the earth Crossword Puzzles

20 Clues: America's capital • The left direction • The upper direction • The lower direction • The right direction • A quarter of the Earth • A famous mountain in Maine • The highest state in the USA • A popular wetland in Florida • Everything's bigger in _____! • World's largest hot, dry, and sandy plain • One of the 16 counties in the state above • ...

20 Clues: under the earth • Hardened lava rock • A rift in the crust • plates dragging apart • Made of Clastic pieces • plates coming together • The middle of the earth • The first supercontinent • plates; continental plates • on the surface of the earth • The first layer of the earth • Continents are made of these • plates;Not continental plates • plates sliding past each other • ...

20 Clues: America's capital • The left direction • The upper direction • The lower direction • The right direction • A quarter of the Earth • A famous mountain in Maine • The highest state in the USA • A popular wetland in Florida • Everything's bigger in _____! • World's largest hot, dry, and sandy plain • One of the 16 counties in the state above • ...

19 Clues: a term meaning "relating to the moon". • the path the moon takes around the Earth • tides are smaller than normal at quarter moons • when the moon is farthest from Earth in its orbit • when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit • the moon phease where none of the moon is illuminated • tides are larger than normal at full moon and new moon • ...

22 Clues: spins • moving around another object in space • The lighted side has almost disappeared. • How many low tides and high tides are in a day • The Moon is three-quarters of the way around Earth. • When the tidal range is greatest. (full moon and new moon) • The Moon is now halfway around Earth. You can see all of its lighted side. • ...

36 Clues: The Sun is a ______ • The sun sets in the _____ • The sun rises in the _____ • The Earth's axis is __________ • Saturn is famous for its ______ • We have one of these every 4 years • This is the furthest planet from the Sun • This planet is nicknamed 'The Red Planet' • Jupiter has a giant ______ on its surface • Earth is the _____ closest planet to the Sun • ...

13 Clues: someone who studies astronomy • one of many large rocks that circle the sun. • to send a weapon or spacecraft up or toward a target. • an expert who studies or works in one of the sciences. • one of the independent groups of stars in the universe. • the violent coming together of two or more moving objects. • ...

38 Clues: Pale Blue Dot • The plant life • The animal life • A greenhouse gas • Making air dirty • Oxygen producers • Earth's UV shield • A frozen continent • Home of polar bears • Middle of the rainbow • Variety of life on earth • Wireless battery for earth • Earth's tilt causes ______ • Chemical basis of life on earth • Earth's closest cosmic companion • An airy blanket around the earth • ...

36 Clues: the ocean • study of space • study of earth • study of oceans • study of weather • the earth’s land • Contains earths air • widely accepted idea • contains earths life • contais earths earth • contains earths water • How we reach a theory • flat parts of the ocean • Idea without experimenting • Large trenches in the ocean • the interiors of continents • slope on the edge of coasts • ...

20 Clues: 23.5 degrees • where we live • 149 million km2 • 1,083 billion km3 • diameter 12,664 km • made of melted iron • area 510 million km2 • area 361 million km2 • 384,400 miles from earth • hottest part of the earth • 365 days 5hours 4.1 seconds • earth is 27 percent of this • 5.1 percent of the planet earth • 149,573,900 miles from the earth • earth is made of 45 percent of this • ...

19 Clues: The crust under the ocean • The rigid outer layer of earth • the soft flowing layer of earth • A deep valley in the ocean floor • The thin outer most layer of earth • Somthing melted due to extrema heat • A techtonic plate that carrys water • The solid super how center of earth • The thickest layer of earth(liquid) • A place where to plates push together • ...

20 Clues: the name of the fall equinox • how many solstices are there? • the name of the spring equinox • the earth's ___ is 23.5 degrees • the spinning motion of the earth • equinox literally means ___ (2 words) • the movement of the earth around the sun • the earth spins from west to east, or ___ • the rotation of the earth causes ___ (3 words) • ...

20 Clues: America's capital • The left direction • The upper direction • The lower direction • The right direction • A quarter of the Earth • A famous mountain in Maine • The highest state in the USA • A popular wetland in Florida • Everything's bigger in _____! • World's largest hot, dry, and sandy plain • One of the 16 counties in the state above • ...

20 Clues: natural material • a bend in the rock • how it feels to touch • part of the earth crust • a thin layer of the earth • a naturally solid material • top most layer of the soil • of mixture of weathered rock • a movement of the earth crust • the middle layer of the earth • an opening of the earth crust • dark coloured part of the soil • where two rocks move against each other • ...

20 Clues: An oval shaped object • The star that the Earth orbits around • The invisible line that Earth spins on • angle An angle more than 90 degrees • angle An angle less than 30 degrees • An objects motion around another object • The planet that the Earth orbits around • The Earth turning or revolving on it's axis • Pole The top and most northern part of Earth • ...

15 Clues: a colorless, odorless reactive gas • The outer layer of the earth's surface. • The act of rotating around a center or axis. • A living organism lacking the ability to move • The process of moving around a center or axis. • All of the living human inhabitants of the earth • The central portion of the earth which lies below the mantle. • ...

15 Clues: A bowl-shaped depression on the surface of a planet or moon. • A luminous sphere of plasma held together by its own gravity. • The envelope of gases surrounding the Earth or another planet. • A natural satellite that orbits a planet, such as Earth's moon. • A vast body of saltwater that covers most of the Earth's surface. • ...

15 Clues: Natural fuel • Energy source • greenhouse gas • What we breath • A part of earth • Living organisms • Planet we live on • Water in the earth • Living part of earth • Weather in the earth • Power and electricity • Sorted chemical energy • Living things on earth • The hard crust in earths • Energy from plants and animals

20 Clues: takes it • drops it • breaks it • _____ slides • measures the magnetude • very small pieces of rock • erosion can happen by this • a shaking in Earth's crust • a break in the Earth's crust • the strength of an earthquake • the hottest part of the earth • made of liquid nickel and iron • something that destroys the earth • the part of earth that we live on • ...

13 Clues: / the rigid outer part of the earth • / the outer layer of the earth • / the interior structure of the earth • / a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • / the planet on which we live;our world • / layer between the crust and the outer core • / materials such as glass and metal liquified by heat • ...

13 Clues: / the rigid outer part of the earth • / the outer layer of the earth • / the interior structure of the earth • / a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • / the planet on which we live;our world • / layer between the crust and the outer core • / materials such as glass and metal liquified by heat • ...

13 Clues: Incoming solar radiation • Rain, hail, sleet or snow • Short term, daily conditions • Long term or average conditions • When the moon is in the earths shadow • The reason earth has different seasons • The location east or west of the equator • The location north or south of the equator • Liquid water molecules heating up into a gas • ...

22 Clues: The path Earth takes around the Sun. • Half of Earth, either Northern or Southern. • The distance north or south of the equator. • Line around Earth halfway between the poles. • Collision of one celestial body with another. • The point in the sky directly above an observer. • Formed from debris after Theia collided with Earth. • ...

20 Clues: spinning in its place • loses light on the moon • builds light on the moon • the amount of moon phases • begging of summer and winter • what the moon does to the earth • takes approx 1 month or 27.3 days • when the moon shows the most light • the force that brings things together • darkest inner part of the moon's shadow • the amount of time in between full moons • ...

24 Clues: largest plant • smallest plants • the life of earth • the largest ocean • place with pyramids • the opposite to east • world largest island • the opposite to west • the opposite to north • the opposite to south • the way human interact • plants that hold water • worlds larger a country • world largest population • place with leaning tower • the water around the earth • ...

23 Clues: molten rock and metal. • These float on the Mantle. • A break in a body of rock. • The section of Crust we live on. • The thinnest layer of the Earth. • Translates to, "All of the Earth" • Plates moving towards each other. • These allow the Mantle to "Flow". • The inner most layer of the Earth. • The semi fluid layer of the Earth. • A scientist who studies the Earth. • ...

22 Clues: Our planet • Earth's star • dwarf planet • largest planet • A group of stars • orbits around Earth • Earth's twin planet • One turn of Earth's axis • Planet closest to the Sun • large body of rock or gas • Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars • Uranus and Saturn have these • imaginary line Earth turns on • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune • The path Earth follows are the Sun • ...

20 Clues: To spin • To orbit • Earths satellite • To follow a path • Can support Life • A big ball of gas • A dent in the moon • In relation to the sun • The outer layer of the earth • An imaginary line about which a body rotates. • A celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet • A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star. • ...

20 Clues: The earth is this shape • This force helps create tides • This large mass helps to make tides • In summer the days are ____ than in winter • This tide occurs when the earth passes the moon • This occurs when lots of suns rays hit this hemisphere • The earths tilt makes days in winter ____ than in summer • It takes this many months for the earth to change seasons • ...

20 Clues: a rock scientist • a storm made of snow • a fast, small wind storm • Way the name of our galaxy • a really, really big number • a machine that makes energy • the sound of bright flashes • a big group of solar systems • the outer layer of the Earth • hot steam energy from the Earth • hot, liquid rock under the crust • a pattern or picture made of stars • ...

20 Clues: Moving air. • The Living Planet. • The shape of the Earth. • Closest planet to the Sun. • The closest star to Earth. • Madagascar is an ___________. • This makes up the atmosphere. • The continent that we live on. • Orbits Earth and is seen at night. • Used to be a planet but is too small. • It is an island, country and continent. • The Earth ___________ the Sun every 365 days. • ...

20 Clues: Moving air. • The Living Planet. • The shape of the Earth. • Closest planet to the Sun. • The closest star to Earth. • This makes up the atmosphere. • Madagascar is an ___________. • The continent that we live on. • Orbits Earth and is seen at night. • Used to be a planet but is too small. • It is an island, country and continent. • The Earth ___________ the Sun every 365 days. • ...

15 Clues: Leaves fall • Ground shakes • Sun "wakes up" • Hottest season • The nearest star • One hundred years • The coldest season • One year has twelve • What we need to breath • Outer layer of Geosphere • All the water on the Earth • It´s the satellite of our planet • Seashore goes far and then comes • Layer of gas which surrounds Earth • Moment of day when Sun is at its highest point

15 Clues: When 2 plates move toward each other. • A boiling hot spring that shoots up water. • Molten rock that is found beneath the surface. • boundary When 2 plates drive away from each other • boundary When 2 plates slide past each other horizontally • When plates collide and one plate goes under the other plate • ...

15 Clues: rocks formed by magma • the thickest type of crust • the most dense type of crust • the thinnest layer of the earth • the thickest section of the earth • magma that has come to the surface • caused by 2 thing rubbing together • area of land directly above the focus • hot liquid rock in the core of our earth • there are 2 different types of __________ • ...

15 Clues: - Liquid on earth. • - Surface of Earth. • - Color of the Earth. • - Earth's grown plants. • - Our home full of life • - Earth model to examine. • - Earth's highland areas. • - Earth's scenery to view. • - Vast water area on Earth. • - Earth's Tree filled areas. • - Living organisms on Earth. • - Earth's environment to see. • - Animals that live on Earth. • ...

15 Clues: rocks that bend • a bend in a rock • a crack in a rock • rocks being pushed • rocks being squeezed • where earthquakes occur • how tectonic plates move • rocks being pulled apart • when a rock tilts folds or bends • the third layer of earth's crust • when plates are pushed or pulled • the outer layer of earth's crust • the fourth layer of earth's crust • ...

15 Clues: A landmass smaller than a continent and surrounded by water, like Hawaii or the Maldives. • A barren and dry landscape with little or no vegetation, such as the Sahara Desert or the Gobi Desert. • The gradual wearing away or weathering of the Earth's surface by wind, water, or other natural processes. • ...

15 Clues: A landmass smaller than a continent and surrounded by water, like Hawaii or the Maldives. • A barren and dry landscape with little or no vegetation, such as the Sahara Desert or the Gobi Desert. • The gradual wearing away or weathering of the Earth's surface by wind, water, or other natural processes. • ...

20 Clues: Another name for the North Star. • The pole at the top of the Earth. • The pole at the bottom of the Earth. • Telling how hot or cold something is. • The path the Earth takes around the Sun. • The zone on each side of the Tropical Zone. • The half of Earth that is South of the Equator. • The planet that is third in order from the Sun. • ...

20 Clues: water on Earth is • a purifying process • a form used by plants • Carbon Dioxide can be • all water on the Earth • causes cloud formation • the Earth is mostly made of • water stored under the Earth • has always been on the Earth • all living organisms on Earth • nature recycles matter through • makes up 78% of the atmosphere • rocks, minerals and the ground • ...

20 Clues: the binding of particles • Molten rock in the Earth • Molten rock above the Earth • the third layer of the Earth • the second layer of the Earth • first main layer of the Earth • the fourth layer of the Earth • Made from Convergent bounderies • Formed 250-499 Million years ago • Another upper layer of Earths Mantle • Rocks made from cooled magma or lava • ...

14 Clues: Group of islands. • Collection of maps. • A collection of maps. • Piece of land surrounded by water. • A fertile area in a desert, often with water. • Grassy plain in tropical or subtropical regions. • Deep valley, often with a river flowing through it. • Dense forest in tropical regions with high rainfall. • Landform where a river meets the sea, often triangular. • ...

19 Clues: One half of the Earth • The planet we live on • The bright part of the day • The direction where the Sun sets • The spinning motion of the Earth • The direction where the Sun rises • An imaginary line from pole to pole • The movement of Earth around the Sun • The invisible line Earth spins around • Regions that share the same clock time • ...

19 Clues: The shape of Earth's orbit • The first phase in the lunar cycle • The closest celestial body to Earth • The attractive force between two objects • The spin of an object around a point or line • The point or line in which an object rotates • The motion of an object around another in space • The path an object takes while revolving around another object • ...

20 Clues: Largest continent. • Earth’s type of system. • 3rd planet from the sun. • Revolves around the moon. • Biggest water body on Earth. • Solid portions of the Earth. • Outermost layer of the earth. • Cover 70% of Earth’s surface. • The lowest part of the atmosphere. • Most abundant gas in the atmosphere. • The movement of the Earth in a fixed path. • ...

18 Clues: Movement of earth on its axis. • Movement of earth on its orbit around the Sun. • A major result of revolution and tilt of the earth. • Great Circle on earth that passes through the Poles. • Angular distance in degrees North and South of the Equator. • Period after sunset when sunlight disappears from the horizon. • ...

19 Clues: This is the center of the Earth • The Mantle is made up of ___ solid rock • ____ moves back and forth between spheres • How many layers is the Earth divided into • This is made up of all frozen water on Earth • This s the mostly solid, rocky part of Earth • A ____ source of energy is important for life • This is one of the 5 parts of the Earth's system • ...

18 Clues: The only planet with life (that we know of) • Type of crust that is older and thicker (35 km) • The sphere of Earth that includes all living things. • The ______ core is solid due to the immense pressure • The percentage of the Earth's water that is NOT salty. • The sphere of Earth that encompasses all water on Earth • ...

20 Clues: The layer below the crust • Coldest layer of the Earth • This forms new oceanic crust • This boundary has three types • This boundary is conservative • This layer of the Earth is liquid • Plates in this boundary move apart • This layer of the Earth is a solid • Tectonic Plates make up this layer • This theory was made by Alfred Wegner • This is the hottest layer of the Earth • ...

15 Clues: A landmass smaller than a continent and surrounded by water, like Hawaii or the Maldives. • A barren and dry landscape with little or no vegetation, such as the Sahara Desert or the Gobi Desert. • A large underground chamber or cave, often formed by the dissolution of limestone or other soluble rocks. • ...

15 Clues: A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land. • A large area covered with trees, plants, and wildlife. • A large body of water surrounded by land, usually freshwater. • A piece of land surrounded by water, smaller than a continent. • A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often carved by a river. • ...

15 Clues: Dangerous • not allowed • sharing one car • to end something • to grow or expand • to keep something safe • They work in gov.(fem.) • paper,plastic,cans etc. • the planet is heating up • too many people in one area • something you can fall into • the science of the enviorment • Outer...(where astronauts go) • clean energy that uses the wind • describes something that's good for the planet

19 Clues: Thinnest layer of Earth • Thickest layer of Earth • Made of solid iron and nickel • S-Waves move in this direction • P-Waves move in this direction • Made of liquid iron and nickel • This is located in the upper mantle • These waves are produced from earthquakes • This zone is an area with no seismic activity • What happens to waves when they change mediums • ...

19 Clues: Ni • Fe • heat • clay has _____ • thickest layer • thinnest layer • the crust is _____ • partly melted rocks • center of the earth • measures seismic waves • crust and upper mantle • the outer core is _____ • surrounding the inner core • directly below the lithosphere • big plates that make up the crust • contains the inner and outer core • hot stuff rise and cold stuff sink • ...

19 Clues: The edge of a plate. (8) • The name of our planet. (5) • The very centre of the Earth. (4) • A plate that lies below sea level. (7) • A plate that lies above sea level. (11) • A mountain formed by lava when it cools down. (7) • Very hot liquid rock below the Eath's surface. (5) • A piece of the Earth's crust that moves slowly. (5) • ...

20 Clues: a long narrow ditch • where to tectonic plates meet • the movement of tectonic plates • sediment moving because of gravity • long narrow hilltop under the water • the process of a mountain being formed • the movement of magma inside a volcano • sediment moved by the water or the wind • Thinnest layer Made of silicon and aluminum • the spot the lava comes out of the core from • ...

19 Clues: mineral with sharp edges • An igneous rock with large crystals. • igneous rock with very tiny crystals • A Metamorphic rock made from limestone • The part of the Earth below the crust. • molten rock that runs out of volcanoes. • Molten rock beneath the surface of the Earth. • The idea that the world was created by a divine being. • ...

20 Clues: What is storing information called? • To slowly rot or break down over time. • Who is an individual who studies fossils? • What is ancient organisms in rock called? • Clues or facts that help prove something is true. • To break down or rot after a plant or animal dies. • What is condensed matter in a body of water called? • ...

20 Clues: Half of Earth • A model of Earth • The planet that we live on • A large area of land on Earth • A rounded, raised are of land • A massive, raised area of land • A large area of water on Earth • An area of land covered by Water • A hill of sand formed by the wind • Most of the Earth is covered in it • Cities and towns are built on this • A tool used to know which way to go • ...

20 Clues: up • down • left • right • big bugs • vertical • australia • our county • long river • maple syrup • top of earth • lots of water • bottom of earth • Capital of Maine • red white and blue • left side of earth • right side of earth • Where we live on the map • lots of storms but also nice weather • threw the middle of the earth going down

30 Clues: A biological catalyst. (Biology) • Force that opposes motion. (Physics) • Speed in a given direction. (Physics) • Electric potential difference. (Physics) • Mass per unit volume. (Physics/Chemistry) • A complete path for electricity. (Physics) • Amount of water vapour in the air. (Weather) • One of two or more forms of a gene. (Biology) • ...

20 Clues: 365 days in one ________. • The opposite of clockwise. • The earth's circular motion on its axis. • No sunlight all day. You can see stars all day. • The path an object moves around another object. • Shown in scales, measuring hotness or coldness. • An imaginary tilted line that the Earth rotates on. • When there is daylight all day, the sun does not set. • ...

20 Clues: a map • a planet • map drawing • what we eat • half the Earth • Australia is one • what produces air • a group of islands • index or dictonary • Earth has it's own • places people live in • a ring around the Earth • the farming of countries • jarred between countries • zone the belt of the Earth • cars, motobikes, buses etc • vertical lines on a world map • horizontal lines on a world map • ...

20 Clues: earth's tilt • top layer of the earth • outer part of the earth • thickest layer of the earth • Creator Of The Pangea Theory • the surface right above the focus • a preserved part of a long dead plant • where all countries and where we live are • current in a liquid that results in convection • A Theory That All Continents Were Once Together • ...

24 Clues: Fastest orbit • Largest planet • hottest planet • getting larger • getting smaller • Most beautiful rings • Its atmosphere has oxygen • Farthest planet from the Sun • When the Earth spins on its axis • Small rocky body orbiting the sun • Water found only in its polar ice caps • When the earth revolves, or moves around the sun • When the moon blocks sunlight traveling to the earth • ...

19 Clues: an oval shape • when something spins • non concentrated light • the way the earth spins • another name for polaris • the star that earth orbits • the line at 23.5 degrees north • the line at 23.5 degrees south • the northernmost point on earth • the southernmost point on earth • the brightest star in the night sky • the longest and shortest days in a year • ...

20 Clues: earth's tilt • top layer of the earth • outer part of the earth • thickest layer of the earth • Creator Of The Pangea Theory • the surface right above the focus • a preserved part of a long dead plant • where all countries and where we live are • current in a liquid that results in convection • A Theory That All Continents Were Once Together • ...

19 Clues: Relating to the Sun • Relating to the Moon • The planet we live on • Earth's natural satellite • The spinning of Earth on its axis • The movement of Earth around the Sun • When day and night are of equal length • The star at the centre of our solar system • Caused by Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun • One of the shapes of the Moon visible from Earth • ...

31 Clues: The Sun gives out _____ energy. • Our Earth rotates about an ___. • What direction does the Sun set in? • The Sun lets us ___ things clearly. • The Sun is in the East in the ______. • The Sun is in the West in the ______. • What direction does the Sun rise from? • There are ____ main points on a compass. • Without the Sun, the Earth will be ____. • ...

19 Clues: Relating to the Sun • Relating to the Moon • The planet we live on • Earth's natural satellite • The spinning of Earth on its axis • The movement of Earth around the Sun • When day and night are of equal length • The star at the centre of our solar system • Caused by Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun • One of the shapes of the Moon visible from Earth • ...

21 Clues: All ecosystems • A detailed map • All water on earth • The solid, outer part of earth • Removing soil or rock by water • The crust of earth's outer layer • Melting ice, change in ice shapes • Rocks being carried away bu water. • The weather condition's in an area • The wind shaping that earth's rocks • Flow of water on the earth's surface • A layer of earth that lets water pass • ...

20 Clues: an immeasurably long period of time • The age of a rock compared to the ages of rock layers • a scientific method of determining the age of an artifact • the age of an object in relation to the ages of other objects • A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock. • a rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment • ...

19 Clues: Solid substances found in rocks. • Large land masses on the Earth’s surface. • The force felt inside Earth due to its layers. • Made of minerals, they make up the Earth’s crust. • Hot, molten rock found beneath the Earth’s crust. • The outer layer where we live, made of solid rock. • The release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano. • ...

21 Clues: thinnest layer of the Earth • most dense layer of the earth • layer of earth the tectonic plates are on • rock that is formed from cooling of magma • layer of earth that has convection currents • two things that help create metamorphic rock • all rocks can be weathered and eroded to make • The name used to describe the super continent • ...

20 Clues: Earth spins on its axis • Earth goes around the sun • This season begins June 21st. • The number of months in a year • This season begins March 20th. • The longest day or shortest day • Earth does this at 23.5 degrees • Australia is in this hemisphere. • Hours or day and night are equal • This season begins December 21st. • This season begins September 22nd. • ...

21 Clues: the science guy • an oval shaped path • once every four years • the ____ year is 365 days • the direction the sun sets • the direction the sun rises from • the earth spins in this direction • one complete orbit around the sun • the earth spins one _______ per day • dark spots on the surface of the sun • the earth is divided into 24 of these • the coldest season in western culture • ...

17 Clues: mars has two ___ • earth has ____ moon • earth has powerful ____ • Earth is a _____ planet • mars is named after a ___ • Earth's ___ isn't uniform • The planet is constantly ____ • earth has an uneven _____ field • the planet moves around the ___ • Earth is about 4.54 ___ years old. • ___ is the fourth planet from the sun • Earth is the only planet not named after a ___ • ...

20 Clues: Divergent boundaries... • Transform boundaries... • Convergent boundaries... • Divergent ____ boundaries • When the plates are sliding • the innermost layer of earth • When the plates are dividing • When the plates are colliding • How the continents are moving • The bodies of water on the earth • the second largest layer of earth • The outer most layer of the earth • ...

21 Clues: thinnest layer of the Earth • most dense layer of the earth • rock that is formed from cooling of magma • layer of earth the tectonic plates are on • layer of earth that has convection currents • all rocks can be weathered and eroded to make • The name used to describe the super continent • layer of Earth that has liquid nickel and iron • ...

20 Clues: The center latitude of Earth (234) • A path a moon or planet follows (234) • A three-dimensional model of Earth (233) • Earth's spin, occurs once each day (233) • The days when Earth is not tilted toward the Sun (234) • Earth moving around the sun, occurs once each year (233) • The different shapes that the moon appears to have (235) • ...

20 Clues: The central part of the Earth • The fastest type of seismic wave • Scientist who studies earthquakes • Material that S waves cannot pass through • Layer of the Earth studied using boreholes • Area where molten rock reaches the surface • Molten rock that reaches the Earth’s surface • Molten rock found beneath the Earth’s surface • ...

20 Clues: spins • the lower half of Earth • the upper half of Earth • move around another object • spring, summer, fall, winter • a ball of hot, glowing gases • the Sun's light casts __________. • the path one object takes around another • a line through the center of a spinning object • the hemisphere tilted towards the Sun has this • the hemisphere tilted away from the Sun has this • ...

20 Clues: dwarf planet • first element • has many rings • largest planet • planet we live on • rotation around the sun • Earth is tilted on this • closest planet to the sun • caused by the moon's gravity • the main star in our solar system • force pulling us toward center of Earth • evidence used to determine age of Earth • cloud of dust, gasses, particles in space • ...

27 Clues: The darkest part of a shadow. • The lightest part of a shadow. • The shape of the Earth's orbit. • A natural object that orbits another. • Point or line on which an object spins • The spinning of an object around an axis. • The force of attraction between two objects. • An object in space that was not put there by humans. • ...

19 Clues: earth spin on its axis • Closest planet to the sun • known as the "red planet" • earth movement around the sun • planet that known for its rings • the outermost part of the earth • the coldest planet in solar system • second closest planet from the sun • the furthest planet in solar system • the deepest part of the earth layer • earth layer where magma can be found • ...

19 Clues: layer beneath the crust • All the water on the Earth • All the gases surrounding Earth • All of the rock elements on Earth • Makes up 21% of Earth's atmosphere • The outermost layer of the atmosphere • Makes up almost 80% of Earth's atmosphere • 7km in thickness made up of mainly Basalt • All of the living things that inhabit Earth • ...

19 Clues: spinning on an axis • halfway between the solstices • one object going around another • when light is fading on the moon. • when light is growing on the moon. • tide caused by a quarter moon phases • a force of attraction between objects • the only natural satellite Earth has. • when you can't see the moon in the sky • the larger, less dark part of a shadow • ...

19 Clues: Solid substances found in rocks. • Large land masses on the Earth’s surface. • The force felt inside Earth due to its layers. • Made of minerals, they make up the Earth’s crust. • Hot, molten rock found beneath the Earth’s crust. • The outer layer where we live, made of solid rock. • The release of lava, ash, and gases from a volcano. • ...

20 Clues: manipulated variable • study of Earth's oceans • Earth's innermost layer • All the water on Earth. • Earth's solid outer layer • long term weather patterns • lowest later of atmosphere • elevated landform with peaks • sudden shaking of the ground • Earth's outermost thin layer • Earth's solid parts like rocks • All living organisms on Earth. • study of Earth's plate movements • ...

20 Clues: Greek word meaning rocky/stone. • Lies between lithosphere and mantle. • This layer is made of Iron and Nickel. • This gas dominates the Earth's atmosphere. • One of the factors that makes our planet habitable. • Zone of the ocean where high tide and low tide occur. • A body of porous rock or sediment saturated with groundwater. • ...

26 Clues: The sum of all water on a planet • Evaporation of water from plants • The process that moves sediments • Powder left on a plate by a mineral • The ability of a mineral to break apart • A simple visual way to identify minerals • Small, solid fragments of rock-like gravel • A minerals ability to resist being scratched • Rock that forms when moleten rock called magma cools • ...

22 Clues: forces that build • shaking of the earth • measures earthquakes • warns of earthquakes • forces that tear down • slower secondary wave • longest mountain range • any break in the earth • where plates are found • type of earth scientist • point on earth of quake • outermost layer of earth • plates towards each other • large wave from earthquake • point under earth of quake • ...

24 Clues: above the mesosphere • under the thermosphere • line draw around the earth • move into sloping positions • state or period of inactivity • the smallest and weakest cells • measure of hotness or coldness • lowest region of the atmosphere • become larger or more extensive • of stratified temperature layers • half of the earth that lies south • - half of the earth that lies north • ...

30 Clues: Land • earth • An end • Farmer • Worked • Dignity • Peaceful • Learning • Pleading • Appropriately • Ask earnestly • Awkward looking • Drawing the earth • Fired pieces of clay • To speak or converse • Pertaining to the earth • Raised platform of earth • Using charm to influence • A way of carrying oneself • Extremely cowardly person • Outside the earths atmosphere • Garden in a small glass container • ...

43 Clues: "about" Latin • "equal night" • March 20 or 21 • no P or S waves • December 21 or 22 • shape of the Earth • "biological clock" • June 21 or June 22 • center of the Earth • Denver-based geologist • a Yugoslavian scientist • a thick blanket of gases • all of the Earth's water • two-thirds of Earth's mass • ability for a solid to flow • location where a day begins • Earth is closest to the Sun • ...

20 Clues: spinning on an axis • a natural satellite • less than a full circle • the darkest part of a shadow • the source of the moon's light • the quarter moon that is waning • the phase right after a new moon • an object that orbits another object • the number of moons that orbit Earth • one object moving around another object • how the moon appears to observers on Earth • ...

16 Clues: all air on earth • all life on earth • all water on earth • solid parts of the earth • the crust under the ocean • the part of earth we live on • the crust and mantle of earth • below the crust, consists of lava • the movement of water(the rain cycle) • the outter most layer of the lithosphere • the deep middle/hottest part of the earth • ...

28 Clues: spinning on an axis • The shape of Earth's orbit • the rise and fall of Earth's water • When the Moon appears to get bigger • When the Moon appears to get smaller • moving around another object in space • Earths path as it revolves around the sun • looks like darkness. has no light reflected • the moon's shape when more than half is illuminated • ...

16 Clues: mars two moons are • what is mars known as • Earth is a red________ • what is mars named after • Earth is a _______ planet • Earth has a powerful magnetic • how many rings does earth have • what is the Temperature on mars • how long would it take to fly to mars • Earth is the only planet not named after a • layers how many layers does the earth have • ...