the earth Crossword Puzzles

Properties of Matter 2018-09-14

Properties of Matter crossword puzzle
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  1. does NOT allow heat and electricity to pass through
  2. all of the water on Earth
  3. This type of substance is malleable, a conductor, and shiny.
  4. type of property that can be observed or measured
  5. most abundant elements in the geosphere (symbols)
  6. building block of matter
  7. the way an object reflects light
  8. the ability of a substance to be hammered into thin sheets
  9. easily breakable, can be crushed into a powder
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  1. all gases on Earth
  2. all living things on Earth
  3. made of two or more elements chemically combined
  4. the ability of a substance to allow heat and electricity to pass through
  5. all of the solid nonliving material on Earth
  6. This type of substance is a semiconductor.
  7. most abundant elements in the biosphere (symbols)
  8. This type of substance is brittle, an insulator, and dull
  9. made of two or more substances physically combined

18 Clues: all gases on Earth • building block of matter • all of the water on Earth • all living things on Earth • the way an object reflects light • This type of substance is a semiconductor. • all of the solid nonliving material on Earth • easily breakable, can be crushed into a powder • made of two or more elements chemically combined • ...

map terms crossword 2013-04-25

map terms crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. type of map that identifies average number of people living in an area
  2. type of map that identifies man made features on earth
  3. represents distance on a map to distance on the earth's surface
  4. a result of ALL flat map projections
  5. identifies symbols on the map (colors, shading, dots)
  6. a br graph that uses symbols to to represent quantities
  7. an exact location of a place on the earth's surface
  8. type of graph that compares a part of something to its whole
  9. compass ________ identifies north on a map
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  1. Map projection shows which true direction
  2. Robinson Projection distorts this place, the most
  3. Meridians (lines running north to south)
  4. Parallels (lines running east to west)
  5. most accurate model of the earth
  6. methods of showing the earth on a flat surface
  7. type of map that identifies rivers, mountains, elevation
  8. 0 degrees longitude
  9. 0 degrees latitude, divides the earth into north and south hemispheres

18 Clues: 0 degrees longitude • most accurate model of the earth • a result of ALL flat map projections • Parallels (lines running east to west) • Meridians (lines running north to south) • Map projection shows which true direction • compass ________ identifies north on a map • methods of showing the earth on a flat surface • Robinson Projection distorts this place, the most • ...

Year 8 Science Term 2 Consolidation 2013-06-17

Year 8 Science Term 2 Consolidation crossword puzzle
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  1. Melted rock that has erupted from the earth and sits on the surface
  2. The name for melted rock under the ground
  3. The digging up of ore or minerals from the ground
  4. The movement of soil and weathered material from one place to another
  5. The term used to describe the process of breaking down rocks by natural processes
  6. A type of Igneous rock that has small crystals, cools quickly and forms on the surface of the earth
  7. The name for melted rock
  8. tiny rock particles broken down by wind or water
  9. A type of rock formed when heat and/or pressure causes changes in crystals, forming a new type of rock.
  10. A type of erosion caused by the action of the sea
  11. Marble, Basalt, Coal Examples of rocks
  12. The deepest layer of the earth (middle of the earth)
  13. A type of mine used when ore is deep in the ground
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  1. These are weak spots in the earth’s crust that crack and allow magma to flow to the surface
  2. A type of Igneous rock that has large crystals, cools slowly and forms underground
  3. The top layer of the Earth
  4. A type of rocks that is made from fire and formed when melted rock cools and hardens
  5. A type of rock that is layered, it’s formed by sediments being compressed and cemented.
  6. When a mine is no longer being used and the land gets returned to its original state or better
  7. A type of erosion where sand grains or topsoil is carried away
  8. A type of mine used when ore is close to the surface and over a large area
  9. These make up rocks, they contain 1 or more elements and can be mined as ores
  10. Rocks that are mined from the Earth

23 Clues: The name for melted rock • The top layer of the Earth • Rocks that are mined from the Earth • Marble, Basalt, Coal Examples of rocks • The name for melted rock under the ground • tiny rock particles broken down by wind or water • The digging up of ore or minerals from the ground • A type of erosion caused by the action of the sea • ...

Crossword puzzle PT #4 2023-10-22

Crossword puzzle PT #4 crossword puzzle
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  1. The discovery of similar_______ on different continents helped to develop the idea of Pangea
  2. The earth outermost rigid layer is called______
  3. What is the Earth outermost solid layer,consisting of both continental and oceanic types,and where most human activity and geologic process occur?
  4. Movement occurs when plates move alongside each other in different directions
  5. Layers are deposited in nearly horizontal layers
  6. A rock mass that contains pieces of rocks called_______ are younger than the other rock masses
  7. What part of the Earth is primarily composed of liquid iron and nickel,responsible for generating the plate's magnetic field through convective motion?
  8. Also known as guide fossils or indicator fossils,are fossils used to define and identify geologic periods
  9. Tells the order in which events occurred and the exact amount of time that has passed since they occurred
  10. That all geologists use in decoding or deciphering the spatial and temporal relationships of rocks layers
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  1. A fault or dike-a slab rock cuts through another rock
  2. Happens when plates pull apart from each other where the earth's tectonic plates are moving apart
  3. The first recognized by William Smith different strata contain particular assemblage of fossils by which rocks may be identified and correlated over long distances
  4. The branch of geology that deals with the description,correlation, and interpretation of stratified sediments and stratified rocks on and within the Earth
  5. What is the layer of the Earth responsible for convection currents and the movement of tectonic plates?
  6. The largest and heaviest rock layer that settled first at the bottom is the oldest rock layer
  7. Driven by mantle convection, the lithospheric plates ride over soft,ductile layer called________
  8. Occurs when plates crush into each other and land crumples,forming trenches and mountain
  9. Is composed of semi-liquid hot molten rocks located beneath the Earth, specifically in the melted mantle rock and oceanic plate
  10. Refers only to the order in which events occurred

20 Clues: The earth outermost rigid layer is called______ • Layers are deposited in nearly horizontal layers • Refers only to the order in which events occurred • A fault or dike-a slab rock cuts through another rock • Movement occurs when plates move alongside each other in different directions • ...

Discovering Eartquake 2016-02-29

Discovering Eartquake crossword puzzle
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  1. A section of a fault that has produced earthquakes in the past but is now quiet.
  2. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle between the lithosphere;made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  3. A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
  4. A seismic wave that is trapped near the surface of the earth.
  5. A record written by a seismograph in response to ground motions produced by an earthquake, explosion, or other ground-motion sources.
  6. A seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth, as opposed to surface waves that travel near the earth's surface.
  7. The area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves.
  8. The layer of rock between the earth's crust and core.
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  1. A seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth in the same direction and the opposite direction as the direction the wave is moving.
  2. A sea wave of local or distant origin that results from large-scale seafloor displacements associated with large earthquakes, major submarine slides, or exploding volcanic islands.
  3. The thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle.
  4. The point on earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point,or focus.
  5. The solid, outer layer of earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  6. The central part of Earth below the mantle
  7. An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. Generally, it consists of a mass attached to a fixed base. During an earthquake, the base moves and the mass does not.
  8. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
  9. The location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
  10. A seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
  11. A number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake, and is based on measurement of the maximum motion recorded by a seismograph.
  12. A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another.

20 Clues: The central part of Earth below the mantle • The layer of rock between the earth's crust and core. • The thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle. • A seismic wave that is trapped near the surface of the earth. • The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape. • ...

Geography 2025-10-30

Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. Water that is all around a continent
  2. The study of Earth, its people, and places
  3. Directions The directions—north, south, east, west—are called these
  4. The world’s largest country by land area
  5. A country famous for kangaroos and the Great Barrier Reef
  6. The blue areas on a globe show this
  7. A tall, high landform with steep sides
  8. around t4. The line in the middle of Earth that divides it into north and sout
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  1. A tall iron tower found in Paris, France
  2. A big area of land with mountains, rivers, and cities
  3. The tool on a map that shows north, south, east, and west
  4. The north–south lines on a map that help us find a place
  5. The flat picture of Earth we use to find places
  6. Meridian The imaginary line that divides Earth into east and west
  7. One of Earth’s seven huge land areas

15 Clues: The blue areas on a globe show this • Water that is all around a continent • One of Earth’s seven huge land areas • A tall, high landform with steep sides • A tall iron tower found in Paris, France • The world’s largest country by land area • The study of Earth, its people, and places • The flat picture of Earth we use to find places • ...

Eclipses 2021-05-20

Eclipses crossword puzzle
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  1. during a solar eclipse the moon is in this phase
  2. the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by the Earth or Moon in a total eclipse
  3. when the Earth's shadow completely overs the moon as seen from Earth
  4. when the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon
  5. when the Moon is at its furthest point from Earth but passes directly in front of the Sun; causes a ring around the Moon.
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  1. when the moon casts a shadow on the Earth
  2. when only part of the Moon's shadow covers the Earth
  3. during a lunar eclipse the Moon is in this phase
  4. when only part of the Earth's shadow covers the Moon
  5. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by the Earth or Moon
  6. when the moon completely covers the sun as seen from Earth
  7. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination

12 Clues: when the moon casts a shadow on the Earth • when the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon • during a lunar eclipse the Moon is in this phase • during a solar eclipse the moon is in this phase • when only part of the Moon's shadow covers the Earth • when only part of the Earth's shadow covers the Moon • when the moon completely covers the sun as seen from Earth • ...

Physical Science 2013-05-15

Physical Science crossword puzzle
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  1. /The vibration of the earth produced by the rapid release of energy.
  2. /The process of converting a liquid into a gas.
  3. /The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity. Energy is transferred through collisions from one molecule to another.
  4. /A small vary intense cyclonic storm with exceedingly high winds.
  5. /a storm produced by a cumulonimbus cloud and always accompanied by lightning and thunder.
  6. Point /The temperature to which air has to be cooled in order to reach saturation.
  7. /The transfer of energy through space by eletctromagnetic waves.
  8. /A climate with high temperatures and high annual precipitation.
  9. /The heating of Earth's surface and atmosphere from solar radiation being absorbed and emitted by the atmosphere.
  10. /A surface feature in the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction.
  11. /A measure of the average kinetic energy of individual atoms or molecules in a substance.
  12. /The solid innermost layer of Earth.
  13. /A large body of air this is characterized by similar temperatures and amonts of moisture in any given altitude.
  14. /Thermal energy transferred from one object to another.
  15. /A front along which a warm air mass overrides a retreating mass of cooler air.
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  1. /A molecule of oxygen containing thre oxygen atoms.
  2. /The thin rocky outer layer of earth.
  3. /A small earthquake that follows a main earthquake.
  4. /A seismic wave that travels along the surface of Earth.
  5. /The process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges.
  6. /The force exerted by the weight of a column of air above a given point.
  7. /The sun rays strike Earth at a smaller angle in than at the equator.
  8. /A layer beneath the the mantle of the Earth.
  9. /The sun rays are most intense and the temperatures are always warm.
  10. /A low-pressure center characterized by a counterclockwise flow of air.

25 Clues: /The solid innermost layer of Earth. • /The thin rocky outer layer of earth. • /A layer beneath the the mantle of the Earth. • /The process of converting a liquid into a gas. • /A molecule of oxygen containing thre oxygen atoms. • /A small earthquake that follows a main earthquake. • /Thermal energy transferred from one object to another. • ...

Science Crossword Puzzle 2020-11-29

Science Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another
  2. A depression in the seafloor produced by subduction
  3. A fracture along whuch the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture
  4. The science that deal with the dynamics and physical history of the earth
  5. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. The rigud outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  7. A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
  8. The planet on which we live
  9. A record produced by a seismograph
  10. wave A seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth
  11. The pointed top of a mountain
  12. Mountains are formed at
  13. What form it will make if the plates collide
  14. wave A type of elastic wave and one of the two main types of elastic body wave
  15. A long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
  16. When two plates sliding pass by each other forms
  17. Lage expanse of sea
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  1. The highly viscous, mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper mantle of earth
  2. Traces of remains ancient organisms
  3. The geographical area where a species can be found
  4. Forming or belonging to a Continent
  5. A rupture in the crust that spills hot lava
  6. Shaking of the surface of the earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the earth's lithosphere
  7. mountain range in South Asia
  8. A concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma
  9. Igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase and pyroxene materials
  10. Madre The main mountain system of Mexico
  11. The branch of chemistry that studies metals
  12. Instrument that measures and records detail of earthquake
  13. Outermost solid shell of the earth

30 Clues: Lage expanse of sea • Mountains are formed at • The planet on which we live • mountain range in South Asia • The pointed top of a mountain • A record produced by a seismograph • Outermost solid shell of the earth • Traces of remains ancient organisms • Forming or belonging to a Continent • Madre The main mountain system of Mexico • A rupture in the crust that spills hot lava • ...

Astronomy 3rd 2017-09-06

Astronomy 3rd crossword puzzle
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  1. "Dirty snowballs" in the sky made of ice, rock, and dust
  2. A big ball of rock that reflects the light from the sun; a satellite of Earth; looks like it changes shape over 30 days but its really how it reflects light
  3. North Star; star that never moves in the sky
  4. Place where astronauts from many countries can live and work in space for months at a time
  5. A meteoroid that makes it through to the ground;made of iron and rock
  6. We live in this galaxy
  7. Shapes and patterns in the sky made of stars
  8. 1969, first stepped onto the moon
  9. Frozen and stormy world, bluish in color, with the strongest winds in the solar system
  10. All the planets, moons, and other heavenly bodies that move around the sun .
  11. When the moon moves between the Earth and our Sun and casts a shadow
  12. 7th planet from sun with faint rings and more unknown
  13. Telescope that uses radio waves, which are longer than visible light rays, to learn about the universe. Gather information that cannot be seen
  14. 15 million years ago, all the matter in the universe was packed into a super-dense ball. Something cause this ball to explode which sent chunks of matter flying out into space becoming the stars, planets, and everything else in our universe.
  15. What keeps moon orbiting Earth- the force between bits of matter
  16. The first woman assigned to a space shuttle mission in 1983.
  17. Help astronomers learn about distant planets, stars, and galaxies since the 1600s!
  18. Closest planet to the sun, gets very hot and very cold depending on which side is facing the sun
  19. Season Earth has when Earth is facing away from the sun
  20. Any heavenly body that orbits another. Comes from the Latin for “attendant”
  21. What is between Mars and Jupiter that are thousands of chunks of rock and metal that are orbiting the sun.
  22. Season Earth has when Earth faces the sun
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  1. Telescope that uses concave mirror 8 ft. across to collect light from faraway stars and radios information back to Earth
  2. An idea or explanation based on the best available evidence
  3. Big comet seen in 1531, 1607, 1750s, and 1986 (you may see it around 2061) Named after the scientist that found it
  4. Telescope that uses lenses and mirrors to focus rays of visible light
  5. 3/4 of this planet is covered in water and is very cloudy; only planet that maintains life
  6. Today American astronauts fly on this to the International Space Station
  7. The first woman to walk in space in 1984 spending 3 and a half hours outside the shuttle, testing whether they could refuel a satellite in space
  8. Phase of the moon when it can’t be seen at night because its overhead during the day but the bright sunlight makes impossible to see it
  9. Carries cameras, computers, and scientific instruments far into space and sends radio signals back to Earth
  10. "Red Planet" because of the rusty iron on the planet's rocky surface
  11. 1993, She was the first Hispanic woman among the American astronauts
  12. Largest planet; mostly made of hydrogen, in liquid form on inside and gas on outside
  13. In 1961, sent the first man into space
  14. Ended its space shuttle program in 2011 but the space station remains in use housing a 6 person crew
  15. Argued that the sun, not Earth, was at the center of our solar system
  16. Second largest planet with rings made of ice, dust and rock.
  17. 1992, She flew her first shuttle mission on the Endeavour making her the first African American female astronaut
  18. Cloudy planet known as "morning star" or "evening star"

40 Clues: We live in this galaxy • 1969, first stepped onto the moon • In 1961, sent the first man into space • Season Earth has when Earth faces the sun • North Star; star that never moves in the sky • Shapes and patterns in the sky made of stars • 7th planet from sun with faint rings and more unknown • Cloudy planet known as "morning star" or "evening star" • ...

2.1 Vocabulary Assignment 2025-09-08

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

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

plate tectonics 2012-09-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. ridgs moving apart
  2. the crust forming on the ocean floor
  3. how many extremly large plates are there
  4. the evidence of the north and soth poles changing places
  5. the centre layer of the earth
  6. a mountain range is formed by the collision of plates
  7. the continents moving apart
  8. the crust sinking down
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  1. ridges moving togeather
  2. a ocean ridge in the atlantic ocean
  3. all the continents combined
  4. where the crust has sunk into the ground
  5. a plate in the pacific ocean
  6. the crust forming on the continents
  7. what we live on
  8. what island is located on the mid-atlantic ridge
  9. what land features are made from converging plates
  10. what is the top layer of the world
  11. the semi rock layer of the earth
  12. plates sliding past each other

20 Clues: what we live on • ridgs moving apart • the crust sinking down • ridges moving togeather • all the continents combined • the continents moving apart • a plate in the pacific ocean • the centre layer of the earth • plates sliding past each other • the semi rock layer of the earth • what is the top layer of the world • a ocean ridge in the atlantic ocean • ...

Humanites Crossword, Food Security/Biomes 2022-04-03

Humanites Crossword, Food Security/Biomes crossword puzzle
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  1. A triple-A factor meaning that people have enough food resources consistently.
  2. An acronym for a form of analysis that helps to describe patterns and distributions on Earth.
  3. All of the gases that surround Earth.
  4. A biome that covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface.
  5. Communities of organisms interconnecting.
  6. A SHEEPT factor based on events of the past.
  7. The water on Earth.
  8. A SHEEPT factor based on human development.
  9. A biome found mostly in the northern hemisphere and covers 3% of the Earth’s surface.
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  1. A triple-A factor meaning there is enough knowledge about food for it to be prepared and stored safely.
  2. Layers of Earth including crust, upper mantle and tectonic plates.
  3. A term that encompasses all living things on Earth.
  4. A SHEEPT factor based on government decisions.
  5. A SHEEPT factor based on money.
  6. A SHEEPT factor based on people and their connections.
  7. A triple-A factor meaning physical and economic access to food.
  8. The surname of the person who came up with a theory of global food security (yet proved incorrect/correct).
  9. A SHEEPT factor based on the natural world.

18 Clues: The water on Earth. • A SHEEPT factor based on money. • All of the gases that surround Earth. • Communities of organisms interconnecting. • A SHEEPT factor based on the natural world. • A SHEEPT factor based on human development. • A SHEEPT factor based on events of the past. • A SHEEPT factor based on government decisions. • ...

vocabulary 2013-11-18

vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves
  2. a layer of molten iron and nickle in the earth
  3. the amount of mass in a given space; mass per unit volume
  4. a rigid layer made of the uppermost layer of the mantle
  5. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  6. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel
  7. a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  8. the transfer of heat through empty space
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  1. the amount of force pushing on a surface or area
  2. the study of the planet earth
  3. the super continent
  4. the transfer of heat through a warmer object to a cooler object
  5. great land masses
  6. the transfer of heat by contact of particles of matter
  7. the process by which denser crust slides under each other
  8. a scientist who studies the forces of earth
  9. the transfer of heat by movements of a heated fluid
  10. a device that determines the distance of an object underwater
  11. layer of rock that forms outer surface
  12. the layer of the earth made of hot, solid material between earth's crust and core

20 Clues: great land masses • the super continent • the study of the planet earth • a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel • layer of rock that forms outer surface • the transfer of heat through empty space • a scientist who studies the forces of earth • a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves • a layer of molten iron and nickle in the earth • ...

Science Midterm Chapters 1-4 2025-01-02

Science Midterm Chapters 1-4 crossword puzzle
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  1. Helps to regulate the temperature of the Earth by trapping the heat from the Sun
  2. The process the Sun uses to produce energy/light
  3. The process that Sir Benjamin Thompson observed to disprove caloric
  4. The amount of matter in an object
  5. The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation
  6. Energy of motion
  7. Specific values in the equations of physics that govern the natural world
  8. Dissolves minerals, makes up over 70% of the Earth's surface and regulates the temperature of the planet
  9. The position in the solar system that keeps Earth from getting too hot or too cold
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  1. Laws that govern how nature behaves
  2. A disproved weightless gas that flowed from hot to cold objects
  3. A kind of potential energy found stored in chemical bonds
  4. The name Albert Einstein gave to particles of energy
  5. Discovered that heat is produced by kinetic energy
  6. Shield around Earth produced by its iron core that protects the Earth from solar wind
  7. How the natural world works
  8. Depends on gravity and will change based on location
  9. A kind of potential energy found in the gravitational attraction of two objetcs
  10. Stored energy
  11. Stablizies the tilt of Earth's axis

20 Clues: Stored energy • Energy of motion • How the natural world works • The amount of matter in an object • Laws that govern how nature behaves • Stablizies the tilt of Earth's axis • The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation • The process the Sun uses to produce energy/light • Discovered that heat is produced by kinetic energy • The name Albert Einstein gave to particles of energy • ...

Tectonic Plate 2025-09-02

Tectonic Plate crossword puzzle
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  1. volcano: A broad, gently sloping volcano built up by many layers of runny lava, common in places like Hawaii.
  2. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface that can erupt through volcanoes.
  3. A large landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, usually formed by tectonic forces or volcanism.
  4. core: The solid, dense, iron-rich center of Earth, surrounded by the liquid outer core.
  5. The force that squeezes or presses rocks together, often leading to folding and faulting.
  6. An area of flat, elevated land that stands above the surrounding terrain.
  7. Type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other, often causing subduction and volcanic activity.
  8. The soft, semi-molten layer of the upper mantle beneath tectonic plates where convection currents help move the plates.
  9. The process where two tectonic plates move toward and smash into each other, causing mountains to form.
  10. A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  11. The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet to support life.
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  1. A giant sea wave caused by earthquakes, underwater volcanic eruptions, or landslides.
  2. The rigid, outermost layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and the uppermost mantle, which is broken into tectonic plates.
  3. A scientist who studies rocks, minerals, and the processes that shape the Earth.
  4. A common, coarse-grained igneous rock found in continental crust.
  5. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth that forms the continents and ocean floors.
  6. Vibrations that travel through the Earth after a sudden release of energy, such as from an earthquake.
  7. A repeated sequence of events, like the rock or water cycle, that returns to the starting point.
  8. The preserved remains or traces of ancient plants or animals, typically found in sedimentary rock.
  9. The wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice.

20 Clues: The wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice. • A common, coarse-grained igneous rock found in continental crust. • The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet to support life. • An area of flat, elevated land that stands above the surrounding terrain. • Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface that can erupt through volcanoes. • ...

E&ES 2022-08-26

E&ES crossword puzzle
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  1. Who came up with the Law of Gravity
  2. The study of Earth's oceans
  3. The leftover pieces of the solar system that drift around space
  4. A graph that demonstrates the relationships of mass, luminosity, temperature, and diameter of stars
  5. The short name for the modern metric system that is used internationally
  6. The lighter shadow created between the Moon and Earth that gives the region a view to a partial Solar or Lunar Eclipse
  7. The manipulated factor of a experiment
  8. How many planets orbit around the Sun?
  9. The gravitational pull from the ___, is what causes the high and low tides on Earth
  10. This Earth system acts as a blanket to living organisms by protecting them from the Sun's harmful radiation
  11. What illusion is created when a white light shines through a prism?
  12. The darkest shadow created between the Moon and Earth that gives the region a view to a total Solar or Lunar Eclipse
  13. This planet is known for it's rings
  14. The vertical parallel lines that go across the North to South poles
  15. The horizontal parallel lines that go across the West to East meridians.
  16. The only dwarf planet that orbits our Sun
  17. The result of the manipulated factor
  18. The ground up rock that makes up the moon's surface
  19. The study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere
  20. The Earth's tilt and revolution around the Sun causes the four _______
  21. The study of the Earth's air
  22. A phenomenon that occurs when the moon passes through Earth's shadow
  23. This Earth system makes up all of the water on the planet
  24. A phenomenon that occurs when the Moon passes in the directly between Earth and the Sun
  25. The most commonly used scientific telescopes
Down
  1. A map that graphs lines of latitude and longitude across the globe
  2. The study of Earth's materials and processes
  3. The longest waves on the electromagnetic spectrum
  4. The brightness of an object would have at a distance of 10 parsecs
  5. The planet closest to our Sun
  6. The shortest waves on the electromagnetic spectrum
  7. The description of how bright a star appears
  8. This Earth system is home to all of Earth's living organisms
  9. When using the equation mass/volume you will find the _______ of a substance.
  10. The coldest planet in our solar system
  11. Two starts that are bound together and orbit a common center
  12. A group of stars that create lines looking like images of things
  13. The largest planet in our solar system
  14. Scientific tools that become beneficial to society
  15. The dependent variable is often found on the _-____ of a graph
  16. What is the most accepted theory of how our moon came to be?
  17. This Earth system that makes up its outer shell and contains the crust and mantle
  18. The amount of sunlight that reflects off of the moon's surface
  19. The independent variable is often found on the _-____ of a graph
  20. The only planet in our solar system home to living organsisms

45 Clues: The study of Earth's oceans • The study of the Earth's air • The planet closest to our Sun • Who came up with the Law of Gravity • This planet is known for it's rings • The result of the manipulated factor • The coldest planet in our solar system • The manipulated factor of a experiment • How many planets orbit around the Sun? • The largest planet in our solar system • ...

Genesis Chapter 7 2024-03-12

Genesis Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - And the ___ of heaven were opened
  2. - All that was on the ___ land, died.
  3. - The number of people who were on the ark
  4. - And the waters ___ on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
  5. - You shall take with you seven each of every clean ___,
  6. - So He destroyed all ___ things which were on the face of the ground:
  7. - The number of unclean animals (male and female) that Noah brought into the ark
  8. - All the high hills under the whole heaven were ___
Down
  1. - The waters increased and ___ up the ark,
  2. - On that day all the fountains of the great deep were ___ up,
  3. - And I will ___ from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.
  4. - For after ___ more days I will cause it to rain on the earth...
  5. - And all flesh died that moved on the earth
  6. - And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and ___ days
  7. - Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained ___
  8. - And Noah did according to all that the ___ commanded him

16 Clues: - And the ___ of heaven were opened • - All that was on the ___ land, died. • - The waters increased and ___ up the ark, • - The number of people who were on the ark • - And all flesh died that moved on the earth • - All the high hills under the whole heaven were ___ • - You shall take with you seven each of every clean ___, • ...

Genesis Chapter 7 2024-03-12

Genesis Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - And the ___ of heaven were opened
  2. - All that was on the ___ land, died.
  3. - The number of people who were on the ark
  4. - And the waters ___ on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
  5. - You shall take with you seven each of every clean ___,
  6. - So He destroyed all ___ things which were on the face of the ground:
  7. - The number of unclean animals (male and female) that Noah brought into the ark
  8. - All the high hills under the whole heaven were ___
Down
  1. - The waters increased and ___ up the ark,
  2. - On that day all the fountains of the great deep were ___ up,
  3. - And I will ___ from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.
  4. - For after ___ more days I will cause it to rain on the earth...
  5. - And all flesh died that moved on the earth
  6. - And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and ___ days
  7. - Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained ___
  8. - And Noah did according to all that the ___ commanded him

16 Clues: - And the ___ of heaven were opened • - All that was on the ___ land, died. • - The waters increased and ___ up the ark, • - The number of people who were on the ark • - And all flesh died that moved on the earth • - All the high hills under the whole heaven were ___ • - You shall take with you seven each of every clean ___, • ...

Geology Crossword 2015-03-17

Geology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ground shakes
  2. it shoots out lava
  3. the earth's positions of continents surface that have changed in time
  4. when a earthquake occurs it does the less damage
  5. how high the earthquake was measured
  6. when an earthquake occurs you can feel the earth vibrate
Down
  1. in the layers of the earth it makes a U-shape bending-downwards
  2. it is on the earth's surface and can fit together like a puzzle
  3. in the layers of the earth that is bending-upwards
  4. it is a object that measure the magnitude
  5. it is the last layer of the earth
  6. it records earthquakes measure their magnitude
  7. there a crack appears on the earth surfaces and rocks can move
  8. when an earthquake occurs it knocks down buildings and more damage

14 Clues: the ground shakes • it shoots out lava • it is the last layer of the earth • how high the earthquake was measured • it is a object that measure the magnitude • it records earthquakes measure their magnitude • when a earthquake occurs it does the less damage • in the layers of the earth that is bending-upwards • when an earthquake occurs you can feel the earth vibrate • ...

Mechanism Of Plate movement 2025-07-09

Mechanism Of Plate movement crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a Theory Proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. waves that only pass through solids
  3. the two supercontinent, the precursor to Asia
  4. the final layer of the earth
  5. a resistance force that resists movement of lithospheric plates
  6. waves that only travel through the inner layers
  7. Earth's first supercontinent
Down
  1. the third layer of the earth
  2. A geologist who proposed the seafloor spreading theory
  3. the first layer of the earth
  4. waves that pass through liquid and solid
  5. waves that only travel on the surface
  6. the second layer of the earth
  7. the two supercontinent, which is present-Day Africa

14 Clues: the third layer of the earth • the first layer of the earth • the final layer of the earth • Earth's first supercontinent • the second layer of the earth • a Theory Proposed by Alfred Wegener • waves that only pass through solids • waves that only travel on the surface • waves that pass through liquid and solid • the two supercontinent, the precursor to Asia • ...

science chapter 8 2025-11-07

science chapter 8 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an irregular rocky object in orbit around the sun
  2. less dense shadow of an eclipse
  3. satellites placed into orbit by humans
  4. the time a planet takes to revolve around the sun
  5. model of the universe with earth at the center
  6. the different shapes of the moon as seen from earth
  7. the total or partial covering of one celestial body by another
  8. the line connecting the north and south poles
Down
  1. earth like and rocky planets
  2. full dark shadow of an eclipse
  3. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
  4. one complete orbit around the sun
  5. when the moon blocks sunlight from earth
  6. oval shape
  7. relating to the sky or space

15 Clues: oval shape • earth like and rocky planets • relating to the sky or space • full dark shadow of an eclipse • less dense shadow of an eclipse • one complete orbit around the sun • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune • satellites placed into orbit by humans • when the moon blocks sunlight from earth • the line connecting the north and south poles • ...

Geography 2024-08-28

Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. latitude that divides the northern and southern hemispheres
  2. at the bottom of the Earth
  3. large amount of water that flows over land
  4. large piece of land surrounded by water
  5. longitude that divides the eastern and western hemispheres
  6. 7 largest bodies of water
  7. at the top of the Earth
  8. smaller than a river
  9. very high
Down
  1. part of the shore that is often covered with sand
  2. 5 large land masses on Earth
  3. flat and covered with grass
  4. dry land covered with sand
  5. half of a sphere
  6. smaller than a lake
  7. water surrounded by land
  8. study of the Earth's surface
  9. smaller than oceans

18 Clues: very high • half of a sphere • smaller than a lake • smaller than oceans • smaller than a river • at the top of the Earth • water surrounded by land • 7 largest bodies of water • at the bottom of the Earth • dry land covered with sand • flat and covered with grass • 5 large land masses on Earth • study of the Earth's surface • large piece of land surrounded by water • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2017-08-01

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary that seperates the crust and the mantle
  2. he proposed the Seafloor Spreading together with Dietz
  3. core:It is made up of solid iron and nickel
  4. remains or traces of organisms from the remote past
  5. outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth
  6. that can only travel through the surface of the Earth
  7. a Greek word which means "All Earth"
  8. seismic waves are recorded
  9. wave that cause the most damage to structures during an earthquake
  10. deposits: evidence that leads to the idea that Antartica once experienced a tropical climate
  11. evidence where the rock formations in Africa line up with that in South America as if it was a mountain range
Down
  1. the outermost rigid shell
  2. the process in which the crust plunges back into earth
  3. branch of geology that deals with the that shaprs the Earth's crust
  4. the force that drives the plates to move around
  5. boundary
  6. pull: is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction
  7. Gondwanaland and ______ are the two smaller supercontinent
  8. during this period Pangaea started to break into two smaller supercontinents
  9. seafloor: destroyed at the subduction zone and melts in the mantle

20 Clues: boundary • the outermost rigid shell • seismic waves are recorded • a Greek word which means "All Earth" • outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth • core:It is made up of solid iron and nickel • the force that drives the plates to move around • boundary that seperates the crust and the mantle • remains or traces of organisms from the remote past • ...

Geomorphology 2024-09-19

Geomorphology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the central part of the earth
  2. the portion of the earth lying between the crust and core
  3. The ______ Cycle
  4. rock made from cooled magma
  5. transformed igneous or sedimentary rock caused by heat and pressure
  6. process through which small pieces break off rock
  7. the outer layer of the earth
  8. the bowl shaped valley around the opening of a volcano
  9. melted rock once it reaches earths surface
Down
  1. igneous rock that forms above earths crust
  2. plates massive areas in the earths crust that move
  3. hot, melted rock within the earth
  4. Pieces of rock carried away after they have been loosened by weathering
  5. bits of sand, animal matter, or plant remains
  6. igneous rock that forms under the earths crust
  7. rock made from sediment that is layered then compacted

16 Clues: The ______ Cycle • rock made from cooled magma • the outer layer of the earth • the central part of the earth • hot, melted rock within the earth • igneous rock that forms above earths crust • melted rock once it reaches earths surface • bits of sand, animal matter, or plant remains • igneous rock that forms under the earths crust • ...

Earth, Sun and Moon CW 1 2022-03-07

Earth, Sun and Moon CW 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a location’s distance north or south of the equator
  2. one of the two days of the year in which the length of the day is equal to the length of the night
  3. when one celestial body blocks light from another
  4. the part of Earth located north of the equator
  5. to spin around an axis
  6. the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere that can be seen during a total solar eclipse
  7. the part of Earth located south of the equator
  8. type of eclipse that occurs when Earth or the Moon fully blocks light from the Sun
  9. type of eclipse that occurs when Earth or the Moon partially blocks light from the Sun
  10. In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs around _________ 21
  11. Four divisions of the year marked by weather patterns and daylight hours
Down
  1. the amount of solar energy striking a location in a single hour
  2. to move around another object
  3. the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place
  4. In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs around ________ 21
  5. amount of energy from the Sun that a location receives in a day.
  6. the shortest day of the year
  7. the longest day of the year
  8. type of eclipse that occurs when the view of the Sun from Earth is blocked by the moon
  9. type of eclipse that occurs when the moon moves into Earth’s shadow
  10. the measure of how cold or hot something is
  11. an imaginary line around which an object rotates

22 Clues: to spin around an axis • the longest day of the year • the shortest day of the year • to move around another object • the measure of how cold or hot something is • the part of Earth located north of the equator • the part of Earth located south of the equator • an imaginary line around which an object rotates • when one celestial body blocks light from another • ...

Journey to the center of the Earth 2021-02-15

Journey to the center of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who believes that the stories by Jules Verne are true(based on facts).
  2. Hannah was almost eaten by carnivore(meat-eating) ...
  3. They need to get to the … within the next 48 hours
  4. Sean & Trevor were chased by a ...
  5. A temperature scale used in the US
  6. A green and beautiful rock
  7. They walked through a forest filled with huge ...
  8. Hot temperature makes water ...
  9. In order to cross the underworld ocean, they must build a …
Down
  1. The profession of Sean’s uncle
  2. something that rises quickly
  3. Sean gave the old Italian farmer a ...
  4. The nationality of the author is
  5. A word used for the center of the Earth
  6. A … gives them a smooth landing after falling thousands of kilometers
  7. A red and beautiful rock
  8. Sean uses a … to find his way to the geyser
  9. A … is an opening in the earth’s crust through which lava, volcanic ash and gases escape.
  10. They meet several animals that have been … for millions of years

19 Clues: A red and beautiful rock • A green and beautiful rock • something that rises quickly • The profession of Sean’s uncle • Hot temperature makes water ... • The nationality of the author is • Sean & Trevor were chased by a ... • A temperature scale used in the US • Sean gave the old Italian farmer a ... • A word used for the center of the Earth • ...

Crossword in the Earth 2022-09-11

Crossword in the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It is elastic
  2. Dead cells
  3. Produces oil
  4. Older skin has this
  5. It is in the third layer at your skin
Down
  1. Thin tube around hairs
  2. Sweat goes out here
  3. Things that can keep you warm
  4. Under the pore
  5. Things you have twenty of
  6. Hair grows there
  7. A chemical that skin has

12 Clues: Dead cells • Produces oil • It is elastic • Under the pore • Hair grows there • Sweat goes out here • Older skin has this • Thin tube around hairs • A chemical that skin has • Things you have twenty of • Things that can keep you warm • It is in the third layer at your skin

Investigating the Changing Earth 2023-01-16

Investigating the Changing Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot melted rock that cools on the earth's surface
  2. a solid inorganic substance of natural occurance
  3. gray black magnetic mineral that is an oxide
  4. a sea wave of a large volume of displaced water
  5. sudden violent shaking of the ground
  6. opening of the earth's crust which lava erupts
Down
  1. an even that can cause a rapid change in land
  2. a natural feature of the earth's surface
  3. magma(molten rock) emergingas liquid onto earth
  4. rock formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces
  5. rock formed from magma and composed of crystals
  6. causes rock to break down

12 Clues: causes rock to break down • sudden violent shaking of the ground • a natural feature of the earth's surface • gray black magnetic mineral that is an oxide • an even that can cause a rapid change in land • rock formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces • opening of the earth's crust which lava erupts • magma(molten rock) emergingas liquid onto earth • ...

The Movement of Earth 2021-10-26

The Movement of Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. best core 6-1 science teacher
  2. 24 hours
  3. the study of Earth, stars, and other objects
  4. 365 days
  5. one object moving around another object
  6. spinning motion
Down
  1. separates the northern&southern hemispheres
  2. the force that keeps planets in orbit
  3. Earth's path around the sun
  4. the hemisphere in which we live
  5. imaginary line passing through the N & S poles
  6. Sterling High School mascot

12 Clues: 24 hours • 365 days • spinning motion • Earth's path around the sun • Sterling High School mascot • best core 6-1 science teacher • the hemisphere in which we live • the force that keeps planets in orbit • one object moving around another object • separates the northern&southern hemispheres • the study of Earth, stars, and other objects • ...

Layers of the Earth 2021-10-14

Layers of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Waves of Energy caused by eathquakes and other rock movement.
  2. Molten or melted rock that reaches Earth's surface.
  3. The top and thinnest layer of earth, similar to the skin of an apple.
  4. Solid outer section of the Earth, which includes the crust.
  5. layer of rock which forms the continents, mostly thicker granite
  6. solid and most dense layer of Earth, made of iron and nickel; creates the magnetic field.
  7. The second largest (thickest) layer of Earth that is liquid iron and nickel.
Down
  1. melted rock below Earth's surface.
  2. The thickest layer of Earth, underneath the crust, composed of magnesium and iron.
  3. Layer of dense, semi molten (plastic like) material and the crust moves.
  4. Thin layer of crust that overlies the ocean basins, mostly thinner basalt rock.
  5. A flow of fluid or air due to heating and cooling of the fluid or air.

12 Clues: melted rock below Earth's surface. • Molten or melted rock that reaches Earth's surface. • Solid outer section of the Earth, which includes the crust. • Waves of Energy caused by eathquakes and other rock movement. • layer of rock which forms the continents, mostly thicker granite • The top and thinnest layer of earth, similar to the skin of an apple. • ...

Layers of the Earth 2021-10-14

Layers of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Waves of Energy caused by eathquakes and other rock movement.
  2. Molten or melted rock that reaches Earth's surface.
  3. The top and thinnest layer of earth, similar to the skin of an apple.
  4. Solid outer section of the Earth, which includes the crust.
  5. layer of rock which forms the continents, mostly thicker granite
  6. solid and most dense layer of Earth, made of iron and nickel; creates the magnetic field.
  7. The second largest (thickest) layer of Earth that is liquid iron and nickel.
Down
  1. melted rock below Earth's surface.
  2. The thickest layer of Earth, underneath the crust, composed of magnesium and iron.
  3. Layer of dense, semi molten (plastic like) material and the crust moves.
  4. Thin layer of crust that overlies the ocean basins, mostly thinner basalt rock.
  5. A flow of fluid or air due to heating and cooling of the fluid or air.

12 Clues: melted rock below Earth's surface. • Molten or melted rock that reaches Earth's surface. • Solid outer section of the Earth, which includes the crust. • Waves of Energy caused by eathquakes and other rock movement. • layer of rock which forms the continents, mostly thicker granite • The top and thinnest layer of earth, similar to the skin of an apple. • ...

Layers of the Earth 2023-01-30

Layers of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the thickness of the mantle?
  2. What is the thickness of the outer core?
  3. the thinnest layer of the earth.
  4. the largest layer of the earth.
  5. the layer of the earth that is made of liquid iron and nickel.
  6. The layer that has tectonic plates.
  7. How many layers of the earth are there?
  8. The layer of the earth that is the top of the mantle and the crust.
Down
  1. What is the thickness of the inner core?
  2. What is the thickness of the crust?
  3. the layer that has convection currents in it.
  4. The layer of the earth that is made of solid iron.
  5. The area inside of the mantle that has ________ currents.
  6. The layer that is right underneath the lithosphere.

14 Clues: the largest layer of the earth. • the thinnest layer of the earth. • What is the thickness of the crust? • The layer that has tectonic plates. • What is the thickness of the mantle? • How many layers of the earth are there? • What is the thickness of the inner core? • What is the thickness of the outer core? • the layer that has convection currents in it. • ...

The Earth and Rocks 2014-05-06

The Earth and Rocks crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these rocks are formed by changing existing rocks
  2. a theory that suggested that the surface of the Earth is formed by a series of sudden catastrophes.
  3. a belief by many religions that the Earth is created by God or gods
  4. rock that usually contain fossils
  5. these are made of grains and contain mixture of minerals e.g. basalt, granite, marble, limestone
  6. molten rock on the surface of the earth crust
  7. a conical hill or mountain formed eruption of magma
Down
  1. a theory that suggested that we might be able to find out about the origin of ancient rocks by studying 'present-day' events.
  2. these rocks are formed by the cooling down of magma and lava
  3. these are imprint of the remain of dead plants and animals
  4. this is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
  5. molten rock within the earth crust

12 Clues: rock that usually contain fossils • molten rock within the earth crust • molten rock on the surface of the earth crust • these rocks are formed by changing existing rocks • a conical hill or mountain formed eruption of magma • this is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces • these are imprint of the remain of dead plants and animals • ...

Exploring The Earth & Space 2014-10-16

Exploring The Earth & Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The planet we live on.
  2. We can use this to look into space.
  3. A scary, little animal that lives in a web.
  4. Something very big and tall. It is cold at the top. (made of rock?)
  5. Like a planet but smaller (it goes around our planet)
Down
  1. a kind of ship that takes us into space.
  2. someone who goes into space.
  3. A place with many wild animals and trees.
  4. A bright shiny thing in space.
  5. A country where they speak English.
  6. A big place where fish live.
  7. A word meaning everything made by the Earth.

12 Clues: The planet we live on. • someone who goes into space. • A big place where fish live. • A bright shiny thing in space. • We can use this to look into space. • A country where they speak English. • a kind of ship that takes us into space. • A place with many wild animals and trees. • A scary, little animal that lives in a web. • A word meaning everything made by the Earth. • ...

Spheres of the Earth 2022-03-04

Spheres of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Life sphere
  2. Local/day-to-day changes
  3. Air/gas sphere
  4. Rock/earth sphere
  5. Carried away
  6. Deposited somewhere else
  7. Large area/ long periods
Down
  1. water sphere
  2. outer layer of atmosphere
  3. Layer that has weather
  4. Broken Down
  5. Makes tunes excellently

12 Clues: Life sphere • Broken Down • water sphere • Carried away • Air/gas sphere • Rock/earth sphere • Layer that has weather • Makes tunes excellently • Local/day-to-day changes • Deposited somewhere else • Large area/ long periods • outer layer of atmosphere

Layer's of the Earth 2022-01-20

Layer's of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the central part of earth's core
  2. crust thickest of two types of crust
  3. this type of boundary occurs when two plates slide sideways past each other
  4. a thick mass of igneous rock which lies under the ocean floor
  5. measure of heat or coolness
  6. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  7. outermost solid part of the earth
  8. the layer of earth between the crust and the core
Down
  1. the outermost layer of the core
  2. a current in a fluid that results from convection
  3. this type of boundary occurs when two or more plates combine
  4. this type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other

12 Clues: measure of heat or coolness • the outermost layer of the core • the central part of earth's core • outermost solid part of the earth • crust thickest of two types of crust • a current in a fluid that results from convection • the layer of earth between the crust and the core • this type of boundary occurs when two or more plates combine • ...

Seasons of the Earth 2024-03-08

Seasons of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another word some people use for this season is autumn.
  2. When the Moon, Sun, and, Earth align and the moon passes into the Earth's shadow.
  3. You may experience heavy snow, freezing temperatures, and wind chill in this season.
  4. Occurs at the moment the earth's tilt toward the sun is at a maximum.
  5. _________ form over the ocean, often beginning as a tropical wave.
Down
  1. A period of the year that is known by special conditions.
  2. The hottest season of the year.
  3. Occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun.
  4. We call the Earth's orbit shape, _______.
  5. The long-term weather conditions in a region.
  6. During a _____ ______, it gets dimmer outside as the Sun is covered by the Moon.
  7. _______ happens right after the winter months.
  8. Happens 2 times a year when we have "nearly" equal daylight and darkness..

13 Clues: The hottest season of the year. • We call the Earth's orbit shape, _______. • The long-term weather conditions in a region. • _______ happens right after the winter months. • Another word some people use for this season is autumn. • A period of the year that is known by special conditions. • _________ form over the ocean, often beginning as a tropical wave. • ...

Caring for the Earth 2025-05-02

Caring for the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the Scriptures speak of the natural world as though it is a _______
  2. moderation is only using what we _____
  3. living in unity with people in all parts of the world
  4. along with dominion over creation, God also gave us _____________
  5. a letter written by the pope and sent to the whole Church and sometimes the whole world that expresses Church teaching on a specific and important issue
Down
  1. Jesus saw the _________ in God's creation
  2. only using what we need
  3. control or rule
  4. we are called to do what we can to protect and care for the ______________
  5. care for creation is an important principle of __________ Social Teaching
  6. God cares for us with love and _______
  7. God wants us to lovingly ______ for everything in the world around us

12 Clues: control or rule • only using what we need • moderation is only using what we _____ • God cares for us with love and _______ • Jesus saw the _________ in God's creation • living in unity with people in all parts of the world • along with dominion over creation, God also gave us _____________ • the Scriptures speak of the natural world as though it is a _______ • ...

INTERIOR OF THE EARTH 2024-06-16

INTERIOR OF THE EARTH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the waves are not reported
  2. the interior beyond the crust
  3. travelling through the body of the earth.
  4. cooling in the crust
  5. not the same at different latitudes on the surface
Down
  1. constantly shaping the landscape.
  2. the largest of all the volcanoes on the earth
  3. Gold mines in South Africa
  4. The magnitude scale
  5. recognised as volcanic earthquake
  6. magmatic material that cools in the deeper depth of the crust
  7. the energy is released inside the earth

12 Clues: The magnitude scale • cooling in the crust • the waves are not reported • Gold mines in South Africa • the interior beyond the crust • constantly shaping the landscape. • recognised as volcanic earthquake • the energy is released inside the earth • travelling through the body of the earth. • the largest of all the volcanoes on the earth • ...

Realms of the earth 2025-02-05

Realms of the earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. largest continent
  2. name of mountains separating europe from asia
  3. largest desert in the world
  4. Sphere made of rocks, soil, and land.
  5. The ocean between south america and Africa
  6. largest mountain in Europe
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  1. Sphere made of air
  2. Sphere made of water
  3. 71% of the earth is covered with this
  4. solid uppermost layer of earth's crust
  5. longest river in the world
  6. largest ocean in the world

12 Clues: largest continent • Sphere made of air • Sphere made of water • longest river in the world • largest ocean in the world • largest mountain in Europe • largest desert in the world • 71% of the earth is covered with this • Sphere made of rocks, soil, and land. • solid uppermost layer of earth's crust • The ocean between south america and Africa • ...

Layers of the earth 2025-12-09

Layers of the earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name Nickel on he periodic table.
  2. The reason the cTectonic plates to the center.
  3. this plate type is the least dense and has granite.
  4. S-waves can't travel through this layer.
  5. this type of plate is denser and has basalt.
  6. The name for iron on the periodic table.
  7. these waves can't travel through liquid.
Down
  1. the densest layer, and in the center.
  2. these waves can travel through anything.
  3. What makes earthquakes.
  4. thickist layer and is semi-molten.
  5. least dense layer and on the outside.

12 Clues: What makes earthquakes. • Name Nickel on he periodic table. • thickist layer and is semi-molten. • the densest layer, and in the center. • least dense layer and on the outside. • these waves can travel through anything. • S-waves can't travel through this layer. • The name for iron on the periodic table. • these waves can't travel through liquid. • ...

Glossary 2023-02-01

Glossary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Describes species that no longer exist.
  2. Hazardous waste causing danger.
  3. Natural environments absorbing waste.
  4. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth
  5. Part of Earth in which life exists.
  6. The surroundings in which organisms live.
  7. another planet.
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  1. Humans are the superior species.
  2. The natural environment of an organism.
  3. All the water on earth.
  4. The variety of life in the world.
  5. The solid, outer layer of the earth.
  6. Harmful materials put into the environment.

13 Clues: another planet. • All the water on earth. • Hazardous waste causing danger. • Humans are the superior species. • The variety of life in the world. • Part of Earth in which life exists. • The solid, outer layer of the earth. • Natural environments absorbing waste. • The natural environment of an organism. • Describes species that no longer exist. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Trench, Long, narrow depressions on the sea floor
  2. An area where an oceanic plate sinks down into the Asthenosphere
  3. Volcano, Volcanoes along the shoreline, usually formed by convergent boundaries
  4. A boundary between two colliding Tectonic Plates
  5. Wegener, The scientist that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  6. A boundary that causes plates to slide past each other
  7. A boundary where two Tectonic Plates move away from each other
  8. A supercontinent
  9. The rigid and outermost layer of the Earth
  10. The center of the Earth
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  1. Crust, The outer layer of the Earth's lithosphere
  2. Mountains, Mountains that are formed by the effects of folding on layers
  3. The Southern half of the Pangea that existed over 300 million years ago
  4. Striation, Scratches that are lodged onto a piece of land due to Glaciers moving
  5. The thinnest layer of the Earth
  6. The layer of the Earth between the Crust and the Core
  7. Caused by Convergent Boundaries, also occurs around fault lines
  8. Ridge, A seafloor mountain system that can be formed by plate tectonics
  9. Crust, The upper layer of the oceanic portion of a Tectonic Plate
  10. Valley, A lowland region formed by plate tectonics

20 Clues: A supercontinent • The center of the Earth • The thinnest layer of the Earth • The rigid and outermost layer of the Earth • A boundary between two colliding Tectonic Plates • Crust, The outer layer of the Earth's lithosphere • Trench, Long, narrow depressions on the sea floor • Valley, A lowland region formed by plate tectonics • ...

Solar System 2021-12-16

Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the moon does this with sunlight
  2. the distance light travels in 1 year
  3. circle another object
  4. spin on an axis
  5. solar energy is thermal and what other type of energy
  6. the force that brought everything together
  7. path an object follows when revolving around another object
  8. between new moon and quarter moon
  9. a start and everything caught in its gravity
  10. when the shaded side of the moon is increasing
Down
  1. when we see half the lighted side and half the shadow side of the moon
  2. when we see 100% of the lighted side of the moon
  3. how long it takes the earth to orbit the sun
  4. another way to say heat energy
  5. made of billions of solar systems
  6. how many days it takes the moon to orbit the earth
  7. when all we see from Earth is the shadow part of the moon
  8. line that circle around the middle of the Earth
  9. between a quarter and full moon
  10. made of billions of galaxies
  11. when the lighted side of the moon is increasing
  12. the only thing that creates light in a solar system
  13. imaginary line through the middle of a planet

23 Clues: spin on an axis • circle another object • made of billions of galaxies • another way to say heat energy • between a quarter and full moon • the moon does this with sunlight • made of billions of solar systems • between new moon and quarter moon • the distance light travels in 1 year • the force that brought everything together • how long it takes the earth to orbit the sun • ...

Greek Roots - bio, log/logy, archae/archa, geo, dem, cracy/crat/critic 2021-10-29

Greek Roots - bio, log/logy, archae/archa, geo, dem, cracy/crat/critic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of the earth
  2. math that measures the features of earth
  3. a place where historical documents are kept
  4. a contagious diseases that affects many people
  5. belonging to an ancient time period
  6. the existence of different types of life in an environment
  7. the study of word origins
  8. removal of living tissue from someone's body
  9. statistics of populations
  10. a leader of a popular faction or mob (negative term)
  11. the study of religion
  12. an old phrase or expression
  13. the study of one's family history
  14. electric phenomena in living things
  15. the study of living things
  16. the part of earth in which life can exist
  17. the best ruler
  18. behaving in a way that judges yourself to be above the rules
  19. a written account of a person's life
  20. a government ruled by the people
  21. a state when people are noisy and hard to control
  22. a listing of words
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  1. the production of light by a living thing
  2. helpful interaction between two living things
  3. a person who studies ancient human history
  4. a study of the location of countries, cities, mountains, etc.
  5. the study of diseases
  6. found among particular people in an area
  7. words spoken between people
  8. of an earth centered universe
  9. a government with one person in ultimate power
  10. a typical primitive/old example of something
  11. natural heat produced inside the earth
  12. one who passes judgement
  13. a hazard to life

35 Clues: the best ruler • a hazard to life • a listing of words • the study of diseases • the study of religion • the study of the earth • one who passes judgement • the study of word origins • statistics of populations • the study of living things • words spoken between people • an old phrase or expression • of an earth centered universe • a government ruled by the people • ...

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration 2023-10-04

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first step of photosynthesis, uses sunlight to split H2O and make ATP and NADPH, O2 is released
  2. process of using light energy to make glucose, starts with CO2 and H2O and ends with C6H12O6 and O2
  3. sphere of earth, all the water on earth
  4. second step of photosynthesis, uses energy in ATP and NADPH to make glucose from CO2
  5. sphere of earth, all the gases surrounding earth
  6. adenosine diphosphate, uncharged energy storage molecule with 2 phosphates
  7. organelle-site of photosynthesis
  8. nutrient, used in proteins and nucleic acids must be fixed 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 and O2 ends with O2 and H2O
  2. anything that has mass and takes up space; makes up everything
  3. second step of aerobic respiration, 2 types include alcoholic and lactic acid
  4. pigment in chloroplasts, used to trap light energy during photosynthesis
  5. first step of aerobic respiration
  6. nutrient, used in phosphates of nucleic acids and phospholipids of membranes, often limited
  7. substances at the beginning of a chemical reaction, changed into products
  8. sphere of earth, all the soil and rocks 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: organelle-site of photosynthesis • first step of aerobic respiration • sphere of earth, all the water on earth • sphere of earth, all the soil and rocks on earth • sphere of earth, all the gases surrounding earth • describes a situation in which oxygen is present • anything that has mass and takes up space; makes up everything • ...

Chapter 5 2023-11-15

Chapter 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mountain that forms in Earth's crust when molten material reaches the surface
  2. Mountain ranges that form along the sea floor
  3. The transfer of heat through movement of fluid
  4. The scientist that came up with one of the first ideas of Pangaea
  5. The idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth
  6. Where plates move toward each other
  7. The major pieces of Earth separated by cracks
  8. Where plates move apart
  9. The continuous land masses of Earth (there are 7)
  10. The process where material continues to be added to the ocean floor
  11. A deep valley that forms when two plates diverge on land
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  1. The process by which the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle
  2. The flow that transfers heat inside of a fluid
  3. the middle layer of Earth
  4. A valley under the water where subduction occurs
  5. The theory that states that Earth's plates are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  6. Where plates move past each other
  7. A super continent that existed 200-300 million years ago
  8. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  9. Breaks in the crust where rocks have moved past each other

20 Clues: Where plates move apart • the middle layer of Earth • Where plates move past each other • Where plates move toward each other • Mountain ranges that form along the sea floor • The major pieces of Earth separated by cracks • The flow that transfers heat inside of a fluid • The transfer of heat through movement of fluid • A valley under the water where subduction occurs • ...

Tectonic plates and the geosphere 2024-01-09

Tectonic plates and the geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that move towards each other
  2. heat transfer through the movement of either liquid or gas.
  3. smooshing together
  4. a particular hot spot that liquifies the lithosphere and makes a volcano
  5. an opening in which material removal forms a narrow opening in the ground.
  6. solid outermost layer of the earth. the crust is subdivided into the continental crust (dry land) and the oceanic crust (the wet crust)
  7. Boundaries the border between two plates
  8. The solid top most layer of earth. It includes the crust and the upper mantle.
  9. Volcanoes a line that is a volcano (a crack in the earth that lava comes out of.
  10. plates that move away from each other
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  1. a mountain that lava spews out of.
  2. consequences of plate movement
  3. 2 plate boundaries moving side to side and scraping against each other
  4. gooey melted rock that is under the lithosphere
  5. tectonic plates shaking
  6. mantle the thin uppermost part of the mantle. It is solid.
  7. innermost layer of the earth
  8. liquid metal and rock (iron and nickel)
  9. a break in the earth's crust and where 2 plates meet
  10. a continental and oceanic plate collide and the oceanic plate goes under the other

20 Clues: smooshing together • tectonic plates shaking • innermost layer of the earth • consequences of plate movement • a mountain that lava spews out of. • plates that move towards each other • plates that move away from each other • liquid metal and rock (iron and nickel) • Boundaries the border between two plates • gooey melted rock that is under the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-09-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is another phrase we use to describe divergent oceanic-oceanic boundaries?
  2. What layer of the earth contains convection currents?
  3. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates pull apart from one another?
  4. What do we call the cracks in the earth formed by earthquakes?
  5. What occurs at every type of plate boundary?
  6. What do we call the process of one plate moving under another at convergent plate boundaries?
  7. The earth is made up of how many major tectonic plates?
  8. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past one another?
  9. What do we call the vibrations sent through the earth by earthquakes?
Down
  1. What forms because of seafloor spreading?
  2. What do we call the circular motion of molten rock that pushes the plates?
  3. What is formed ONLY by continental-continental divergent plate boundaries?
  4. What do we call the place under the earth's surface where an earthquake originates?
  5. What do we call the place on earth's surface where an earthquake first hits?
  6. What is formed at convergent continental-continental boundaries?
  7. What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates push toward one another?
  8. The striped crust at divergent oceanic-oceanic boundaries show when the earth's WHAT flipped?
  9. What layer of the earth contains the tectonic plates?
  10. What are formed ONLY by oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundaries?

19 Clues: What forms because of seafloor spreading? • What occurs at every type of plate boundary? • What layer of the earth contains the tectonic plates? • What layer of the earth contains convection currents? • The earth is made up of how many major tectonic plates? • What do we call the cracks in the earth formed by earthquakes? • ...

Unit 5: Earth, Sun & Moon Patters Vocabulary 2022-11-03

Unit 5: Earth, Sun & Moon Patters Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A natural satellite that orbits a planet; some planets have zero and some have many
  2. One complete spin on the axis. Ex: Earth makes one rotation every day for 24 hours.
  3. The regular rise and fall of water levels along the shore, caused by the Moon’s gravitational force.
  4. The third planet from the sun and the only planet in the solar system where life exists.
  5. The four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to varied amounts of sunlight (both intensity and number of daylight hours received)
  6. Solstice in June, Winter Solstice in December
  7. The appearance of the moon getting larger after a New Moon.
  8. motion The way something appears, or seems to move. Ex: Things do not always move in the same direction as their apparent motion.
  9. (moon) cycle The apparent shapes of the Moon in the sky. Phases are caused by the Moon’s orbit and the amount of light reflected off the Sun. The Moon completes a lunar cycle in about 29 days.
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  1. The point where the Sun appears to reach either its highest or lowest point in the sky for the year and thus ancient astronomers came to know the day as one where the Sun appeared to stand still.
  2. An imaginary line by which a body rotates. The Earth is tilted at a 23.5 degree angle. This tilt causes our seasons.
  3. Eclipse This eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the Sun and the Earth, partially or fully blocking the Sun. Sun-Moon-Earth
  4. A complete pass around the Sun or object in space, Ex. Earth takes 365 ¼ days, or one year. Ex: The Moon’s revolution around Earth takes about 29 days/1 month
  5. The appearance of the moon getting smaller following a Full Moon
  6. Eclipse This eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon. Sun-Earth-Moon

15 Clues: Solstice in June, Winter Solstice in December • The appearance of the moon getting larger after a New Moon. • The appearance of the moon getting smaller following a Full Moon • A natural satellite that orbits a planet; some planets have zero and some have many • One complete spin on the axis. Ex: Earth makes one rotation every day for 24 hours. • ...

Lunar Cycle crossword 2023-02-26

Lunar Cycle crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The shape of the moon.
  2. ______ means less light.
  3. We always see the same side of the ____, we never see the backside.
  4. There are 8 _____ of the moon.
  5. The moon _______ around Earth.
  6. _____ is affected by the moon.
  7. One-quarter illumination on the left side.
  8. 3rd and 7th phase
  9. The moon makes _____ with its gravitational pull.
  10. _____ comes from the Latin word "luna" which means "moon".
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  1. The waning appearance of the moon.
  2. Waxing is the phase in which it makes the moon look ______.
  3. The lunar cycle is counter _________.
  4. One-quarter illumination on the right side.
  5. ______ means more light.
  6. Sunlight reflects off the nearside we call it a ____ moon.
  7. ___ moon.
  8. Each moon phase lasts about 3.5 ____.
  9. The planet the moon revolves around.
  10. The light source for the Moon and Earth.

20 Clues: ___ moon. • 3rd and 7th phase • The shape of the moon. • ______ means less light. • ______ means more light. • There are 8 _____ of the moon. • The moon _______ around Earth. • _____ is affected by the moon. • The waning appearance of the moon. • The planet the moon revolves around. • The lunar cycle is counter _________. • Each moon phase lasts about 3.5 ____. • ...

Rock & Mineral Vocabulary 2023-09-26

Rock & Mineral Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. made up of one or more minerals
  2. center part of the earth that is shaped like a round ball
  3. the shine of a mineral or how it reflects light
  4. color color left by a mineral when rubbed on another surface
  5. melted rock that is underground
  6. rocks that form from sand, shells, and other material being pushed together
  7. cloudy, some light gets through
  8. rocks from magma
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  1. no light gets through
  2. clear, can see through
  3. rocks that have been changed because of heat and pressure
  4. nonliving solid matter from the earth that has the same chemical makeup and crystal shape
  5. outer layer of the earth
  6. a person who studies rocks and minerals
  7. melted rock that comes above ground
  8. a mineral's resistance to scratching
  9. middle layer of the earth

17 Clues: rocks from magma • no light gets through • clear, can see through • outer layer of the earth • middle layer of the earth • made up of one or more minerals • melted rock that is underground • cloudy, some light gets through • melted rock that comes above ground • a mineral's resistance to scratching • a person who studies rocks and minerals • ...

Maps 2025-03-03

Maps crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Imaginary lines running east and west across the earth used to measure the distance north and south of the equator in degrees.
  2. Directions that show North,South,East and West
  3. Half of a sphere or globe
  4. Imaginary line at 23 and a half south
  5. Line of longitude at 180 degrees
  6. Shows the physical landscape of a place
  7. The line divdes the earth in half horizontally
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  1. The division of the world in to 24 time zones
  2. Imaginary line at 23 and a half north
  3. Shows the real life size of an area on a map
  4. Shows info about a climste of an area
  5. Shows info of roads,parks,trees etc
  6. 0 degrees longitude
  7. Shows all directions
  8. Map of the state and and national boundaries of a place
  9. The southern most point of the earth
  10. Imaginary lines running north and south, used to measure the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
  11. The northern most point of the earth

18 Clues: 0 degrees longitude • Shows all directions • Half of a sphere or globe • Line of longitude at 180 degrees • Shows info of roads,parks,trees etc • The southern most point of the earth • The northern most point of the earth • Imaginary line at 23 and a half north • Shows info about a climste of an area • Imaginary line at 23 and a half south • ...

Astronomy Kamyar Combadière 2016-05-31

Astronomy Kamyar Combadière crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of a famous film actor
  2. 5th planet of the solar system
  3. It can be natural or not
  4. Allows to see the planet from the earth
  5. Famous telescope in orbit
  6. Sometimes we can see it during the night
  7. First man in the space
  8. Keeps you on the earth
  9. First man on the moon
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  1. First monkey in orbit
  2. He attributs his name to some famous point
  3. When the sun is at the center
  4. Warms the earth
  5. Rock in space
  6. The planet closest to the sun
  7. A dog in the space
  8. First man who said that the sun is at the center
  9. We can find some in cinema industry

18 Clues: Rock in space • Warms the earth • A dog in the space • First monkey in orbit • First man on the moon • First man in the space • Keeps you on the earth • It can be natural or not • Famous telescope in orbit • Name of a famous film actor • When the sun is at the center • The planet closest to the sun • 5th planet of the solar system • We can find some in cinema industry • ...

Climate change puzzel 2012-11-15

Climate change puzzel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. all water on earth
  2. constent movement across earth
  3. gas Gas helps to absrob raditon
  4. matter to change in volume
  5. Cold and frosty
  6. underlie the formation of mountains
  7. gradual increase in the temperature
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  1. pulverized rock
  2. Ocean circulation
  3. Radiation from the sun
  4. outer layor of gases
  5. atmospheric boundary
  6. Warm current along equator
  7. Originating in human activity
  8. Living organisms
  9. Upper mantle of earth

16 Clues: pulverized rock • Cold and frosty • Living organisms • Ocean circulation • all water on earth • outer layor of gases • atmospheric boundary • Upper mantle of earth • Radiation from the sun • Warm current along equator • matter to change in volume • Originating in human activity • constent movement across earth • gas Gas helps to absrob raditon • underlie the formation of mountains • ...

Earth-Sun-Moon System 2022-03-18

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

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

Root Crossword Puzzle 2014-12-04

Root Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. flying above the ground
  2. science dealing with the forces of earth
  3. to convert something into vapor
  4. to modify earth for its beneficiary cause
  5. stunts performed in flight
  6. ruby silver consisting of silver sulfantimonide
Down
  1. a miniature pyramid
  2. something that requires air to live
  3. a science dealing with chemical changes in the earth
  4. having the nature of a pyramid
  5. this is combustible material
  6. a hollow crystal
  7. 2 compound consisting of 5 carbon, 6 hydrogen, and 1 oxygen, known as fool's gold
  8. to change something using air and gas
  9. math of the exact position and dimensions of earth

15 Clues: a hollow crystal • a miniature pyramid • flying above the ground • stunts performed in flight • this is combustible material • having the nature of a pyramid • to convert something into vapor • something that requires air to live • to change something using air and gas • science dealing with the forces of earth • to modify earth for its beneficiary cause • ...

Space 2014-05-28

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / A group of stars
  2. / How much matter contains
  3. / A star that flares
  4. / Center of our Solar System
  5. / A rock orbiting a sun/star
  6. Way / Our galaxy
  7. / Gaseous area surrounding a planet
  8. / Smallest particle of any element
  9. / The compactness of matter
  10. / A small frozen mass of ice and dust revolving around a sun
  11. / A cloud of gas and dust
  12. / When the view of one object is block by another object
  13. / The path that an object takes
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  1. Year / The distance a ray of light can travel
  2. / A super bright explosion of a star
  3. / We have many man made object orbiting the Earth
  4. / One orbits Earth
  5. / A group of stars, gas, and dust held by gravity
  6. / 92 known of them
  7. / An object from space that falls into the Earth
  8. / Earth is our _____
  9. / Negative particle
  10. Rays / Extremely hazardous rays
  11. / When the sun shines on us
  12. / When the moon faces us
  13. Flare / Eruptions on the Suns surface
  14. Star / A star that orbits another star
  15. Hole / Region of space from which nothing, including light, can escape

28 Clues: Way / Our galaxy • / A group of stars • / One orbits Earth • / 92 known of them • / Negative particle • / A star that flares • / Earth is our _____ • / When the moon faces us • / A cloud of gas and dust • / How much matter contains • / The compactness of matter • / When the sun shines on us • / Center of our Solar System • / A rock orbiting a sun/star • Rays / Extremely hazardous rays • ...

Space Nova Crossword Puzzle 2017-03-29

Space Nova Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Extraterrestrial life
  2. This planet is the closest planet to the sun
  3. Because of a collision, this planet has been knocked on its side
  4. This orbits the Earth is man-made
  5. This was originally a part of Earth
  6. This is when a planet turns around
  7. This planet contains life
  8. This is when a planet travels around the Sun
  9. Because of Earth's _________ the moon has not been able to float off in space
  10. This administration researches space and explores it
  11. This planet has a ring that is made from asteroids
Down
  1. This planet has a beautiful orange color
  2. This is what happens when a star dies
  3. These are trained people for space
  4. This planet is named after the God of the sea because of its dark blue
  5. This planet has a red raging storm that looks like a dot
  6. This is the closest planet to the Sun
  7. This is used to transport astronauts from Earth to space
  8. Our Milky Way is this
  9. This is a alien spacecraft

20 Clues: Extraterrestrial life • Our Milky Way is this • This planet contains life • This is a alien spacecraft • This orbits the Earth is man-made • These are trained people for space • This is when a planet turns around • This was originally a part of Earth • This is what happens when a star dies • This is the closest planet to the Sun • This planet has a beautiful orange color • ...

Sun-Earth-Moon System 2024-04-19

Sun-Earth-Moon System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sun is directly overhead at the equator and the days and nights are both 12 hours
  2. light mountainous regions on the Moon
  3. when the Earth moves between the Sun and Moon and the Moon falls in Earth's shadow
  4. Earth's spinning movement on it's axis
  5. form when space objects impact the surface of the moon
  6. the darker shadow cast on the Earth or Moon while experiencing a total eclipse
  7. higher than normal ocean waters when the sun and moon are aligned in the same direction
  8. the shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse
  9. the point in an orbit where an object like a planet is closest to the sun
  10. the point in an orbit where an object like a planet is farther from the sun
Down
  1. Earth's movement on it's orbit around the sun
  2. the point where the moon has the same time of revolution and rotation
  3. the sun is overhead at it's farthest distance north or south of the equator
  4. lower than noremal waters when the moon is at a right angle to the Earth
  5. dark smooth plains on the Moon
  6. when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun and blocks out the sun
  7. decrease in the sunlit side of the Moon
  8. increase in the sunlit side of the Moon
  9. valleylike structures that might be collapsed lava tubes on the moon

19 Clues: dark smooth plains on the Moon • light mountainous regions on the Moon • Earth's spinning movement on it's axis • decrease in the sunlit side of the Moon • increase in the sunlit side of the Moon • Earth's movement on it's orbit around the sun • form when space objects impact the surface of the moon • valleylike structures that might be collapsed lava tubes on the moon • ...

The last kids on earth 2021-10-16

The last kids on earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rezzoch's general
  2. Where Jack's friends reside
  3. June's best friend
  4. what Jack and his friends play
  5. The villain from the monster dimension
  6. a guy with a white beard and mustache and is god-like
  7. the main character
Down
  1. He steals Ghazt’s tail
  2. Loves axes
  3. the main character’s best friend
  4. Dirk helps him find his eye
  5. the main character’s crush
  6. the human villain
  7. The group's pet
  8. “I want brains”
  9. Evie's friend monster
  10. the main character’s bully

17 Clues: Loves axes • The group's pet • “I want brains” • Rezzoch's general • the human villain • June's best friend • the main character • Evie's friend monster • He steals Ghazt’s tail • the main character’s crush • the main character’s bully • Dirk helps him find his eye • Where Jack's friends reside • what Jack and his friends play • the main character’s best friend • ...

The World of Earth Science 2021-08-25

The World of Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. collected facts
  2. description of observed
  3. words
  4. counted
  5. explanation after experiment
  6. first explanation
  7. action and reaction
  8. representation
Down
  1. dominion over earth
  2. assumed beforehand
  3. experiment
  4. investigates present day
  5. reliable and unvarying
  6. young earth creationist
  7. investigates the past
  8. observing God's creations
  9. what how and why

17 Clues: words • counted • experiment • representation • collected facts • what how and why • first explanation • assumed beforehand • dominion over earth • action and reaction • investigates the past • reliable and unvarying • young earth creationist • description of observed • investigates present day • observing God's creations • explanation after experiment

The History of Middle Earth 2014-12-01

The History of Middle Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lord of Belegost
  2. Prince of Cats
  3. Gandalf's name among the Dwarves
  4. The Great Ice Bay of the North
  5. Enchanted River of Doriath
  6. Original name of the Third People of the Elves
  7. Name by which Aragorn first entered Minas Tirith
  8. Waybread of the Queen
  9. The Tongue of Numenor
Down
  1. The Pillars of the Kings
  2. The Silent Street in Gondor
  3. Heart of the Mountain
  4. The Battle Plain
  5. The Cottage of Lost _____
  6. the Original Enemy
  7. Feanor's son, recovered a Silmaril
  8. Created the dwarves

17 Clues: Prince of Cats • Lord of Belegost • The Battle Plain • the Original Enemy • Created the dwarves • Heart of the Mountain • Waybread of the Queen • The Tongue of Numenor • The Pillars of the Kings • The Cottage of Lost _____ • Enchanted River of Doriath • The Silent Street in Gondor • The Great Ice Bay of the North • Gandalf's name among the Dwarves • Feanor's son, recovered a Silmaril • ...

The Earth and Tectonic Plates 2015-10-14

The Earth and Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer between the crust and the Earth's core
  2. The separating of the continents by drifting across the oceans
  3. Hot liquid rock found under the Earth's surface
  4. The rapid movement of the ground, back and forth and up and down, as a result of tectonic plate movement
  5. Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth
  6. Where plates are colliding with each other
  7. The place below ground where an Earthquake starts
Down
  1. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an Earthquake
  2. Isolated places away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is being created
  3. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an Earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  4. A deep valley in the Earth's crust that is much deeper than the area around it
  5. Type of boundary where plates are sliding next to each other but in opposite directions
  6. Made up of the crust and the upper-most mantle
  7. A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the upper mantle
  8. Where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  9. The process of continents breaking up, sinking and allowing the ocean in
  10. A place where extremely hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface

17 Clues: Where plates are colliding with each other • Layer between the crust and the Earth's core • Made up of the crust and the upper-most mantle • Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth • Hot liquid rock found under the Earth's surface • The place below ground where an Earthquake starts • A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the upper mantle • ...

The Earth and Tectonic Plates 2015-10-14

The Earth and Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of continents breaking up, sinking and allowing the ocean in
  2. The separating of the continents by drifting across the oceans
  3. Isolated places away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is being created
  4. Made up of the crust and the upper-most mantle
  5. Type of boundary where plates are sliding next to each other but in opposite directions
  6. Hot liquid rock found under the Earth's surface
  7. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an Earthquake
Down
  1. Where plates are colliding with each other
  2. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an Earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  3. The rapid movement of the ground, back and forth and up and down, as a result of tectonic plate movement
  4. The place below ground where an Earthquake starts
  5. A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the upper mantle
  6. Where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  7. Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth
  8. A place where extremely hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface
  9. Layer between the crust and the Earth's core
  10. A deep valley in the Earth's crust that is much deeper than the area around it

17 Clues: Where plates are colliding with each other • Layer between the crust and the Earth's core • Made up of the crust and the upper-most mantle • Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth • Hot liquid rock found under the Earth's surface • The place below ground where an Earthquake starts • A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the upper mantle • ...

The Earth and Tectonic Plates 2015-10-14

The Earth and Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Made up of the crust and the upper-most mantle
  2. The separating of the continents by drifting across the oceans
  3. Hot liquid rock found under the Earth's surface
  4. A place where extremely hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface
  5. A deep valley in the Earth's crust that is much deeper than the area around it
  6. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an Earthquake
  7. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an Earthquake occurring on the seafloor
Down
  1. Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth
  2. Type of boundary where plates are sliding next to each other but in opposite directions
  3. The rapid movement of the ground, back and forth and up and down, as a result of tectonic plate movement
  4. A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the upper mantle
  5. Isolated places away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is being created
  6. Where plates are colliding with each other
  7. Where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  8. The place below ground where an Earthquake starts
  9. The process of continents breaking up, sinking and allowing the ocean in
  10. Layer between the crust and the Earth's core

17 Clues: Where plates are colliding with each other • Layer between the crust and the Earth's core • Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth • Made up of the crust and the upper-most mantle • Hot liquid rock found under the Earth's surface • The place below ground where an Earthquake starts • A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the upper mantle • ...

ENERGY IN THE EARTH SYSTEM 2023-12-14

ENERGY IN THE EARTH SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. AN OCEAN ____________ IS A RIVER OF WATER IN THE OCEAN.
  2. TYPE OF ENERGY GIVEN OFF BY THE SUN.
  3. TYPE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE WITH THE LOWEST ENERGY.
  4. SOLAR ENERGY HELPS ___________ EARTH'S WATER SUPPLY.
  5. THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY BY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.
  6. TYPE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE THAT YOU CAN SEE.
  7. WHEN WATER VAPOR CHANGES INTO WATER DROPLETS.
  8. GIVING OFF RADIANT ENERGY.
  9. THE MORE ENERGY THAT RADIATION HAS, THE GREATER THE ____________.
Down
  1. IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WIND FLOWS THIS DIRECTION.
  2. A FORM OF RADIATION THAT IS EMITTED BY THE SUN.
  3. TAKING IN RADIANT ENERGY.
  4. THE AVERAGE WEATHER FOR A REGION.
  5. TYPE OF COLORED OBJECTS THAT ABSORB THE MOST RADIATION.
  6. SOLAR RADIATION IS A VERY IMPORTANT ____________ SOURCE.
  7. A ___________ CURRENT IS A PATTERN OF RISING & SINKING AIR OR FLUID.
  8. WHEN MOLECULES ARE HEATED UP, THEY BECOME LESS __________.

17 Clues: TAKING IN RADIANT ENERGY. • GIVING OFF RADIANT ENERGY. • THE AVERAGE WEATHER FOR A REGION. • TYPE OF ENERGY GIVEN OFF BY THE SUN. • WHEN WATER VAPOR CHANGES INTO WATER DROPLETS. • TYPE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE THAT YOU CAN SEE. • A FORM OF RADIATION THAT IS EMITTED BY THE SUN. • THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY BY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. • ...

SUN-EARTH-MOON SYSTEM 2018-05-10

SUN-EARTH-MOON SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. TH NUMBER OF MOON PHASES
  2. THE HORIZON THAT THE SUN SETS ON IN THE EVENING
  3. THE PATH THAT A BODY FOLLOWS AS IT TRAVELS AROUND ANOTHER BODY IN SPACE
  4. PHASE WHERE THERE IS JUST A SLIVER OF THE MOON REFLECTING LIGHT
  5. THE MOONS ORBITAL TILT
  6. DIRECTION OF EARTHS ROTATION
  7. EARTH IS BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN
  8. CHANGE IN THE SUNLIT AREA OF THE MOON AS SEEN FROM EARTH
  9. MOTION OF THE SUN IS CAUSED BY EARTHS _________
  10. ECPLISE WHERE ONLY PART OF THE MOON PASSES THROUGH THE UMBRA
  11. ECPLISE WHERE THE MOON IS FARTHER AWAY FROM THE EARTH BUT STILL IN LINE WITH THE SUN
  12. THE HORIZON THAT THE SUN RISES FROM IN THE MORNING
Down
  1. A MOON PHASE WHERE IT IS REFLECTING MORE THAN 50% SUNLIGHT
  2. LIGHTEST PART OF THE SHADOW
  3. MOON IS DECREASING IN THE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT THAT IT IS REFLECTIN
  4. THE MOON __________ LIGHT FROM THE SUN
  5. EARTH ROTATES AROUND THIS IMAGINARY LINE THAT RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH
  6. PHASE WHERE THE MOON SEEMS TOTALLY DARK
  7. ECPLISE WHERE THE MOON ONLY PASSES THROUGH THE PENUMBRA
  8. ECPLISE WHERE THE SHADOW OF THE MOON FALLS ON EARTH
  9. THE SHADOW OF ONE CELESTIAL BODY FALLS ON ANOTHER IN SPACE
  10. GROUPS OF STARS IN SPECIFIC PATTERNS
  11. DARKEST PART OF THE SHADOW
  12. ECPLISE WHERE THE ENTIRE SUN IS BLOCKED
  13. MOON IS GROWING OR BECOMING BRIGHTER
  14. ECPLISE WHERE THE WHOLE MOON PASSES THROUGH THE UMBRA
  15. ECPLISE WHERE THE MOON ONLY BLOCKS PART OF THE SUN'S LIGHT
  16. ECPLISE WHERE EARTH'S SHADOW FALLS ON THE MOON

28 Clues: THE MOONS ORBITAL TILT • TH NUMBER OF MOON PHASES • DARKEST PART OF THE SHADOW • LIGHTEST PART OF THE SHADOW • DIRECTION OF EARTHS ROTATION • GROUPS OF STARS IN SPECIFIC PATTERNS • MOON IS GROWING OR BECOMING BRIGHTER • EARTH IS BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN • THE MOON __________ LIGHT FROM THE SUN • PHASE WHERE THE MOON SEEMS TOTALLY DARK • ...

SUN-EARTH-MOON SYSTEM 2018-05-10

SUN-EARTH-MOON SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. EARTH IS BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN
  2. THE PATH THAT A BODY FOLLOWS AS IT TRAVELS AROUND ANOTHER BODY IN SPACE
  3. MOTION OF THE SUN IS CAUSED BY EARTHS _________
  4. THE MOONS ORBITAL TILT
  5. THE HORIZON THAT THE SUN RISES FROM IN THE MORNING
  6. ECPLISE WHERE THE WHOLE MOON PASSES THROUGH THE UMBRA
  7. THE SHADOW OF ONE CELESTIAL BODY FALLS ON ANOTHER IN SPACE
  8. ECPLISE WHERE THE MOON ONLY PASSES THROUGH THE PENUMBRA
  9. GROUPS OF STARS IN SPECIFIC PATTERNS
  10. MOON IS GROWING OR BECOMING BRIGHTER
  11. ECPLISE WHERE THE MOON IS FARTHER AWAY FROM THE EARTH BUT STILL IN LINE WITH THE SUN
  12. PHASE WHERE THE MOON SEEMS TOTALLY DARK
  13. LIGHTEST PART OF THE SHADOW
  14. ECPLISE WHERE THE ENTIRE SUN IS BLOCKED
Down
  1. ECPLISE WHERE THE SHADOW OF THE MOON FALLS ON EARTH
  2. MOON IS DECREASING IN THE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT THAT IT IS REFLECTIN
  3. A MOON PHASE WHERE IT IS REFLECTING MORE THAN 50% SUNLIGHT
  4. THE HORIZON THAT THE SUN SETS ON IN THE EVENING
  5. THE MOON __________ LIGHT FROM THE SUN
  6. ECPLISE WHERE EARTH'S SHADOW FALLS ON THE MOON
  7. DIRECTION OF EARTHS ROTATION
  8. CHANGE IN THE SUNLIT AREA OF THE MOON AS SEEN FROM EARTH
  9. PHASE WHERE THERE IS JUST A SLIVER OF THE MOON REFLECTING LIGHT
  10. TH NUMBER OF MOON PHASES
  11. DARKEST PART OF THE SHADOW
  12. ECPLISE WHERE ONLY PART OF THE MOON PASSES THROUGH THE UMBRA
  13. ECPLISE WHERE THE MOON ONLY BLOCKS PART OF THE SUN'S LIGHT
  14. EARTH ROTATES AROUND THIS IMAGINARY LINE THAT RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH

28 Clues: THE MOONS ORBITAL TILT • TH NUMBER OF MOON PHASES • DARKEST PART OF THE SHADOW • LIGHTEST PART OF THE SHADOW • DIRECTION OF EARTHS ROTATION • GROUPS OF STARS IN SPECIFIC PATTERNS • MOON IS GROWING OR BECOMING BRIGHTER • EARTH IS BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN • THE MOON __________ LIGHT FROM THE SUN • PHASE WHERE THE MOON SEEMS TOTALLY DARK • ...

Mr. Stu's Cool Kids: SPACE! 2023-01-06

Mr. Stu's Cool Kids: SPACE! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Billions of stars grouped together (G _ _ _ _ _)
  2. This goes around the earth every 28 days (m _ _ _)
  3. The first planet in our solar system (M _ _ _ _ _ _)
  4. The name of the path a planet takes to go around the sun (O _ _ _ _)
  5. This planet has a big ring around it (S _ _ _ _ _)
  6. The force that pulls stuff together (G_ _ _ _ _ _ _)
  7. The nearest star to earth (S _ _ )
  8. This is now the furthest man-made object from earth (V _ _ _ _ _ _)
Down
  1. This thing has many photos, drawings, music, and sounds from earth (G _ _ _ _ _ / R _ _ _ _ _)
  2. This is the name of a gas (H _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
  3. The name of the first dog in space (L _ _ _ _)
  4. The biggest planet in our solar system (J _ _ _ _ _ _)
  5. Giant space rocks which fly around and can hit earth (A _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
  6. The red planet (M _ _ _)

14 Clues: The red planet (M _ _ _) • The nearest star to earth (S _ _ ) • This is the name of a gas (H _ _ _ _ _ _ _) • The name of the first dog in space (L _ _ _ _) • Billions of stars grouped together (G _ _ _ _ _) • This goes around the earth every 28 days (m _ _ _) • This planet has a big ring around it (S _ _ _ _ _) • The first planet in our solar system (M _ _ _ _ _ _) • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2023-01-11

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Consists of all bodies of water
  2. boundary that collides
  3. Consists of all Ice, snow, glaciers, ice caps
  4. boundary that separates
  5. The transfer of heat through waves
  6. The innermost and hottest layer of the Earth
  7. Consists of all air and gases
  8. When hot air rises and cold air sinks
Down
  1. boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. Consists of all life on Earth
  3. Consists of all rocks and minerals
  4. The thinnest layer of Earth
  5. The transfer of heat between two objects
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth where magma is formed

14 Clues: boundary that collides • boundary that separates • The thinnest layer of Earth • Consists of all life on Earth • Consists of all air and gases • Consists of all bodies of water • Consists of all rocks and minerals • The transfer of heat through waves • When hot air rises and cold air sinks • The transfer of heat between two objects • boundary where plates slide past each other • ...

extra credit 2023-09-20

extra credit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thin layer of gases that surrounds the earth
  2. thick middle earth's the earths interior structure consists of hot rock that is dense but flexible
  3. the theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
  4. a crack or break in the earth's crust
  5. the term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of earth's physical features
  6. the part of the earth where life exists
Down
  1. part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean
  2. the watery areas of earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
  3. the movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water; the wearing away of soil
  4. Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
  5. uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
  6. A bend in layers of rock, sometimes, caused by plate movement
  7. molten rock that is located below the earth's surface
  8. outer layer of the earth, hard rocky shell forming the earth's surface
  9. innermost layer of the earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and a super hot liquid outer core

15 Clues: a crack or break in the earth's crust • the part of the earth where life exists • the thin layer of gases that surrounds the earth • molten rock that is located below the earth's surface • part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean • A bend in layers of rock, sometimes, caused by plate movement • ...

Environmental Vocabulary Q1 W3 2021-09-04

Environmental Vocabulary Q1 W3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Part of the earth made up of frozen water
  2. Non living organisms
  3. Gases that surround planets
  4. The force from the center of earth
  5. Part of the earth made up of water
  6. Where all living organisms exist on earth
  7. A form of water that falls to earths surface
Down
  1. Solid, rocky part of the earth
  2. When Plants release water vapor
  3. cycle The continuous movement of water
  4. When liquid changes to gas
  5. living organisms

12 Clues: living organisms • Non living organisms • When liquid changes to gas • Gases that surround planets • Solid, rocky part of the earth • When Plants release water vapor • The force from the center of earth • Part of the earth made up of water • cycle The continuous movement of water • Part of the earth made up of frozen water • Where all living organisms exist on earth • ...

2.1 Geography 2024-09-05

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

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

2.1 Vocabulary Assignment 2025-09-08

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

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

Moon Phases & Eclipses 2025-08-29

Moon Phases & Eclipses crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The path the moon follows around the earth
  2. The star at the center of our solar system
  3. The shape of the moon when its more than half but not full
  4. The dark moon phase when no light is visible
  5. The phase when the moon appears to grow larger
  6. The Earth blocks the sun's light from the moon
Down
  1. The shadow blocking the sun during the day
  2. The moon phase when it is completely visible
  3. The cycle of the moon's shapes
  4. The natural satellite orbiting Earth
  5. The Sun, Earth, and moon line up causing shadow
  6. The phase after a full moon when it appears to shrink
  7. The planet we live on

13 Clues: The planet we live on • The cycle of the moon's shapes • The natural satellite orbiting Earth • The shadow blocking the sun during the day • The path the moon follows around the earth • The star at the center of our solar system • The moon phase when it is completely visible • The dark moon phase when no light is visible • The phase when the moon appears to grow larger • ...

Astronomy vocab 2025-11-11

Astronomy vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An upwelling of magma that causes the overlying lithosphere to uplift and stretch
  2. The process in which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation
  3. Theory dealing with the dynamics of earths outer shell
  4. Vibrations that travel within earth or along its surface.
  5. Seismic waves that travel as compressions.
  6. A sphere like shape that gives the appearance of being flattened on the top and bottom so that the circumference around the equator (Earth)
  7. A layer of the inner earth between the crust and the core.
  8. A method of moving heat energy.
  9. A process that uses the energy from sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates, releasing oxygen as a byproduct
Down
  1. known as northern or southern lights, atmospheric phenomena that results in multi-colored light shows in the night sky near the polar regions
  2. Seismic waves that travel through side to side movements
  3. The layer of gas around the earth.
  4. Describes the pattern of deflection taken by objects not firmly connected to the ground as they travel long distances around earth.
  5. A supercontinent in the past that incorporated almost all of the land masses on earth.
  6. The partial trapping of solar radiation
  7. When tectonic plates with differing material densities collide and the denser plate is forced down the less dense plate.
  8. How tightly a certain amount of matter of a substance is compacted into a given volume.

17 Clues: A method of moving heat energy. • The layer of gas around the earth. • The partial trapping of solar radiation • Seismic waves that travel as compressions. • Theory dealing with the dynamics of earths outer shell • Seismic waves that travel through side to side movements • Vibrations that travel within earth or along its surface. • ...

24.1-24.3 Vocab - Eren 2021-09-21

24.1-24.3 Vocab - Eren crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the lowest layer of the atmosphere
  2. A layer of particles in the atmosphere
  3. Winds that blow over long distances
  4. The force exerted by a column of air
  5. The cooler air over the water flows toward land
  6. 23.5 south/north and 66.5 south/north
  7. Earth spinning on its axis
  8. High speed winds
  9. high ozone concentration
  10. A atmosphere from 80km-space
  11. The atmosphere that extends from 50-80km
  12. air moving from areas with high pressure to low
  13. An instrument that measures air pressure
Down
  1. 23.5 latitude south and 23.5 latitude north
  2. The movement of Earth around the Sun
  3. The effect Earths rotation has on wind
  4. When the sun is directly over 23.5 north/south
  5. The layer of gases that surround Earth
  6. A wind that blows over a short distance
  7. 66.5 south/north and the South/North Pole
  8. The atmosphere 12-50 km in the air
  9. Gases heating the Earth
  10. a colorful display of light in the sky
  11. The atmosphere condition in one place
  12. Wind system controlled by seasonal reversal
  13. When neither hemisphere is toward the sun
  14. The cooler air over land moves toward water

27 Clues: High speed winds • Gases heating the Earth • high ozone concentration • Earth spinning on its axis • A atmosphere from 80km-space • the lowest layer of the atmosphere • The atmosphere 12-50 km in the air • Winds that blow over long distances • The movement of Earth around the Sun • The force exerted by a column of air • The atmosphere condition in one place • ...

Tectonic plates and the geosphere 2024-01-09

Tectonic plates and the geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that move towards each other
  2. heat transfer through the movement of either liquid or gas.
  3. smooshing together
  4. a particular hot spot that liquifies the lithosphere and makes a volcano
  5. an opening in which material removal forms a narrow opening in the ground.
  6. solid outermost layer of the earth. the crust is subdivided into the continental crust (dry land) and the oceanic crust (the wet crust)
  7. Boundaries the border between two plates
  8. The solid top most layer of earth. It includes the crust and the upper mantle.
  9. Volcanoes a line that is a volcano (a crack in the earth that lava comes out of.
  10. plates that move away from each other
Down
  1. a mountain that lava spews out of.
  2. consequences of plate movement
  3. 2 plate boundaries moving side to side and scraping against each other
  4. gooey melted rock that is under the lithosphere
  5. tectonic plates shaking
  6. mantle the thin uppermost part of the mantle. It is solid.
  7. innermost layer of the earth
  8. liquid metal and rock (iron and nickel)
  9. a break in the earth's crust and where 2 plates meet
  10. a continental and oceanic plate collide and the oceanic plate goes under the other

20 Clues: smooshing together • tectonic plates shaking • innermost layer of the earth • consequences of plate movement • a mountain that lava spews out of. • plates that move towards each other • plates that move away from each other • liquid metal and rock (iron and nickel) • Boundaries the border between two plates • gooey melted rock that is under the lithosphere • ...

Madison's Science Crossword 2025-09-25

Madison's Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The coldest layer where you can see meteorites and shooting stars
  2. Dense air mass that pushes underneath other air mass forcing it to rise
  3. The layer where you can see the Blue angles lining up
  4. The layer you can stand or find the International Space Station
  5. A large body of air usually with a uniform of temperature
  6. Air mass that pushes into another air mass
  7. The gasses that layer or surrounds Earth
  8. The thing that deliberately changes in an experiment
  9. Energy from light that transmits without the particles touching
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  1. The sum of all water on Earth
  2. The results of an experiment
  3. The part down below Earth with different kinds of rocks and minerals
  4. The hottest layer where you can see the Aurora Borealis
  5. Water that is released from the clouds
  6. The layer where you can see weather balloons that were sent up
  7. A force on the surface by the weight of the air molecules above it, which is pulled by gravity.
  8. The thing that is kept constant in an experiment
  9. Energy that transmits through particles contacting
  10. The part of Earth where all living organisms and ecosystems are
  11. Energy that is transmitted through liquid and gasses

20 Clues: The results of an experiment • The sum of all water on Earth • Water that is released from the clouds • The gasses that layer or surrounds Earth • Air mass that pushes into another air mass • The thing that is kept constant in an experiment • Energy that transmits through particles contacting • Energy that is transmitted through liquid and gasses • ...

Health, Science, Math, History 2014-02-11

Health, Science, Math, History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I the queen who gave permission to start a colony
  2. the system that is responsible for all the movement of the body
  3. study of the earth
  4. the opposite operation to division
  5. the control center of a cell
  6. the answer to a division problem
Down
  1. bone on your forearm or measurement of a circle
  2. scientists who study the structure of the earth
  3. tiny air sacs
  4. ((100/2)X2)/4)X2
  5. the leader of Jamestown
  6. small ship that took people England to New World
  7. the planet you live
  8. the outer layer of the earth

14 Clues: tiny air sacs • ((100/2)X2)/4)X2 • study of the earth • the planet you live • the leader of Jamestown • the control center of a cell • the outer layer of the earth • the answer to a division problem • the opposite operation to division • bone on your forearm or measurement of a circle • scientists who study the structure of the earth • ...

Topic 14 (5) group 4 - Emma 2024-11-07

Topic 14 (5) group 4 - Emma crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Energy is passed between animals in a...
  2. What does the Sun radiate?
  3. Movement of an object in space around another object
  4. A baboon is an example of an...
  5. Remains of plants and animals that lived long ago
  6. Energy from the Sun
  7. What does the Earth do around the Sun?
  8. Earth receives heat and light energy from the sun
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  1. Plants absorb light from the Sun to...
  2. Leaves require carbon dioxide from the...
  3. Scientists who study Earth's physical structure
  4. Unused amounts of fossil fuels (or minerals) in the ground
  5. The Earth is always at a...
  6. We get energy from...
  7. The tilt of the Earth and the place around the Sun causes...

15 Clues: Energy from the Sun • We get energy from... • What does the Sun radiate? • The Earth is always at a... • A baboon is an example of an... • Plants absorb light from the Sun to... • What does the Earth do around the Sun? • Energy is passed between animals in a... • Leaves require carbon dioxide from the... • Scientists who study Earth's physical structure • ...

Creation 2016-05-24

Creation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. DAY REST, what God did after he finished creating the wold
  2. on which is day
  3. what fish live in
  4. DAYS, how long it toke to to make the world
  5. the start
  6. what we stand on
  7. blue on a nice day
  8. what we experience when it is dark outside
  9. the first man on earth
  10. when there is light outside
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  1. the first woman on earth
  2. the creator of all
  3. the beginning of time
  4. FRUIT, the one thing God said no to do
  5. HUMANS, Adam and Eve
  6. living organism other than humans
  7. on which is day
  8. Eve was her name
  9. Adam was his name

19 Clues: the start • on which is day • on which is day • Eve was her name • what we stand on • what fish live in • Adam was his name • the creator of all • blue on a nice day • HUMANS, Adam and Eve • the beginning of time • the first man on earth • the first woman on earth • when there is light outside • living organism other than humans • FRUIT, the one thing God said no to do • ...

Physics Year 7 2013-05-11

Physics Year 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the fourth planet from the sun?
  2. What do you divide mass with to get volume?
  3. What do you measure current with?
  4. What is the force that makes objects point north?
  5. What can electricity easily flow through?
  6. What is a material that electricity can’t go through?
  7. What orbits the Earth?
  8. What is the measurement that has the unit cm3?
  9. How long does it take the earth to orbit the sun?
Down
  1. What is the Earth?
  2. What makes a bulb in a circuit light up?
  3. How long does the earth take to perform a complete rotation on its axis?
  4. What force causes your hands to get warm when you rub your hands together really fast?
  5. What happens when you the moon hides the sun?
  6. What is it called when electricity flows in a circuit?
  7. What is electro-static a type of?
  8. What unit is used for the measurement of force?

17 Clues: What is the Earth? • What orbits the Earth? • What do you measure current with? • What is electro-static a type of? • What is the fourth planet from the sun? • What makes a bulb in a circuit light up? • What can electricity easily flow through? • What do you divide mass with to get volume? • What happens when you the moon hides the sun? • ...

STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH 2021-01-29

STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. soft and weak layer on which the rigid lithosphere floats
  2. heavy and metallic rocks
  3. largest layer of the earths interior
  4. the solid outermost layer which we stand on
  5. movements of plates which creates mountains
  6. plates moving from each other
  7. the deepest whole in the world is in
  8. the layer below the mantle
Down
  1. entire world was one super continent
  2. reason why the inner core is solid
  3. without it earth would have a much flatter topography
  4. the high temperature in the mantle causes the rocks to form

12 Clues: heavy and metallic rocks • the layer below the mantle • plates moving from each other • reason why the inner core is solid • entire world was one super continent • largest layer of the earths interior • the deepest whole in the world is in • the solid outermost layer which we stand on • movements of plates which creates mountains • ...

layers of the earth 2022-01-06

layers of the earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thin solid layer
  2. elements that make a substance
  3. divides the inside of the earth
  4. when something floats in water
  5. amount of matter in a space
  6. core is in a solid-state also most pressure
Down
  1. has a solid state but able to flow
  2. item can be measured without changing
  3. when something sinks in water
  4. solid layer located below the lithosphere
  5. most of the earth's volume
  6. core is made of iron and nickel and liquid

12 Clues: thin solid layer • most of the earth's volume • amount of matter in a space • when something sinks in water • elements that make a substance • when something floats in water • divides the inside of the earth • has a solid state but able to flow • item can be measured without changing • solid layer located below the lithosphere • core is made of iron and nickel and liquid • ...

Movement of the Earth 2022-04-03

Movement of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A natural satellite of a planet
  2. Someone who studies and observes celestial bodies
  3. A fixed path taken by a planet moving around the Sun
  4. The movement of an object turning on an axis
  5. An object in space that revolves around another object
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  1. A system of planets revolving around the Sun
  2. A self-luminous celestial body
  3. The natural pull exerted by objects on one another
  4. A single or complete cycle of an orbital motion
  5. A natural pull caused by gravity
  6. A celestial body that obits around a star
  7. An imaginary straight line through the centre of the Earth

12 Clues: A self-luminous celestial body • A natural satellite of a planet • A natural pull caused by gravity • A celestial body that obits around a star • A system of planets revolving around the Sun • The movement of an object turning on an axis • A single or complete cycle of an orbital motion • Someone who studies and observes celestial bodies • ...

The Earth and More 2023-02-15

The Earth and More crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The constant moving of the plates of the earth, as energized by convection.
  2. He is famous for his hypothesis in the early 1900's, that was rejected because of lack of a reason.
  3. Another word for mass.
  4. The rising of heat, as applied to how the plates of the world shifts.
  5. This is how you would describe two or more objects coming together.
Down
  1. The theory that the plates of the Earth are moving constantly.
  2. The largest rodent in the world.
  3. Not a Sand Witch, but a _________.
  4. 2 or more _________ plates, moving in the opposite directions.
  5. 2 or more _________ plates, traveling away from each other.
  6. The opposite of being pushed upwards by a force.
  7. Not a cucumber, but like a cucumber.

12 Clues: Another word for mass. • The largest rodent in the world. • Not a Sand Witch, but a _________. • Not a cucumber, but like a cucumber. • The opposite of being pushed upwards by a force. • 2 or more _________ plates, traveling away from each other. • The theory that the plates of the Earth are moving constantly. • ...

Caring for the Earth 2024-06-11

Caring for the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. We _____________________ trees.
  2. I ______________________ my old clothes.
  3. I go to school by ____________.
  4. This is the way we _______________ for the Earth.
  5. The _____________ is our home.
  6. I _________________ the lights.
  7. I bring my _________________________.
Down
  1. I recycle _________________ bottles.
  2. I __________________ paper.
  3. We clean up the ___________________.
  4. I __________________ my shopping bag.
  5. I go to school on ____________.

12 Clues: I __________________ paper. • The _____________ is our home. • We _____________________ trees. • I go to school by ____________. • I _________________ the lights. • I go to school on ____________. • I recycle _________________ bottles. • We clean up the ___________________. • I __________________ my shopping bag. • I bring my _________________________. • ...

Sphere's of the Earth 2022-09-09

Sphere's of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. flat representation of the earth
  2. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
  3. gases surrounding the earth
  4. this map shows physical features on the earth’s surface
  5. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
Down
  1. all living things on the earth
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
  4. Absolute & Relative
  5. this map shows the boundaries of countries, continents, states
  6. defined by common characteristics such as language, culture, religion, exports/imports
  7. round representation of the earth

12 Clues: Absolute & Relative • gases surrounding the earth • all living things on the earth • flat representation of the earth • round representation of the earth • this map shows physical features on the earth’s surface • this map shows the boundaries of countries, continents, states • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • ...

Geology - The Earth Speaks 2023-09-24

Geology - The Earth Speaks crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The combination of the upper mantle and the crust that move together with tectonic plates
  2. The belief that earth-forming processes are natural, have always been the same, and have always happened at the same gradual rate
  3. management Effort to oversee and control the use of natural resources
  4. Resources that have an unlimited supply or are easily replenished
  5. From the Moho to a depth of about 1800 mi(2900 km) from the surface and takes up 84% of the earth's volume
Down
  1. Earth's outer layer that is solid and relatively low-density rock
  2. The study of the earth
  3. Idea/view that the earth is ancient-billions of years old; represents the secular approach to the history of geology, the earth, and the universe according to the principle of uniformitarianism
  4. Resources that get used up and can't be replenished
  5. Contains about 15% of the earth's volume and occupies the center of the earth below the mantle
  6. Boundary between the crust and the mantle; marks the bottom of the crust
  7. resources Raw materials that we use from our environment

12 Clues: The study of the earth • Resources that get used up and can't be replenished • resources Raw materials that we use from our environment • Earth's outer layer that is solid and relatively low-density rock • Resources that have an unlimited supply or are easily replenished • Boundary between the crust and the mantle; marks the bottom of the crust • ...

Layers of the Earth 2022-11-03

Layers of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The resistance applied to flow; the thickness of a substance.
  2. Plates moving away from each other.
  3. Two plates pushing against each other.
  4. Hot fluid travelling in circular movements due to changes in density.
  5. The area located in the middle mantle where convection currents occur.
Down
  1. The solid, outer part of the Earth containing the crust and the upper mantle.
  2. Two plates sliding past each other.
  3. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  4. A liquid layer of molten iron and nickel located between the Earth’s mantle and inner core.
  5. Layer of silicate rock between the Earth's crust and outer core.
  6. The solid most inner layer of the Earth.
  7. Lava before it exits the volcano.

12 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth. • Lava before it exits the volcano. • Two plates sliding past each other. • Plates moving away from each other. • Two plates pushing against each other. • The solid most inner layer of the Earth. • The resistance applied to flow; the thickness of a substance. • Layer of silicate rock between the Earth's crust and outer core. • ...

Age of the Earth 2025-12-12

Age of the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Secular scientists claim many spiral galaxies are ____ billio years old
  2. Creation scientists argue that the sun and stars are truly just ____ of years old
  3. “The scary part is that if none of us knew in advance that stars exist, front line research would offer plenty of convincing reasons why stars could never form.”
  4. Are ____ observations more consistent with a young universe or an old one
  5. Secular scientists claim new stars are ____ to replace old blue stars that have died.
  6. secular astronomers claim our universe is unimaginably ancient— almost ____ billion years old
Down
  1. Model was proposed in the 1940s and is still constantly changing
  2. secular reckon hot blue stars can only last millions of years before they eventually _____
  3. The ____ a neutron star’s speed, the easier it can escape the cluster’s gravitational pull
  4. the Bible clearly teaches that God created the universe in the relatively recent past, about _____ years ago
  5. ______ galaxies are so named because of their beautiful spiraling
  6. Stars In fact, the speeds of most ____ are so high that they should be able to escape from globular clusters in just thousands of years.

12 Clues: Model was proposed in the 1940s and is still constantly changing • ______ galaxies are so named because of their beautiful spiraling • Secular scientists claim many spiral galaxies are ____ billio years old • Are ____ observations more consistent with a young universe or an old one • ...

Phases of the Moon Video Crossword 2021-06-02

Phases of the Moon Video Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The force that pulls objects together.
  2. It only takes about _______ month(s), for the Moon to orbit the Earth.
  3. The moon orbits the Earth, just like the Earth orbits the _______.
  4. It takes Earth about 24 hours or 1 day to spin on its ______.
  5. Rocks that have fallen from space that cause craters on the Moon.
  6. It is called a _______ Quarter Moon because the Moon has reached the last or third quarter of its orbit around the Earth.
  7. A _______ Moon happens when the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun all form a line.
Down
  1. Besides Earth, the only other place in the Universe that people have visited is the _______.
  2. A ________ Moon happens when a thin sliver of the Moon is visible.
  3. A New Moon occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and the _______.
  4. The first phase of the Moon is called a _____ Moon.
  5. During a _____ Moon (First Quarter Moon), we can see half the Moon while the other half is in darkness.

12 Clues: The force that pulls objects together. • The first phase of the Moon is called a _____ Moon. • It takes Earth about 24 hours or 1 day to spin on its ______. • Rocks that have fallen from space that cause craters on the Moon. • A ________ Moon happens when a thin sliver of the Moon is visible. • The moon orbits the Earth, just like the Earth orbits the _______. • ...

Science SEMS 2021-10-11

Science SEMS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what the earth revolves around
  2. When a new moon covers the sun
  3. revolves around the earth
  4. When the moon "shrinks"
  5. the act of something in space blocking another
  6. an imaginary line where a body rotates around
  7. The movement of an object around another object
  8. spinning on an axis
Down
  1. Happens when the earth is directly between the moon and the sun
  2. when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator
  3. When the moon "grows"
  4. September 22 or March 20
  5. It has equal sun radiation all the time
  6. earth has one at 23.5

14 Clues: spinning on an axis • When the moon "grows" • earth has one at 23.5 • When the moon "shrinks" • September 22 or March 20 • revolves around the earth • what the earth revolves around • When a new moon covers the sun • It has equal sun radiation all the time • an imaginary line where a body rotates around • the act of something in space blocking another • ...

Earth and Rock Formation 2025-08-18

Earth and Rock Formation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mountains are often formed where tectonic plates come ______.
  2. Tectonic is from the Latin word meaning "to _____."
  3. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface.
  4. Formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock.
  5. Shifting tectonic plates are the cause of these ground tremors.
  6. The Earth’s crust is believed to be made of tectonic ____.
  7. A boiling water version of a volcano.
  8. North America is moving away from Europe at about one ____ every year.
  9. The plates are floating on this major layer of the Earth.
  10. The continuous process by which rocks are created, changed, and destroyed.
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  1. The thin layer of rock we live on.
  2. Formed when particles of other rocks are compacted and cemented together.
  3. The element that makes up the solid inner core.
  4. Formed from existing rocks that are changed by heat and pressure.
  5. Hollowed-out spaces in the Earth's crust.
  6. The layer at the center of the Earth.
  7. Molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  8. The supercontinent once called "whole Earth."
  9. If Earth were an egg, the crust would be as thick as the ___.
  10. Volcanoes give us a ____ to what's underneath the Earth's crust.

20 Clues: The thin layer of rock we live on. • The layer at the center of the Earth. • A boiling water version of a volcano. • Hollowed-out spaces in the Earth's crust. • The supercontinent once called "whole Earth." • Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface. • The element that makes up the solid inner core. • Tectonic is from the Latin word meaning "to _____." • ...

Geo 2022-10-28

Geo crossword puzzle
Across
  1. almost or completely surrounded by land
  2. out of this world : alien
  3. the study of the earth
  4. A hollow stone found in the earth
  5. a raised flat mound of earth
Down
  1. under the surface of the earth
  2. someone who studies the regions of the earth
  3. The science of the earth
  4. an area/reigon
  5. Baked earth

10 Clues: Baked earth • an area/reigon • the study of the earth • The science of the earth • out of this world : alien • a raised flat mound of earth • under the surface of the earth • A hollow stone found in the earth • almost or completely surrounded by land • someone who studies the regions of the earth

Genesis 6 2021-07-23

Genesis 6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What kind of wood was Noah to use? (vs 14)
  2. How many decks were there to be? (vs 16)
  3. But Noah found what in the eyes of the Lord? (vs 8)
  4. When man began to multiply, the sons of God took as their wives as they what? (vs 2
  5. All flesh that had the breath of what was going to be destroyed? (vs 17)
  6. Man's sin grieved the Lord's what? (vs 6)
  7. Each animal was to be brought according to its what? (vs 20)
  8. Noah was righteous, blameless and what with God? (vs 9)
  9. The earth was what? (vs 11)
  10. The earth was filled with what? (vs 11)
  11. The sons of God saw that the daughters of who were attractive (vs 2)
  12. The Lord said He would do what to man? (vs 7)
  13. The Lord saw that the what of man was great in the earth (vs 5)
  14. The Lord said that His Spirit would not abide in man forever, for he is what? (vs 3)
  15. God said He would do what to all flesh? (vs 13)
  16. One of Noah's sons. (vs 10)
Down
  1. What on the earth would die? (vs 17)
  2. One of Noah's sons. (vs 10)
  3. Noah was to bring how many of every sort on the ark? (vs 19)
  4. Noah did what that God commanded him? (vs 22)
  5. Noah was to bring every sort of what that is eaten? (vs 21)
  6. How much flesh was corrupted in their way on the earth? (vs 12)
  7. How much intention of the thought of man's heart was only evil continually? (vs 5)
  8. What did God establish with Noah? (vs 18)
  9. The Lord did what that He had made man on the earth? (vs 6)
  10. God was bringing a flood of what on the earth? (vs 17)
  11. Where was Noah to put the door on the ark? (vs 16)
  12. God told Noah to have rooms in the what? (vs 14)
  13. One of Noah's sons. (vs 10)

29 Clues: One of Noah's sons. (vs 10) • The earth was what? (vs 11) • One of Noah's sons. (vs 10) • One of Noah's sons. (vs 10) • What on the earth would die? (vs 17) • The earth was filled with what? (vs 11) • How many decks were there to be? (vs 16) • Man's sin grieved the Lord's what? (vs 6) • What did God establish with Noah? (vs 18) • What kind of wood was Noah to use? (vs 14) • ...

Earth’s Layers and Rocks 2025-12-10

Earth’s Layers and Rocks crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rocks, What type of rock is changed by heat and pressure without melting?
  2. Rocks, what rock cools and solidifies?
  3. All living organisms on Earth
  4. Core, Which layer of Earth is made of liquid metals, mainly iron and nickel?
  5. The layer of gases surrounding Earth, including oxygen and nitrogen
  6. What is the solid, nonliving part of Earth made of rocks, soil, and mountains?
Down
  1. Covers all the water on Earth
  2. What layer of Earth has a thickness of about 2,900 km?
  3. What is the thin, outermost solid layer of Earth where we live?
  4. Rocks, What type of rock is made from layers of sediments?
  5. Core, What part of the core is dense?
  6. How many layers does Earth have?

12 Clues: Covers all the water on Earth • All living organisms on Earth • How many layers does Earth have? • Core, What part of the core is dense? • Rocks, what rock cools and solidifies? • What layer of Earth has a thickness of about 2,900 km? • Rocks, What type of rock is made from layers of sediments? • What is the thin, outermost solid layer of Earth where we live? • ...