined together to form a supercontinent
  6. plate boundary in which tectonic plates move toward each other
  7. the time period in between the Triassic and Cretatious period
  8. one of the two continents in the Triassic period; consists of today's North America and Asia
  9. plate boundary in which the plates are moving away from each other
  10. lower layer of the mantle; material bends and moves easily
  11. plate boundary in which plates slide past each other
Down
  1. the supercontinent that consisted of all the continents put together like a jigsaw puzzle
  2. huge underwater mountains at the edges of tectonic plates
  3. one of the two continents in the Triassic period; consists of todays South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica
  4. a switch in Earth's magnetic north and south
  5. the top layer of the mantle and the crust
  6. layer of earth in between the innermost layer and the lower mantle
  7. molten rock that is below the Earth's surface
  8. substance that the innermost layer of Earth is mostly made of
  9. when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate
  10. a place where heated rock rises in the middle of a tectonic plate
  11. the outermost layer of Earth

22 Clues: the innermost layer of Earth • the outermost layer of Earth • the top layer of the mantle and the crust • a switch in Earth's magnetic north and south • energy transfer by the movement of a material • molten rock that is below the Earth's surface • a measurement of how much material is in a volume • when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate • ...

Earth's Place in the Universe 2022-02-09

Earth's Place in the Universe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when objects in the night sky seem to change position due to the Earth's rotation on its axis
  2. the spinning of our planet on its axis
  3. the period of time it takes for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; 24 hours
  4. the star at the center of the solar system around which Earth and other matter orbit
  5. the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon in the west as a result of Earth's rotation
  6. how much energy is coming from the star per square meter per second
  7. the instant at which the upper edge of the sun appears above the horizon in the east
  8. the energy needed to drive photosynthesis
  9. the form of energy that makes it possible to see things
  10. the elliptical orbit of the Earth around the sun
  11. the measured value (always positive) from one point to another
  12. a natural satellite that orbits a planet or smaller body
  13. an area where sunlight cannot reach because it is blocked by an object
  14. the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that human eyes can detect
Down
  1. the third planet from the sun
  2. the Sun and the celestial objects bound to it by gravity
  3. an obvious regularity in the natural world or in a manmade design
  4. all the matter and energy, including Earth, the galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space
  5. a massive ball of plasma that shines because of thermonuclear fusion in its core
  6. the intensity of light
  7. the image obtained by plotting dots, bars or lines to show scientific data
  8. occurs twice a year, when the Earth's axis is most oriented toward or away from the sun
  9. one of four major divisions of the year based on the Earth's tilt and the light from the sun
  10. an imaginary line around which Earth rotates
  11. a pattern in the sky formed by stars
  12. the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise

26 Clues: the intensity of light • the third planet from the sun • a pattern in the sky formed by stars • the spinning of our planet on its axis • the energy needed to drive photosynthesis • an imaginary line around which Earth rotates • the elliptical orbit of the Earth around the sun • the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise • ...

Science 2024-12-09

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Living
  2. The sphere of the Earth that includes all living organisms.
  3. The gaseous layer that surrounds the Earth.
  4. Amount of something
  5. The process by which plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
  6. The process by which carbon is exchanged between the atmosphere, oceans, and living organisms.
  7. A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their environment.
Down
  1. The variety and variability of lifeforms on Earth
  2. The solid core of the Earth, mostly made of iron and nickel.
  3. Layer of the Earth that consists of molten rock beneath the crust.
  4. Not living
  5. Certain amount of species in a certain area
  6. The relative size, extent, or level of measurement of something
  7. The Earth's outermost layer, made of solid rock.

14 Clues: Living • Not living • Amount of something • Certain amount of species in a certain area • The gaseous layer that surrounds the Earth. • The Earth's outermost layer, made of solid rock. • The variety and variability of lifeforms on Earth • The sphere of the Earth that includes all living organisms. • The solid core of the Earth, mostly made of iron and nickel. • ...

End of the Year Earth Science Crossword 2024-12-17

End of the Year Earth Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The line of 0° longitude passing through Greenwich, England
  2. Light from an object moving away from Earth
  3. The slightly flattened shape of Earth
  4. A device that proves Earth's rotation
  5. A tool that breaks light into a spectrum of colors
  6. A rocky planet, like Earth or Mars
  7. The curving of winds and ocean currents due to Earth's rotation
  8. Events caused by shadows cast by the Earth
  9. The rate of change in a field value
  10. Any object that orbits a planet, natural or man-made
  11. The Sun and all objects that orbit it
  12. The point directly above an observer’s head
  13. A large group of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity
  14. Lines that measure distance north or south of the Equator
  15. The distance light travels in one year
  16. The line where the sky meets the ground
  17. The time of day when the Sun is highest in the sky
  18. The southernmost point on Earth
  19. Icy objects that produce a glowing tail as they orbit the Sun
  20. The day when daylight and nighttime are equal
  21. The perceived movement of objects in the sky
  22. A measure of how stretched an orbit is
  23. Sunlight that hits Earth at a 90-degree angle
  24. The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere
  25. Natural objects in the sky, like stars, planets, and moons
  26. The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere
  27. The boundary between the stratosphere and mesosphere
  28. The speed of an object
  29. A massive ball of gas undergoing nuclear fusion
  30. The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere
  31. A Sun-centered model of the solar system
  32. An Earth-centered model of the solar system
  33. Earth’s natural satellite
Down
  1. The theory that explains the origin of the universe
  2. Closest point in a planet’s orbit around the Sun
  3. The northernmost point on Earth
  4. The atmospheric layer where meteors burn up
  5. Lines that measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
  6. The boundary between the mesosphere and thermosphere
  7. A line connecting points of equal temperature
  8. The average level of the ocean’s surface
  9. Earth’s solid outer layer
  10. The outermost atmospheric layer with very high temperatures
  11. Fixed points that determine the shape of an ellipse
  12. A region where the same standard time is used
  13. A recognizable group of stars forming a pattern
  14. The changing appearance of the Moon as it orbits Earth
  15. The path a planet takes around the Sun
  16. A space rock that hits Earth’s surface
  17. The layer of gases surrounding Earth
  18. The galaxy that contains our solar system
  19. The day with the most daylight in the Northern Hemisphere
  20. A line connecting points of equal air pressure
  21. A line connecting points of equal value
  22. A tool used to measure the altitude of stars
  23. All of Earth’s water
  24. All of space, time, and matter
  25. An imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles
  26. The line that separates one calendar day from the next
  27. The latitude where the Sun is directly overhead on December 21
  28. A star located above Earth’s North Pole
  29. A gas giant, like Jupiter or Saturn
  30. The day with the least daylight in the Northern Hemisphere
  31. Tides caused by the alignment of the Sun and Moon
  32. A region of space between Mars and Jupiter with many small rocky objects
  33. The latitude where the Sun is directly overhead on June 21
  34. A force of attraction between objects
  35. Caused by Earth’s tilt and revolution around the Sun
  36. Earth’s yearly orbit around the Sun
  37. The spinning of Earth on its axis, causing day and night
  38. The height of a celestial object above the horizon
  39. The process that powers stars by combining hydrogen into helium

72 Clues: All of Earth’s water • The speed of an object • Earth’s solid outer layer • Earth’s natural satellite • All of space, time, and matter • The northernmost point on Earth • The southernmost point on Earth • A rocky planet, like Earth or Mars • The rate of change in a field value • A gas giant, like Jupiter or Saturn • Earth’s yearly orbit around the Sun • ...

Eclipse 2023-04-28

Eclipse crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This happens when the Moon totally blocks out the Sun's light
  2. The Earth makes a daily ____ on its axis
  3. It occurs when a celestial object passes in front of another object and blocks some of its light.
  4. This happens when the Earth partly blocks the Sun's light from reaching the moon
  5. The lighter, outer part of a shadow
Down
  1. You see it every night
  2. This happens when the Moon only partially blocks out the Sun's light
  3. The Earth's ____ around the sun takes 365 days
  4. This happens when the Earth blocks out the Sun's light from reaching the moon
  5. You see it every day
  6. The Earth's axis is not straight up and down it is on a ____
  7. Each year the Earth completes one ____ around the sun
  8. The inner, darker part of a shadow
  9. We live on it
  10. Sometimes people are scared of their own ____

15 Clues: We live on it • You see it every day • You see it every night • The inner, darker part of a shadow • The lighter, outer part of a shadow • The Earth makes a daily ____ on its axis • Sometimes people are scared of their own ____ • The Earth's ____ around the sun takes 365 days • Each year the Earth completes one ____ around the sun • ...

Plate tectonics By Dylan Goldman 2023-05-08

Plate tectonics By Dylan Goldman crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  2. Melted rock below the Earths Surface.
  3. When two plates move away from each other.
  4. when one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together.
  5. The solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  6. The layer of the Earth under the crust, containing the Asthenosphere.
  7. When 2 plates slide past eachother.
  8. The layer of Earth right under the Mantle, made mostly of liquid iron and nickel.
  9. A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.
Down
  1. The center of the Earth made of solid iron and nickel.
  2. The movement of Earth's crust.
  3. A slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock that the lithosphere floats on.
  4. Movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another.
  5. when 2 plates push eachother up.
  6. Melted rock on Earth’s surface.

15 Clues: The movement of Earth's crust. • Melted rock on Earth’s surface. • when 2 plates push eachother up. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • When 2 plates slide past eachother. • Melted rock below the Earths Surface. • When two plates move away from each other. • The center of the Earth made of solid iron and nickel. • ...

JackSomerset 2024-10-25

JackSomerset crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Day and nigh and the cause of Earth spinning on its aixs
  2. The Sun light is fully shuning on the moon
  3. The Earth is between the Sun and the moon
  4. Move around the sun and makes a year happen
  5. Caused by Earths tilt
  6. How rocks layers are formed over a long period of time
  7. Rocky and like pages in the Earth
Down
  1. Always pulls and depends on mass and depends on mass and the distents
  2. The moon is between the Earth and the Sun
  3. Causes seasons to happen and puts Earth at an angle
  4. Rocky small and Has few moons
  5. The study of fossils
  6. The remaadis of the orgiamsm and then preserved in mold that is like rock
  7. Many moons made of gas and ice also has rings and a bid mass
  8. the more of it the stronger the gravity is

15 Clues: The study of fossils • Caused by Earths tilt • Rocky small and Has few moons • Rocky and like pages in the Earth • The moon is between the Earth and the Sun • The Earth is between the Sun and the moon • The Sun light is fully shuning on the moon • the more of it the stronger the gravity is • Move around the sun and makes a year happen • ...

Vocabulary Practice ~ 5 Themes of Geography 2020-10-04

Vocabulary Practice ~ 5 Themes of Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
  2. imaginary lines of latitude on the earth
  3. north, south, east, west
  4. imaginary lines of longitude around the earth
  5. the study of the land and how we use it
  6. location of a place compared to other landmarks
  7. exact location of a place
  8. line of latitude that separates the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
Down
  1. explains symbols on a map; a key
  2. line of longitude that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres
  3. shows direction on a map
  4. used to show distance between locations
  5. distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
  6. a round representation of the earth

14 Clues: north, south, east, west • shows direction on a map • exact location of a place • explains symbols on a map; a key • a round representation of the earth • used to show distance between locations • the study of the land and how we use it • imaginary lines of latitude on the earth • distance east or west of the Prime Meridian • imaginary lines of longitude around the earth • ...

Our Solar System 2016-02-12

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The center of our Solar System
  2. Mars has a abundant amount of what in its surface
  3. What planet is known as the red planet
  4. Jupiter has how mnay known moons
  5. what is the belt that has icy rocks in it
  6. Home many satellites surround Earth
  7. Between Mars and Jupiter
  8. Mercury's what has been blown off by solarwind
  9. Venus has a thin atmosphere of what
  10. is the largest moon of Jupiter
  11. How much percentage of Earth covered in water
  12. Venus has been visited by hoe many satellites
  13. is the closest dwarf planet to the sun
  14. Jupiter has how many moons
Down
  1. How hot is mercury at daytime
  2. A stream of energized charged particles
  3. Has no moons, no rings and is the closet planet to the sun h
  4. The sun has how many layers
  5. Intense electromagnetic flare which causes radio interruption on earth.
  6. Pluto is the what from the sun
  7. What planet do we live on
  8. Uranus is tilted on its what
  9. The second closes planet to the sun

23 Clues: Between Mars and Jupiter • What planet do we live on • Jupiter has how many moons • The sun has how many layers • Uranus is tilted on its what • How hot is mercury at daytime • The center of our Solar System • Pluto is the what from the sun • is the largest moon of Jupiter • Jupiter has how mnay known moons • Home many satellites surround Earth • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  2. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  3. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  4. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  5. - 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.
  6. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  7. - 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.
  8. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  9. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  10. - 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.
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - 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.
  17. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
Down
  1. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  2. -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
  3. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  4. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  5. -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.
  6. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  7. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  8. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  9. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  10. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the shape of the earth.
  14. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  15. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  2. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  3. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  4. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  5. - 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.
  6. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  7. - 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.
  8. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  9. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  10. - 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.
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - 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.
  17. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
Down
  1. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  2. -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
  3. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  4. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  5. -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.
  6. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  7. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  8. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  9. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  10. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the shape of the earth.
  14. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  15. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  2. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  3. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  4. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  5. - 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.
  6. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  7. - 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.
  8. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  9. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  10. - 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.
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - 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.
  17. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
Down
  1. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  2. -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
  3. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  4. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  5. -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.
  6. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  7. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  8. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  9. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  10. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the shape of the earth.
  14. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  15. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  2. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  3. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  4. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  5. - 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.
  6. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  7. - 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.
  8. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  9. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  10. - 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.
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - 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.
  17. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
Down
  1. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  2. -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
  3. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  4. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  5. -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.
  6. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  7. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  8. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  9. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  10. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. - the shape of the earth.
  14. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  15. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy Crossword Puzzle 2024-01-22

Astronomy Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - 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.
  2. - 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.
  3. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  4. - 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.
  5. - the shape of the earth.
  6. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  7. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  8. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  9. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  10. - 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.
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - 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.
  13. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  14. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  15. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  16. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  17. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  18. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
Down
  1. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  2. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  3. -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.
  4. - 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.
  5. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  6. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  7. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  8. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  9. - 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.
  10. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites
  11. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  12. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  13. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  14. -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
  15. - 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.

33 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 • ...

ESO2_4A_STORIES IN NATURE 2025-02-03

ESO2_4A_STORIES IN NATURE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The green plants that grow on the ground.
  2. A dense forest with lots of rain and tall trees.
  3. A steep, high area of land, often next to the sea.
  4. Hard, solid pieces of earth found on the ground.
  5. A round object that orbits around the Earth and shines at night.
  6. The green parts of plants and trees that grow on branches.
  7. The space above the Earth, where you see clouds, the sun, and stars.
  8. Big, round objects that move around stars, like Earth moves around the Sun.
Down
  1. Bright, shining balls of gas in the sky.
  2. A thick, wild forest with many plants and animals.
  3. Tall plants with branches, leaves, and trunks.
  4. The area outside the city, with farms and nature.
  5. Large open areas of land, usually covered in grass or crops.
  6. The surface of the Earth that you walk on.
  7. Deep, narrow valleys with steep sides, usually made by rivers.
  8. Small roads or trails people walk on.

16 Clues: Small roads or trails people walk on. • Bright, shining balls of gas in the sky. • The green plants that grow on the ground. • The surface of the Earth that you walk on. • Tall plants with branches, leaves, and trunks. • A dense forest with lots of rain and tall trees. • Hard, solid pieces of earth found on the ground. • ...

6.4 Mount Everest 2025-02-26

6.4 Mount Everest crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the size of something (i.e., earthquake).
  2. the point on earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurred.
  3. the most outer layer of the earth.
  4. the most inner layer of the earth.
  5. plate material containing less dense granite rocks that is usually found underground on our land.
  6. the movement of bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other.
  7. two things or events happening together or at the same time but not causing one another.
  8. the section of the crust between earthquake lines.
Down
  1. solid rock found everywhere on the earth, often under sediments (i.e., soil, dirt, etc.)
  2. to cause damage or destroy.
  3. to build up.
  4. a type of rock formed when layers of sediments are compressed by pressure.
  5. the second outer layer of the earth.
  6. plate material containing denser basalt rock that is usually found under the ocean.
  7. the reason something has occurred or is occurring.
  8. loose earth materials such as dirt, soil, rocks, etc.

16 Clues: to build up. • to cause damage or destroy. • the most outer layer of the earth. • the most inner layer of the earth. • the second outer layer of the earth. • the size of something (i.e., earthquake). • the reason something has occurred or is occurring. • the section of the crust between earthquake lines. • loose earth materials such as dirt, soil, rocks, etc. • ...

dehart 2 DH 2025-02-04

dehart 2 DH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two passages of the sun over the meridian
  2. depends on earths seasons
  3. what the planets do around the sun
  4. coordinate
  5. escaping gravity's pull
  6. half of earth
  7. round and round
Down
  1. coordinate
  2. top layer of earth body of water
  3. outside layer of earth
  4. makes up 84% of earths volume
  5. main element in core
  6. the point in the orbit of the planet
  7. gravity earth pull

14 Clues: coordinate • coordinate • half of earth • round and round • gravity earth pull • main element in core • outside layer of earth • escaping gravity's pull • depends on earths seasons • makes up 84% of earths volume • top layer of earth body of water • what the planets do around the sun • the point in the orbit of the planet • two passages of the sun over the meridian

Astronomy Review 2025-12-27

Astronomy Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Planets with solid, rocky surfaces (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are called _______ planets.
  2. Type of eclipse that happens when the moon is between the Sun and Earth
  3. The phase of the moon where the illuminated portion is "shrinking" from our view.
  4. The planet right beside the Sun
  5. The process in the Sun's core where hydrogen atoms join to form helium, releasing energy.
  6. A natural satellite that orbits a planet.
  7. How bright a star looks to an observer on Earth.
  8. The only star in our solar system
  9. Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon
Down
  1. The movement of Earth around the Sun, taking approximately 365.25 days.
  2. The distance light travels in one year; used to measure distances between stars.
  3. A streak of light caused by a space rock burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
  4. The actual brightness of a star if it were viewed from a standard distance.
  5. The Earth's ______ causes the seasons.
  6. The phase of the moon where the illuminated portion is "growing" from our view.
  7. The total amount of energy a star emits per second.
  8. The spinning of Earth on its axis, which causes day and night.
  9. This colour star is the hottest in temperature.
  10. Colorful lights in the sky caused by solar particles interacting with Earth's magnetic field.
  11. A small, icy body that releases gas or dust, forming a "tail" when near the Sun.
  12. _____ planets composed mostly of hydrogen and helium (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune).

21 Clues: The planet right beside the Sun • The only star in our solar system • The Earth's ______ causes the seasons. • A natural satellite that orbits a planet. • Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon • This colour star is the hottest in temperature. • How bright a star looks to an observer on Earth. • The total amount of energy a star emits per second. • ...

Science 2021-04-08

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. small ice balls
  2. frozen precipitation that forms layers
  3. how far from the equator
  4. layer that surrounds earth
  5. state of atmosphere
  6. all water on earth
  7. movement of materials away from a place
  8. process of laying down materials
  9. water drops
Down
  1. weather condition over time
  2. height above sea level
  3. the movement of air
  4. rock/ground
  5. small ice crystals
  6. how fast particles are moving
  7. cloud near ground
  8. water getting hot
  9. where alive things live on earth
  10. gas turns back to liquid
  11. ice evaporating without melting

20 Clues: rock/ground • water drops • small ice balls • cloud near ground • water getting hot • small ice crystals • all water on earth • the movement of air • state of atmosphere • height above sea level • how far from the equator • gas turns back to liquid • layer that surrounds earth • weather condition over time • how fast particles are moving • ice evaporating without melting • ...

Cool EXCITING CROSSWORD 2018-03-06

Cool EXCITING CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One quarter of a map
  2. A radio navigation system
  3. Southern end of the Earths axis
  4. The most south of latitude
  5. A way used to find a location on a map
  6. Numbers used for longitude and latitude on maps.
  7. An imaginary lines that is halfway across the Earth
  8. Used to convert distances on maps
  9. A region where a certain time is used
  10. Northern end of the Earths axis
  11. Northern part of the Earth
  12. North according to the Earths axis
  13. The X axis
Down
  1. Two lines that never leave.
  2. The most north of latitude
  3. A person who makes maps
  4. It has a longitude of 0.
  5. Southern part of the Earth
  6. 60 of these in a minute
  7. It has the latitude of 0 and runs through the center of the Earth
  8. Where a compass needle points
  9. of Capricorn Two parallel latitudes 23 and 26
  10. 60 seconds equals one of these
  11. The y axis

24 Clues: The y axis • The X axis • One quarter of a map • A person who makes maps • 60 of these in a minute • It has a longitude of 0. • A radio navigation system • The most north of latitude • Southern part of the Earth • The most south of latitude • Northern part of the Earth • Two lines that never leave. • Where a compass needle points • 60 seconds equals one of these • ...

Elements of Earth 2 2023-09-29

Elements of Earth 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the smallest unit of an element
  2. which element is needed for strong teeth and bones
  3. a metalloid found in abundance in the lithosphere
  4. is 21% of the atmosphere
  5. the gasses surrounding Earth held in place by gravity
  6. these are on the periodic table
  7. two or more different types of atoms chemically combined
  8. the fresh water and salt water of Earth
  9. the solid part of Earth
  10. this element makes up about 21% of the atmosphere
Down
  1. the living parts of the Earth system
  2. light reflects off of the surface of a material
  3. this element is found in all four parts of Earth's systems
  4. breaks easily when put under pressure
  5. is a poisonous gas that is fatal if inhaled
  6. dull, poor conductor, brittle
  7. the most abundant element of the atmosphere
  8. the number that tells how many protons are in the atom
  9. shiny, malleable, good conductor

19 Clues: the solid part of Earth • is 21% of the atmosphere • dull, poor conductor, brittle • the smallest unit of an element • these are on the periodic table • shiny, malleable, good conductor • the living parts of the Earth system • breaks easily when put under pressure • the fresh water and salt water of Earth • is a poisonous gas that is fatal if inhaled • ...

Rock and Earth 2022-02-18

Rock and Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth. 5-25 miles thick
  2. The first step in the process of creating sedimentary rock that is causes rocks to be worn down by the natural elements (ice, water wind)
  3. melted rock is below the surface of the earth.
  4. the process in which rocks change from one type to the other
  5. The accumulation of sediment whether it is physical sediment (rocks and organic matter) or chemical sediment like salt.
  6. is created through the process of
  7. The process of moving the particles away from the original rock source
  8. are located in the mantle and are responsible for the movement of the tectonic plates.
  9. melted rock is above the surface of the earth.
  10. is made of solid nickel and iron.
  11. Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation
Down
  1. are responsible for the our magnetic north and south pole and for the magnetic field that protects us from the sun.
  2. Is made up of the crust and the upper mantle. Also make up the tectonic plates
  3. Is the middle part of the Mantle and because of the convection currents in its magma, it is responsible for the movement of the tectonic plates.
  4. occurs when soil particles are pressed together
  5. is created through the process of Melting and then Cooling
  6. is created through the process of Heating and Pressure.
  7. are produced naturally in earthquakes and can be used by scientists to determine the density and thickness of each layer of the earth
  8. is the thickest layer of the earth. 2700 miles thick
  9. is made of liquid nickel and iron. It is responsible for the electromagnetic field around the earth.
  10. material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion
  11. The last step in the creation of sedimentary rock that binds all sediment together to form rock

22 Clues: is created through the process of • is made of solid nickel and iron. • Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation • melted rock is below the surface of the earth. • melted rock is above the surface of the earth. • occurs when soil particles are pressed together • is the thickest layer of the earth. 2700 miles thick • ...

Structure of the Earth 2013-12-05

Structure of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. iron is a type of m_______
  2. where the insides of the Earth explode through the crust
  3. the solid outer layer of the Earth
  4. there is an outer core and an _________ core
  5. the crust is the only s______ layer of the Earth
  6. this layer is between the crust an the outer core
Down
  1. this surrounds the Earth caused by the iron core.
  2. there are _______ layers to the Earth
  3. the inner core of the Earth is the H________
  4. the centre of the Earth
  5. the inner core is made from this metal

11 Clues: the centre of the Earth • iron is a type of m_______ • the solid outer layer of the Earth • there are _______ layers to the Earth • the inner core is made from this metal • the inner core of the Earth is the H________ • there is an outer core and an _________ core • the crust is the only s______ layer of the Earth • this surrounds the Earth caused by the iron core. • ...

Crossword puzzle in physical science 2024-01-21

Crossword puzzle in physical science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
  2. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  3. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  4. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  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. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  7. - 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.
  8. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  9. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  10. - the shape of the earth.
  11. - 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.
  12. - 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.
  13. -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
  14. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  15. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  16. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  17. - 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.
Down
  1. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  2. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  3. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  4. -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.
  5. - 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.
  6. - 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.
  7. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  8. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
  9. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  10. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  11. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  12. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  13. - 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.
  14. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  15. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  16. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  2. - 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.
  3. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  4. - 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.
  5. -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.
  6. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  7. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  8. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  9. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  10. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  11. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  12. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  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. - 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.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  17. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
Down
  1. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  2. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  3. - the shape of the earth.
  4. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
  5. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  6. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  7. - 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.
  8. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  9. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  10. -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
  11. - 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.
  12. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  13. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  14. - 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.
  15. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy 2024-01-22

Astronomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  2. - 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.
  3. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites
  4. - 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.
  5. -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.
  6. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  7. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  8. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  9. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  10. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  11. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  12. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  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. - 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.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  17. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
Down
  1. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  2. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  3. - the shape of the earth.
  4. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
  5. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  6. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  7. - 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.
  8. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  9. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  10. -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
  11. - 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.
  12. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  13. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  14. - 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.
  15. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  2. - 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.
  3. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  4. - 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.
  5. -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.
  6. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  7. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  8. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  9. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
  10. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  11. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  12. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  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. - 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.
  15. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  16. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  17. - one of the cyclically recurring apparent forms of the moon
Down
  1. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  2. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  3. - the shape of the earth.
  4. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
  5. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  6. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  7. - 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.
  8. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  9. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  10. -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
  11. - 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.
  12. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  13. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  14. - 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.
  15. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  16. - 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.

33 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 • ...

Clara´s Space Crossword 2022-04-28

Clara´s Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. able to see far way
  2. the turning of Earth
  3. a space ship that is no longer made
  4. the path a planet travels around the sun
  5. a man-made object that orbits Earth
  6. having to do with the sun
  7. a synonym for movement
  8. a imaginary line that a planet rotates on
  9. the milky way is this
  10. having to do with the moon
Down
  1. relating to the heavens or skies
  2. shooting stars
  3. a single turn
  4. a kind of star formation
  5. like a meteor or asteroid
  6. Earth space and all things in it
  7. occurs when light from the sun is cut off
  8. the study of space
  9. small objects between Mars and Jupiter
  10. a measure of distance in space

20 Clues: a single turn • shooting stars • the study of space • able to see far way • the turning of Earth • the milky way is this • a synonym for movement • a kind of star formation • like a meteor or asteroid • having to do with the sun • having to do with the moon • a measure of distance in space • relating to the heavens or skies • Earth space and all things in it • ...

Clara´s Space Crossword 2022-04-28

Clara´s Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. shooting stars
  2. small objects between Mars and Jupiter
  3. having to do with the moon
  4. a imaginary line that a planet rotates on
  5. a measure of distance in space
  6. the turning of Earth
  7. occurs when light from the sun is cut off
  8. able to see far way
  9. having to do with the sun
  10. like a meteor or asteroid
Down
  1. a kind of star formation
  2. a man-made object that orbits Earth
  3. the path a planet travels around the sun
  4. a synonym for movement
  5. a space ship that is no longer made
  6. the study of space
  7. relating to the heavens or skies
  8. a single turn
  9. Earth space and all things in it
  10. the milky way is this

20 Clues: a single turn • shooting stars • the study of space • able to see far way • the turning of Earth • the milky way is this • a synonym for movement • a kind of star formation • having to do with the sun • like a meteor or asteroid • having to do with the moon • a measure of distance in space • relating to the heavens or skies • Earth space and all things in it • ...

4AB Vocab 2022-11-18

4AB Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scientific tool used to measure wind speed
  2. directional movement of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences.
  3. a form of energy that is the total kinetic energy (motion) of atoms and molecules in matter. (The faster the atoms move, the warmer the matter.)
  4. a natural movement of air from an area of high density and pressure to an area of low density and pressure
  5. the outer atmosphere of the sun; visible from Earth during a total solar eclipse
  6. substance that can flow. This _____ liquids and gases.
  7. the force exerted by the atmosphere on Earth’s surface by the weight of the air above the surface
  8. directional movement of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to _____ and salinity differences.
Down
  1. transfer of thermal energy that requires contact between the atoms or molecules
  2. the star nearest to Earth and the _____ of our solar system; the source of almost all energy on Earth
  3. the whole mass of air surrounding Earth
  4. the outer atmosphere of the sun; visible from Earth _____ a total solar eclipse
  5. transfer of thermal energy through circular motion caused by heating and cooling in fluids (liquids and gases)
  6. the whole mass of air _____ Earth
  7. the apparent deflection (curving) of moving air, as seen by an _____ on Earth. It is a result of Earth's rotation.
  8. a form of energy that is the total kinetic energy (motion) of atoms and molecules in matter. (The faster the atoms move, the _____ the matter.)
  9. any substance that can flow. This includes liquids and gases.
  10. short-lived dark spots on the surface of the sun, caused by magnetic activity and slightly cooler than the surrounding area

18 Clues: the whole mass of air _____ Earth • the whole mass of air surrounding Earth • scientific tool used to measure wind speed • substance that can flow. This _____ liquids and gases. • any substance that can flow. This includes liquids and gases. • transfer of thermal energy that requires contact between the atoms or molecules • ...

Moons 2018-11-29

Moons crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Phobos and Deimos are moons of this planet.
  2. eclipse the moon comes between Earth and the sun and the shadow of the moon falls on part of Earth.
  3. The sunlit portion of the moon is getting larger.
  4. Impact ejection and this final phase describe how the moon was created.
  5. The only large moon of Neptune.
  6. During this type of eclipse the moon is farther from the Earth than at other times.
  7. The only known moon of Pluto.
  8. Natural or artificial bodies that revolve around larger bodies such as planets.
  9. Ganymede Callisto, Io, and, Europa are known as?
  10. The last name of the person who discovered the largest moon of Saturn.
  11. During this type of solar eclipse the moon completely covers the sun.
  12. eclipse the Earth comes between the sun and the moon and the shadow of the Earth falls on the moon.
Down
  1. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets that do not have these.
  2. The color of Titan's atmosphere.
  3. The color the moon may appear during a lunar eclipse.
  4. The four largest moons of this planet are Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa.
  5. The largest moon of Saturn.
  6. A small moon which is considered the most unusual moon of Uranus.
  7. The surface of bodies that do not have this show a record of all the impacts that the bodies have had.
  8. The sunlit portion of the moon is getting smaller.
  9. The most volcanically active body in the solar system.
  10. Current theory states that this part of the Earth was blasted into space to form the Earth's moon.
  11. NASA launched this spacecraft in 1997 to study Saturn and its moons.
  12. Different appearances of the moon due to its changing position.
  13. When the shadow of one celestial body falls on another.
  14. Another word for Earth's moon.
  15. This mission brought back rock samples from the moon
  16. Large dark areas which are lava plains.

28 Clues: The largest moon of Saturn. • The only known moon of Pluto. • Another word for Earth's moon. • The only large moon of Neptune. • The color of Titan's atmosphere. • Large dark areas which are lava plains. • Phobos and Deimos are moons of this planet. • The sunlit portion of the moon is getting larger. • Ganymede Callisto, Io, and, Europa are known as? • ...

Hazards Timo 2019-03-13

Hazards Timo crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Current Movement caused by heating and cooling.
  2. A super continent.
  3. Molten rock under the crust.
  4. This produces heat when 2 plates rub together.
  5. Melted material.
  6. A natural disaster caused by shock waves.
  7. The center of the Earth
Down
  1. Where 2 plates meet.
  2. An underwater mountain range where new crust is formed.
  3. The group of volcanoes found around the edge of the Pacific Ocean.
  4. A layer of the Earth that is liquid rock.
  5. A moving piece of the crust.
  6. This layer of the Earth is 1,300 km thick.
  7. Thailand is located on this plate.
  8. The solid outer layer of the Earth.

15 Clues: Melted material. • A super continent. • Where 2 plates meet. • The center of the Earth • Molten rock under the crust. • A moving piece of the crust. • Thailand is located on this plate. • The solid outer layer of the Earth. • A layer of the Earth that is liquid rock. • A natural disaster caused by shock waves. • This layer of the Earth is 1,300 km thick. • ...

Ecology Terms 2025-04-14

Ecology Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Non-living parts of an ecosystem.
  2. respiration – Cells use oxygen to get energy from food.
  3. – Plants use sunlight to make food.
  4. ecosystem – A land ecosystem.
  5. – All the water on Earth.
  6. – Where all living things exist.
  7. – Cells get energy without using oxygen.
  8. – Total weight of living things in an area.
  9. gases – Gases that trap heat in the air.
  10. – A chemical needed for life.
  11. ecosystem – A water ecosystem.
Down
  1. – The hard outer layer of Earth.
  2. – Toxins build up in an organism over time.
  3. level – A group based on how organisms get energy.
  4. – The air around Earth.
  5. effect – Earth gets warmer from trapped heat.
  6. – Living things and their environment working together.
  7. ecosystem – An ecosystem that stays healthy and supports life.
  8. efficiency – Energy passed from one level to the next.
  9. – Living parts of an ecosystem.
  10. precipitation – Acid rain caused by polluted air.
  11. – Too many nutrients cause too much plant growth in water.

22 Clues: – The air around Earth. • – All the water on Earth. • ecosystem – A land ecosystem. • – A chemical needed for life. • ecosystem – A water ecosystem. • – Living parts of an ecosystem. • – The hard outer layer of Earth. • – Where all living things exist. • – Non-living parts of an ecosystem. • – Plants use sunlight to make food. • – Cells get energy without using oxygen. • ...

Earth Sun Moon 2015-05-14

Earth Sun Moon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sun appears farthest north of the equator once each year and farthest south once each year
  2. Push or pull
  3. Large, round pits
  4. Earth's path
  5. The amount of matter in an object
  6. Neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
  7. States that every object in the universe attracts every other object
  8. Attracts all objects toward each other
  9. A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of war
  10. Dark, flat areas
  11. The different shapes of the moon you see from earth
  12. The larger part of the moon’s shadow
Down
  1. The imaginary line that passes through earth’s center and the north
  2. The measure of the force of gravity on an object
  3. says that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with a constant speed and direction unless acted on by a force
  4. Occurs when the moon passes directly between earth and the sun, blocking sunlight from earth
  5. The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
  6. Chunks of rock or dust in space
  7. Occurs at a full moon when earth is directly between the moon and the sun
  8. The very darkest part of the moon’s shadow
  9. The movement of one object around another
  10. The spinning of earth on it’s axis
  11. When an object in spaces comes between the sun and a third object it casts a shadow on that object

23 Clues: Push or pull • Earth's path • Dark, flat areas • Large, round pits • Chunks of rock or dust in space • The amount of matter in an object • The spinning of earth on it’s axis • The larger part of the moon’s shadow • Attracts all objects toward each other • The movement of one object around another • The very darkest part of the moon’s shadow • ...

stem tristan 2021-10-07

stem tristan crossword puzzle
Across
  1. active young galaxies with black holes in the center
  2. the closets planet to the sun
  3. instruments scientist use to spread light into different wave lengths
  4. sun centered
  5. 3rd planet from the sun
  6. when the moon is between the earth and the sun
  7. round or flattened balls, old stars
Down
  1. must orbit the sun
  2. no regular shapes and bright young stars
  3. made of mainley ice and gas
  4. earth centered
  5. the range of wave lengths that stars
  6. has bulge in the middle and arms that spiral outward
  7. made of mainly rock material
  8. when the earth or moon casts a shadow on the other

15 Clues: sun centered • earth centered • must orbit the sun • 3rd planet from the sun • made of mainley ice and gas • made of mainly rock material • the closets planet to the sun • round or flattened balls, old stars • the range of wave lengths that stars • no regular shapes and bright young stars • when the moon is between the earth and the sun • ...

Rocks 2017-06-28

Rocks crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molter rock, found on the surface of the earth
  2. hotter that the crust of the earth
  3. the broken rocks are transported from one play to another
  4. process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces
  5. the sediment becomes packed together and then chemically bonded
  6. formed with particles of other rocks
  7. lava cools down and becomes hard as rock
  8. contain one or more minerals
Down
  1. malted rock, found under the earths crust
  2. the settling of broken rock
  3. the study of rocks
  4. changed by heat and pressure
  5. the processs within earth and on its surface
  6. small particles of weathered rock
  7. the outermost solid layer of the earth

15 Clues: the study of rocks • the settling of broken rock • changed by heat and pressure • contain one or more minerals • small particles of weathered rock • hotter that the crust of the earth • formed with particles of other rocks • the outermost solid layer of the earth • lava cools down and becomes hard as rock • malted rock, found under the earths crust • ...

Science 2015-08-30

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
  2. experiment an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time
  3. the ability to do work or cause change
  4. variable the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable
  5. law a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions
  6. a scientist who studies Earth's oceans
  7. the shape of land determined by elevation, relief, and landforms
  8. a landform with high elevation and high relief
  9. the process of making an inference; an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge
  10. a landform made up of flat or gently rolling land with low relief
  11. facts, figures and other information gathered through observations
Down
  1. theory a well tested theory concept that explains of wide range of observations
  2. height above sea level
  3. a scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it
  4. a group of related parts that work together
  5. science the science that focuses on planet Earth and its place in the universe
  6. force a force that slowly wears away mountains and other features on the surface of Earth
  7. force a force that builds up mountains and landmasses on Earth's surface
  8. a scientist who studies the universe beyond Earth
  9. a scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet Earth

20 Clues: height above sea level • the ability to do work or cause change • a scientist who studies Earth's oceans • a group of related parts that work together • a landform with high elevation and high relief • a scientist who studies the universe beyond Earth • the shape of land determined by elevation, relief, and landforms • ...

Ms. Wagner-Texley's Science Class 2025-05-20

Ms. Wagner-Texley's Science Class crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large spatial body in the far distance
  2. Study of the Earth's environment
  3. Study physical and natural world
  4. To use something over and over
  5. Study of the forces and motion of Earth
  6. Large spatial body in our solar system
  7. To convert into a usable material
Down
  1. A push or pull
  2. The movement of objects
  3. Everything outside of Earth
  4. Earth's Satelite
  5. To use less
  6. 3rd Rock from the sun
  7. A way to live lightly on Earth

14 Clues: To use less • A push or pull • Earth's Satelite • 3rd Rock from the sun • The movement of objects • Everything outside of Earth • To use something over and over • A way to live lightly on Earth • Study of the Earth's environment • Study physical and natural world • To convert into a usable material • Large spatial body in the far distance • Large spatial body in our solar system • ...

Clara´s Space Crossword 2022-04-28

Clara´s Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. shooting stars
  2. small objects between Mars and Jupiter
  3. having to do with the moon
  4. a imaginary line that a planet rotates on
  5. a measure of distance in space
  6. the turning of Earth
  7. occurs when light from the sun is cut off
  8. able to see far way
  9. having to do with the sun
  10. like a meteor or asteroid
Down
  1. a kind of star formation
  2. a man-made object that orbits Earth
  3. the path a planet travels around the sun
  4. a synonym for movement
  5. a space ship that is no longer made
  6. the study of space
  7. relating to the heavens or skies
  8. a single turn
  9. Earth space and all things in it
  10. the milky way is this

20 Clues: a single turn • shooting stars • the study of space • able to see far way • the turning of Earth • the milky way is this • a synonym for movement • a kind of star formation • having to do with the sun • like a meteor or asteroid • having to do with the moon • a measure of distance in space • relating to the heavens or skies • Earth space and all things in it • ...

Our Warming Planet 2021-04-19

Our Warming Planet crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rare chemical
  2. envelope of gases surrounding the earth
  3. Petroleum
  4. a black brownish sedimentary rock
  5. absorb and emit infrared radiation in the wavelength range emitted
  6. changes made by global warming and green house gasses
  7. something that was release
  8. the state of atmosphere at a place
  9. a type of gas
  10. power plant
  11. gaseous phase of water
Down
  1. known as laughing gas
  2. long term heating of the earth
  3. intensity of heat
  4. the layer of gas covering the earth
  5. another un common type of gas
  6. a layer of ice
  7. the simplest carbon dioxide
  8. a colorless, odorless gas produced by a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon
  9. the fall of rain
  10. the movement of air

21 Clues: Petroleum • power plant • a type of gas • a layer of ice • a rare chemical • the fall of rain • intensity of heat • the movement of air • known as laughing gas • gaseous phase of water • something that was release • the simplest carbon dioxide • another un common type of gas • long term heating of the earth • a black brownish sedimentary rock • the state of atmosphere at a place • ...

Astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-21

Astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the first successful attempt to determine the size of the arth was made by him by applying geometric principles;
  2. - a huge planet, is shrouded in thick clouds that its surface cannot be seen Its volume is about 1,300 times that of earth, but its mass is only 300 times as great.
  3. - Its famous rings, though it is much like Jupiter, characterize Saturn. The rings - two bright ones and a fainter inner one - surround the planet in the plane of its equator. The rings appear to be composed of many small bodies, which revolve around Saturn like miniature satellites.
  4. - very first Greek to profess the heliocentric views
  5. - the shape of the earth.
  6. - 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.
  7. - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends
  8. - was ableto explain what causes the phases of the moon, To him, the moon shone only by reflected sunlight.
  9. - 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.
  10. - shrinking; describes the moon when the illuminated is decreasing
  11. - gave the most accurate size during their time.
  12. - believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  13. - an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another one between it
  14. -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
  15. -a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially
  16. - the figure of the moon that is more than half full, looking swollen on one side.
Down
  1. -A natural object that orbits a larger object.
  2. - the smallest and the fastest of our neighbors, is somewhat larger than the moon and similar in appearance.
  3. - 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.
  4. - 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.
  5. - 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.
  6. - planets moves in the opposite* direction for some time, after which it resume its eastward motion
  7. - 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.
  8. - the reddish planet, is the only other known body whose surface conditions seemed suitable for life of some kind. The Martian days and nights are about the same lengths as ours
  9. - Earth is assumed to the center of all
  10. - either of the two times in the year: the summer solstice and winte solstice
  11. - was a studentor Plato. For him, the earth is spherical in shape since it always casts a curved shadow when it eclipses the moon.
  12. - growing ; describes the moon when the illuminated portion is increasing
  13. - 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.
  14. - astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
  15. - the sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. that revolve around it.
  16. - 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.

32 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. • - the figure of the moon that appears as a curve with pointy ends • ...

Science and Medical Discoveries: Astronomy 2022-03-01

Science and Medical Discoveries: Astronomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Man who proved Einstein right
  2. Second person on the Moon
  3. A NASA project that includes two probes
  4. Invented the telescope
  5. One of the best physicists of all time
  6. A famous government agency that deals with astronomy
  7. The branch of science to do with space
  8. Two trillion are known in the observable universe
  9. Our planet
Down
  1. The distance of the universe we can see
  2. Our galaxy
  3. Revolves around the Earth
  4. What the Earth spins on
  5. A famous telescope launched in 1990
  6. The theory of how the universe was made
  7. Person who made the first sun-centered model
  8. Man who made the laws of motion
  9. Someone who studies astronomy
  10. What keeps people on the ground
  11. First man on the Moon
  12. Fourth planet from the Sun

21 Clues: Our galaxy • Our planet • First man on the Moon • Invented the telescope • What the Earth spins on • Revolves around the Earth • Second person on the Moon • Fourth planet from the Sun • Man who proved Einstein right • Someone who studies astronomy • Man who made the laws of motion • What keeps people on the ground • A famous telescope launched in 1990 • ...

Patterns of the Earth and Sky Review Crossword 2024-10-30

Patterns of the Earth and Sky Review Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Celestial bodies that shine in the night sky, like the Sun.
  2. - The space between objects, such as stars and planets.
  3. - The path Earth follows as it revolves around the Sun.
  4. - The distance light travels in one year, used to measure space distances.
  5. - The force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.
  6. - The movement of Earth around the Sun, taking one year.
Down
  1. - A recognizable pattern of stars in the night sky.
  2. - The Sun Sets in the _____
  3. - The closest star to Earth, providing heat and light.
  4. - A investigation is this whenever it is organized, clear and fair. Not Random
  5. - The Sun rises in the_____
  6. - The spinning of Earth on its axis, causing day and night.
  7. - The planet we live on, which rotates and revolves in space.

13 Clues: - The Sun Sets in the _____ • - The Sun rises in the_____ • - A recognizable pattern of stars in the night sky. • - The closest star to Earth, providing heat and light. • - The space between objects, such as stars and planets. • - The path Earth follows as it revolves around the Sun. • - The movement of Earth around the Sun, taking one year. • ...