the earth Crossword Puzzles

Earth Crossword 2025-02-01

Earth Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 23.5 degrees
  2. Measures distance east and west of the prime
  3. Equinox Equal amount of daylight and darkness
  4. Earth's tilt toward the sun is at it's maximum
  5. Liquid layer of Earth
  6. Innermost layer of the Earth
  7. Slow change of Earth's rotational axis
  8. Away from the sun
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  1. Close to the sun
  2. Opposite of Longitude
  3. Takes four minutes longer then a Solar day
  4. Boundary between Earth's crust and its mantle
  5. FE on pt
  6. Path of a celestial object
  7. Opposite of Sidereal day

15 Clues: FE on pt23.5 degreesClose to the sunAway from the sunOpposite of LongitudeLiquid layer of EarthOpposite of Sidereal dayPath of a celestial objectInnermost layer of the EarthSlow change of Earth's rotational axisTakes four minutes longer then a Solar dayMeasures distance east and west of the primeEquinox Equal amount of daylight and darkness...

Earth Day! 2025-04-22

Earth Day! crossword puzzle
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  1. These bulbs are highly energy-efficient and last much longer than traditional incandescent bulbs.
  2. Each year it is estimated that about a _________ people participate in Earth Day activities.
  3. These organisms use chlorophyll to absorb sunlight and convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose. They produce roughly 25% of the world's oxygen.
  4. According to the Arbor Day Foundation, a single tree can supply a day's worth of oxygen for up to _____ people.
  5. These cover about 70% of the Earth's surface and hold nearly all of the planet's water. They play a crucial role in regulating the climate and providing oxygen.
  6. The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Our ______, Our Planet.
  7. The largest accumulation of plastic debris in the ocean is known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" it is _______ the size of Texas.
  8. The world's largest land animal.
  9. This is the most abundant energy source on Earth and is the fastest-growing renewable energy source.
  10. This Wisconsin senator established the concept of Earth Day.
Down
  1. There are over 200,000 different species of ________, including insects, birds, bats, and other animals. They transfer pollen between flowers enabling plants to produce fruit and seeds.
  2. The most littered item globally, contributing to land and water pollution.
  3. Spanning more than 1200 miles and encompassing thousands of individual reefs, the _____________________ (three words) in Australia is one of the Earth's greatest wonders.
  4. Reduce, _________, Recycle!
  5. This book was written in 1962 by a marine scientist named Rachel Carson. Her book spoke of the dangers of pesticides and other environmental hazards.

15 Clues: Reduce, _________, Recycle!The world's largest land animal.The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Our ______, Our Planet.This Wisconsin senator established the concept of Earth Day.The most littered item globally, contributing to land and water pollution.Each year it is estimated that about a _________ people participate in Earth Day activities....

Planet Earth 2025-05-01

Planet Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Low land between hills.
  2. Full of tall trees.
  3. Earth's night companion.
  4. Falls from the clouds.
  5. Hot and sandy.
  6. Rises high above land.
  7. Floats in the sky.
  8. Moves the air.
Down
  1. A flowing water path.
  2. Makes the ground shake.
  3. Covers most of Earth.
  4. Erupts with lava.
  5. Warms the planet.
  6. Land surrounded by water.
  7. Covers the land in winter.

15 Clues: Hot and sandy.Moves the air.Erupts with lava.Warms the planet.Floats in the sky.Full of tall trees.A flowing water path.Covers most of Earth.Falls from the clouds.Rises high above land.Makes the ground shake.Low land between hills.Earth's night companion.Land surrounded by water.Covers the land in winter.

Dynamic Earth 2025-04-17

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a naturally occurring solid mixture composed of minerals, smaller rock fragments, organic matter, or glass.
  2. is something on Earth that living things use to meet their needs.
  3. are deposits of minerals that are large enough to be mined for a profit.
  4. occurs when particles dissolved in a liquid or a melt solidify and form crystals.
  5. is the laying down or settling of eroded material.
  6. is the igneous rock formed when lava cools and crystallizes on Earth´s surface
Down
  1. is the process through which sediment turns into rock.
  2. is a large mass of ice that forms on land and moves slowly across Earth´s surface.
  3. is the igneous rock formed when magma cools and crystallizes inside Earth.
  4. is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition.
  5. any natural process that changes objects on Earth´s surface over time.
  6. describe the moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another.
  7. occurs when minerals dissolved in surrounding water crystallize between sediment grains of sediment.
  8. is capable of moving sand and finer sediment.
  9. is a sharp ridge of rock formed between two glaciers.

15 Clues: is capable of moving sand and finer sediment.is the laying down or settling of eroded material.is a sharp ridge of rock formed between two glaciers.is the process through which sediment turns into rock.is something on Earth that living things use to meet their needs.any natural process that changes objects on Earth´s surface over time....

Earth Day 2024-06-24

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to cycle the waste material
  2. essential for our life
  3. protect something of environment
  4. month of earth day
  5. to decrease waste material
  6. surrounding we live in
  7. what is earth
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  1. a colorful plant thing
  2. to using waste material again
  3. something that pollutes things
  4. waste material
  5. made of plant waste
  6. color of leafs
  7. fully grown plant
  8. planet which we live on

15 Clues: what is earthwaste materialcolor of leafsfully grown plantmonth of earth daymade of plant wastea colorful plant thingessential for our lifesurrounding we live inplanet which we live onto decrease waste materialto cycle the waste materialto using waste material againsomething that pollutes thingsprotect something of environment

Earth Sci 2024-09-17

Earth Sci crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Processes or phenomena that occur in nature without human influence.
  2. A system used in scientific research or experiments.
  3. Large bodies of water that impact climate and support marine life.
  4. Natural or man-made materials that support life and various activities.
  5. Substances that contaminate the environment and harm living organisms.
  6. The layer of gases surrounding Earth, which influences weather and climate.
  7. An area where living and non-living things interact with each other.
  8. Organisms that have life and carry out biological processes.
  9. The top layer of Earth that supports plant growth
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  1. The study of how organisms interact with their environment and one another.
  2. The act of noticing and recording phenomena or data
  3. Patterns in environmental data
  4. An essential element for life, which affects climate.
  5. Changes caused by human activities, such as pollution and deforestation.
  6. The solid part of Earth, including the crust and mantle

15 Clues: Patterns in environmental dataThe top layer of Earth that supports plant growthThe act of noticing and recording phenomena or dataA system used in scientific research or experiments.An essential element for life, which affects climate.The solid part of Earth, including the crust and mantleOrganisms that have life and carry out biological processes....

Earth Science 2025-09-17

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large, slow-moving mass of ice that carves our landforms.
  2. boundaries that collide and form mountains.
  3. the process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces..
  4. boundaries that slide past each other and cause earthquakes.
  5. cause massive destruction along the earth's coastline.
  6. processes that "tear down" existing landforms.
  7. from volcanic eruptions cools and form land.
Down
  1. boundaries that move apart and form volcanoes.
  2. mountains that release molten rock, ash, and gas from inside the earth.
  3. the process of moving weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
  4. break apart earth's crust, causing damage
  5. processes that "build up" new landforms.
  6. the dropping of sediment in a new location.
  7. surface features on earth (valleys, mountains, hills, etc.).
  8. a fan-shaped mass of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river.

15 Clues: processes that "build up" new landforms.break apart earth's crust, causing damageboundaries that collide and form mountains.the dropping of sediment in a new location.from volcanic eruptions cools and form land.boundaries that move apart and form volcanoes.processes that "tear down" existing landforms....

The Earth System 2014-11-10

The Earth System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ability to do work.
  2. forces such as ice, rain, wind, and changing temperatures wear down, or destroy, landmasses
  3. has three main parts; a metal core, a solid middle layer, and a rocky outer layer.
  4. the relatively thin envelope of gases that forms earth's outermost layer.
Down
  1. forces that construct, or build up, mountains.
  2. a group of parts that work together as a whole.
  3. contains all of earth's waters.
  4. the part of the earth that contains living organisms.

8 Clues: the ability to do work.contains all of earth's waters.forces that construct, or build up, mountains.a group of parts that work together as a whole.the part of the earth that contains living organisms.the relatively thin envelope of gases that forms earth's outermost layer....

Save the Earth! 2020-05-09

Save the Earth! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The ________ we use for energy makes the atmosphere warmer.
  2. As the sea rises, the ______ disappears.
  3. In _______ live millions of marine animals.
  4. We should ____________ plastic, glass, paper and tin.
Down
  1. Smoke from cars causes air ___________.
  2. We can _______ the water that we consume.
  3. _______ bags can kill turtles.
  4. ___________ clean the air and produce oxygen.

8 Clues: _______ bags can kill turtles.Smoke from cars causes air ___________.As the sea rises, the ______ disappears.We can _______ the water that we consume.In _______ live millions of marine animals.___________ clean the air and produce oxygen.We should ____________ plastic, glass, paper and tin....

The Sun & Earth 2021-03-02

The Sun & Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The invisible line around the Earth's waist.
  2. We live on the __________ hemisphere of the Earth.
  3. The Earth __________ around the sun.
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  1. Earth is the __________ planet from the sun.
  2. The Earth's axis is _________.
  3. Northern hemisphere season that begins in December.
  4. Northern hemisphere season that begins in March.
  5. It takes the Earth 365 days to travel around the sun.

8 Clues: The Earth's axis is _________.The Earth __________ around the sun.Earth is the __________ planet from the sun.The invisible line around the Earth's waist.Northern hemisphere season that begins in March.We live on the __________ hemisphere of the Earth.Northern hemisphere season that begins in December....

Inside the Earth 2021-09-10

Inside the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer between core and crust
  2. Ferrous otherwise called
  3. The uppermost layer of the Earth
  4. Land under the sea
Down
  1. shape of Earth
  2. Nickel and ferrous
  3. The layer which is Very high in temperature
  4. Continental mass is made of

8 Clues: shape of EarthNickel and ferrousLand under the seaFerrous otherwise calledContinental mass is made ofthe layer between core and crustThe uppermost layer of the EarthThe layer which is Very high in temperature

Protect the Earth 2022-07-30

Protect the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a material comes from trees
  2. a material not easily goes away
  3. don't use too much
  4. do let people get hurt
Down
  1. use too much
  2. The 70% of Earth is it.
  3. a large paper that you can draw or write on it
  4. cars need it to move

8 Clues: use too muchdon't use too muchcars need it to movedo let people get hurtThe 70% of Earth is it.a material comes from treesa material not easily goes awaya large paper that you can draw or write on it

SAVE THE EARTH! 2025-05-21

SAVE THE EARTH! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - don't take long showers and ___________
  2. - use less _______________
  3. - turn off computers to save _____________
  4. - don't ________ down trees
Down
  1. - we live on planet ____________
  2. - ride the _______________
  3. - don't waste ___________
  4. - turn off the _______________

8 Clues: - don't waste ___________- ride the _______________- use less _______________- don't ________ down trees- turn off the _______________- we live on planet ____________- don't take long showers and ___________- turn off computers to save _____________

Extra Point 2022-03-30

Extra Point crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of becoming warmer
  2. he regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth
  3. radiation radiation from the sun
  4. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
  5. a group of many things in the air or on the ground
  6. temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
  7. the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
  8. change in outward structure or looks
  9. the removal of trees
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  1. gas a gas that contributes to the greenhouse
  2. involving the entire earth
  3. warming an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
  4. our planet
  5. the rays of the sun
  6. any celestial body
  7. of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings
  8. fuel fuel consisting of the remains of organisms
  9. the ratio of reflected to incident light
  10. a person authorized to act for another
  11. core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet

20 Clues: our planetany celestial bodythe rays of the sunthe removal of treesinvolving the entire earththe process of becoming warmerradiation radiation from the sunchange in outward structure or looksconspicuously and tastelessly indecenta person authorized to act for anotherthe ratio of reflected to incident light...

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses 2023-10-11

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Moon God
  2. The God of the Earth
  3. The God of Grain
  4. The God of the Sky
  5. The God of Fate
  6. The Creator God
  7. The God of Spoken Word
  8. The Goddess of Arrows
  9. The Goddess of Mummification
  10. The God of Reproduction
  11. The Goddess of Soul Protection
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  1. The God of Justice
  2. The Goddess of Writing
  3. The God of Wealth
  4. The God of Magic
  5. The God of Air
  6. The Goddess of Hunting
  7. The God of Music and Air
  8. The Falcon God
  9. The Goddess of Earth

20 Clues: The Moon GodThe God of AirThe Falcon GodThe God of FateThe Creator GodThe God of MagicThe God of GrainThe God of WealthThe God of JusticeThe God of the SkyThe God of the EarthThe Goddess of EarthThe Goddess of ArrowsThe Goddess of WritingThe Goddess of HuntingThe God of Spoken WordThe God of ReproductionThe God of Music and Air...

Space Crossword 2025-11-17

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. another planet next to Earth
  2. gets launched into the sky; astronauts are in it
  3. the name of the first dog sent into space
  4. ribbon of light in the sky
  5. International Space Station
  6. European Space Agency
  7. our galaxy
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  1. sparkling lights that can be viewed from earth
  2. name of the first satellite in space
  3. the planet we live on
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  5. one of the planets next to Earth
  6. the name of: a star and all the objects that are bound to it by a gravital force

13 Clues: our galaxythe planet we live onEuropean Space Agencyribbon of light in the skyInternational Space Stationanother planet next to Earthone of the planets next to Earthname of the first satellite in spacethe name of the first dog sent into spaceNational Aeronautics and Space Administrationsparkling lights that can be viewed from earth...

G7 REVIEW 2021-06-16

G7 REVIEW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
  2. Spilled oil can block this from getting into the water.
  3. Largest Ocean.
  4. A metal with a low melting point.
  5. Rockets need their own supply of this.
  6. A way to reduce water and air resistance.
  7. Tiny marine animals that use calcium carbonate.
  8. Can help a rocket get off the ground.
  9. Friction always _____ a moving object.
  10. One of the three Rs.
  11. Percentage of Earth that is “blue”.
  12. A type of water pollution.
  13. The lightest zone.
  14. Most common metal in Earth’s crust.
  15. A property of metals.
  16. The heating effect of friction changes some _________ energy into heat energy.
  17. It keeps us down.
Down
  1. distance between Earth and Mars.
  2. You may feel a lot of this in the midnight zone.
  3. __________ plastics can decompose more easily.
  4. Yet another property of metals.
  5. Mostly made of rock and ice.
  6. A push or pull.
  7. The amount of matter in an object.
  8. A common liquid rocket fuel.
  9. Magnetism is an example of this type of force.
  10. Many of these in between Mars and Jupiter.
  11. Too many people.
  12. For Earth: The Moon.
  13. The second largest gas giant.
  14. A property of plastics.

31 Clues: Largest Ocean.A push or pull.Too many people.It keeps us down.The lightest zone.For Earth: The Moon.One of the three Rs.A property of metals.A property of plastics.A type of water pollution.Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.Mostly made of rock and ice.A common liquid rocket fuel.The second largest gas giant.Yet another property of metals....

Astronomy Unit 2: Earth-Moon-Sun System 2024-03-22

Astronomy Unit 2: Earth-Moon-Sun System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Eclipes where the Earth blocks the Sun
  2. when the Moon is getting larger
  3. June 21 is the summer _______
  4. Moon phase less than half
  5. Start of Spring ________ equinox
  6. Eclipse where the Moon blocks the Sun
  7. Moon phase after Full: ___ quarter
  8. when the Moon is getting smaller
  9. Moon phase greater than half
  10. Start of Fall is autumnal ______
  11. Change in water level due to Moon
  12. caused by tilt of Earth
Down
  1. Full shadow
  2. Solar model with Sun at center
  3. Moon phase after New: ___ quarter
  4. Used telescope to demonstrate geocentric model
  5. Partial shadow
  6. Solar model with Earth at center
  7. Moon phase when you can't see it
  8. Number of high tides each day
  9. apparent backwards motion of planets
  10. Galileo used telescope to see ___ of Venus
  11. December 21 is the _____ solstice

23 Clues: Full shadowPartial shadowcaused by tilt of EarthMoon phase less than halfMoon phase greater than halfJune 21 is the summer _______Number of high tides each daySolar model with Sun at centerwhen the Moon is getting largerSolar model with Earth at centerMoon phase when you can't see itStart of Spring ________ equinoxwhen the Moon is getting smaller...

Crossword 2017-02-07

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement of people from place to place.
  2. mapmaking
  3. The northern Hemisphere has its longest day of sunlight.
  4. Because the earth rotates to the east, global winds are displaced in a phenomenon, called the _____.
  5. describes a place's location in relation to another place.
  6. oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.
  7. The process of spreading new knowledge and skill from one culture to another.
  8. The physical features of particular shape and elevations-include continents, mountains, hills, plateaus, valleys, and plains.
  9. measures the average # of people living in a square mile or square kilometer land.
  10. The part of a continent that extends under water.
  11. freshwater lying beneath the planet's surface.
  12. the northernmost latitude on the earth to receive the sun's direct rays.
  13. move warm water and cold water just as winds move warm and cold air.
  14. complex community of independent living things in a given environment.
  15. land makes up the _______________.
  16. share common language, history and place of origin.
  17. Natural springs and handmade wells allow people to retrieve groundwater.
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  1. specialists who describe Earth's physical and human features and the interactions of people, places, and environments.
  2. the exact latitude and longitude at which a place is found on a globe.
  3. The removal of salt from ocean water.
  4. what divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
  5. the earth is composed of 3 layers: core, mantle, and the crust.
  6. human geographers study sociology and anthropology to learn how people have interacted with their environment over time.
  7. the southernmost latitude to receive sun's direct rays.
  8. At the equator is a narrow, generally windless band called the ______.
  9. The part of the Earth that supports life.
  10. The cool air returns the water to Earth in the form of rain, snow, or sleet.
  11. when the layers grind or slide past each other, they create cracks.
  12. study of weather and weather forecasting.
  13. Condition of the atmosphere in a certain place at a specific time.

30 Clues: mapmakingland makes up the _______________.The removal of salt from ocean water.movement of people from place to place.The part of the Earth that supports life.study of weather and weather forecasting.freshwater lying beneath the planet's surface.oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.The part of a continent that extends under water....

Space 2022-01-20

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I am the same as the sun but farther away.
  2. I am the smallest plant and has a oval orbit.
  3. I study space from Earth.
  4. I am the Red Planet.
  5. I have been traveled to by Humans many times.
  6. When a planet goes around the sun.
  7. I surround planets to trap in the suns heat.
  8. I am the center of the Universe.
  9. I can fly through the night sky.
  10. I am the biggest planet in the Solar system.
  11. I am the same size as Earth but Warmer.
  12. I hold life.
  13. I carry people to the moon and back.
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  1. There isn't any light in me and I have a gravitational field.
  2. There is 8 of us in the Solar System.
  3. I am tilted on my side.
  4. I contain all planets in the system.
  5. I go around the Earth and people live on me.
  6. I am the closes planet to the Sun.
  7. I have rings made of rocks and Ice.
  8. I study planets and have sent people to space and back.
  9. I go to space to study it.
  10. I help you see things far into space.
  11. There isn't any in space.
  12. I am blue and contain Ice storms.

25 Clues: I hold life.I am the Red Planet.I am tilted on my side.I study space from Earth.There isn't any in space.I go to space to study it.I am the center of the Universe.I can fly through the night sky.I am blue and contain Ice storms.I am the closes planet to the Sun.When a planet goes around the sun.I have rings made of rocks and Ice....

Solar System 2023-05-05

Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The windiest of the planets
  2. Second largest near-Earth object
  3. Saturn is what kind of planet
  4. Best known for its icy/rocky rings
  5. Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
  6. Named after the Greek myth of son of the sun god Helios.
  7. This asteroid has been seen more than 4.5 billion years of history
  8. Called the RED PLANET
  9. Comet Arguably the most famous comets in history
  10. Most massive and second largest known dwarf planet
  11. Uranus takes how many years to orbit the sun
  12. Venus rotates what way?
  13. Saturn's largest moon/second-largest in the solar system
  14. Know as the king of planets
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  1. Neptune is what kind of planet
  2. Smaller than Earths moon
  3. Known as the SIDEWAYS planet
  4. Pluto's surface is covered with
  5. 70% covered in water
  6. Mercury is closet to__?
  7. Jupiter is the first __ planet
  8. This object has the most elliptical orbit
  9. Discovered from the ground by the Australian astronomer Terry Lovejoy
  10. Like Earth it has weather and seasons
  11. Earth is the only known planet to host__?
  12. Hottest planet
  13. Largest meteorite found in Mexico and the third largest in the Americas
  14. First Neptunian moon discovered and orbits in the direction opposite to its planet

28 Clues: Hottest planet70% covered in waterCalled the RED PLANETMercury is closet to__?Venus rotates what way?Smaller than Earths moonThe windiest of the planetsKnow as the king of planetsKnown as the SIDEWAYS planetSaturn is what kind of planetNeptune is what kind of planetJupiter is the first __ planetPluto's surface is covered with...

Inner Planets Project Maria 2025-05-12

Inner Planets Project Maria crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Planets closest to the sun are _ _ _ _ _.
  2. Mars has two moons called _ _ _ _ _ and Deimos.
  3. The smallest planet in the solar system is _ _ _ _ _.
  4. Mars has polar ice caps made of _ _ _ _ _ and carbon dioxide.
  5. Earth has a strong magnetic field that protects it from harmful solar _ _ _ _ _.
  6. Mars is the _ _ _ _ _inner planet.
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  1. Earth is the only planet in the solar system known to sustain_ _ _ _ _.
  2. The planet known for its extreme heat and dense atmosphere is _ _ _ _ _.
  3. Venus spins in the _ _ _ _ _ direction compared to Earth.
  4. Mars is known for its large _ _ _ _ _ storms that can cover the entire planet.
  5. What planet is called the “Red Planet” _ _ _ _ _.
  6. Inner planets are primarily composed of solid _ _ _ _ _and have iron cores.
  7. Inner planets have shorter _ _ _ _ _ around the Sun.
  8. The Earths _ _ _ _ _ is Venus.
  9. The planet with a single moon is _ _ _ _ _.

15 Clues: The Earths _ _ _ _ _ is Venus.Mars is the _ _ _ _ _inner planet.Planets closest to the sun are _ _ _ _ _.The planet with a single moon is _ _ _ _ _.Mars has two moons called _ _ _ _ _ and Deimos.What planet is called the “Red Planet” _ _ _ _ _.Inner planets have shorter _ _ _ _ _ around the Sun.The smallest planet in the solar system is _ _ _ _ _....

Talk About Geosphere! 2017-10-26

Talk About Geosphere! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fine particles of rock dust from an erupting volcano
  2. molten rock on which plates float
  3. a deformation that leads to an earthquake
  4. the point of the Earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  5. spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the Earth and its atmosphere
  6. melted rock under the surface of the earth
  7. folding, breaking, or flow of rocks
  8. magma that reached the surface through a volcanic eruption
  9. the process when solid, liquid, and gaseous materials are emitted into the Earth's atmosphere and onto the Earth's surface by volcanic activity
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  1. changes of the minerals and textures of a rock by temperature and pressure
  2. crack on the slopes of a volcano
  3. a break along which surrounding rock breaks
  4. an instrument that records vibrations of the ground; also to determine strength and location of an earthquake
  5. when loose sediment moves from one place to another on Earth's surface; caused by water, ice, and wind
  6. type of stress that squeezes, shorten rocks
  7. the process of clastic sediment lithified by precipitation of mineral cement
  8. a bowl shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
  9. inner layer of the Earth
  10. forming of cracks in weakened continental or oceanic crust
  11. the thin, outer layer of the earth

20 Clues: inner layer of the Earthcrack on the slopes of a volcanomolten rock on which plates floatthe thin, outer layer of the earthfolding, breaking, or flow of rocksa deformation that leads to an earthquakemelted rock under the surface of the eartha break along which surrounding rock breakstype of stress that squeezes, shorten rocks...

Introduction to Meteorology 2014-12-17

Introduction to Meteorology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what takes place because cold air is more dense than warm air?
  2. where do satellites orbit?
  3. any form of water that falls to the Earth is
  4. what type of radiation does the ozone layer protect living things from?
  5. the ratio of the amount of water the air holds compared to what it can hold at that temperature is ________ humidity
  6. mass divided by volume
  7. what is the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth?
  8. layer that protects Earth from meteoroids
  9. which layer contains most of the mass of the atmosphere?
  10. what type of air pressure produces warm, cloudy weather?
Down
  1. what part of the atmosphere glows when energy from the sun strikes the gas molecules in it?
  2. form of three bonded oxygen atoms
  3. what type of radiation heats the Earth's atmosphere
  4. where do the jet streams travel?
  5. radio waves are reflected back to Earth by particles in the
  6. force per unit area
  7. atmospheric layers are classified according to the change in
  8. air has pressure because it has
  9. weather occurs in the
  10. study of the atmosphere
  11. what effect is the process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere?
  12. heat transfer between two substances that are in contact
  13. what type of air pressure produces cool, clear weather?

23 Clues: force per unit areaweather occurs in themass divided by volumestudy of the atmospherewhere do satellites orbit?air has pressure because it haswhere do the jet streams travel?form of three bonded oxygen atomslayer that protects Earth from meteoroidsany form of water that falls to the Earth iswhat type of radiation heats the Earth's atmosphere...

Space 2022-01-19

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I am tilted on my side.
  2. I have rings made of rocks and Ice.
  3. I contain all planets in the system.
  4. I study space from Earth.
  5. I study planets and have sent people to space and back.
  6. I am the biggest planet in the Solar system.
  7. There is 8 of us in the Solar System.
  8. I am the closes planet to the Sun.
  9. There isn't any light in me and I have a gravitational field.
  10. I am the smallest plant and has a oval orbit.
  11. I hold life.
  12. I carry people to the moon and back.
Down
  1. I am the same as the sun but farther away.
  2. I go to space to study it.
  3. I go around the Earth and people live on me.
  4. I surround planets to trap in the suns heat.
  5. I can fly through the night sky.
  6. There isn't any in space.
  7. I help you see things far into space.
  8. I am the Red Planet.
  9. I am the same size as Earth but Warmer.
  10. I am the center of the Universe.
  11. I am blue and contain Ice storms.
  12. I have been traveled to by Humans many times.
  13. When a planet goes around the sun.

25 Clues: I hold life.I am the Red Planet.I am tilted on my side.I study space from Earth.There isn't any in space.I go to space to study it.I can fly through the night sky.I am the center of the Universe.I am blue and contain Ice storms.I am the closes planet to the Sun.When a planet goes around the sun.I have rings made of rocks and Ice....

Earths systems 2023-04-05

Earths systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of earth
  2. or squeeze through solids and liquid
  3. the inter most layer of the earth
  4. water held under ground in soil in deep reservoirs
  5. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  6. third layer of the atmosphere, directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.
  7. the solid outer most layer of the earth
  8. still in existence
  9. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
  10. a solid inorganic material found in nature
  11. the study of earthquakes and related phenomena
  12. move side to side through only solids
  13. formes from pre-existing rock and fossils
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  1. when heat,presure,cooling,melting,and weathering cause rocks to change from one type to another
  2. the outer part of the earth
  3. forms under extreme heat and pressure
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  5. group of animals that occupcy a certain area
  6. a tool that m
  7. its a natural gas
  8. no longer in existence
  9. details of earthquakes
  10. forms when molten rock crystallizes and solidifies

23 Clues: a tool that mits a natural gasthe study of earthstill in existenceno longer in existencedetails of earthquakesthe outer part of the earththe inter most layer of the earthor squeeze through solids and liquidforms under extreme heat and pressuremove side to side through only solidsthe solid outer most layer of the earth...

E Bonneville 2023-02-01

E Bonneville crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed by sediment deposited by water or air.
  2. volcanic rock, dense, fine-grained.
  3. when two tectonic plates slide against each other, causes earthquakes.
  4. largest layer of the earth, made of semi-molten magma.
  5. solidified from lava or magma.
  6. outermost, thinnest layer of the earth.
  7. charged partials surrounding astrological object.
  8. plume of hot mantle rising from earth, creates volcanoes.
  9. elastic wave produced by earthquake.
  10. two tectonic plates that move away from each other.
Down
  1. vertical heating of atmosphere.
  2. structural change of rock from environmental conditions.
  3. area where one tectonic plate sinks below another.
  4. zone of charged particles held around a planet by its magnetosphere.
  5. solid, metallic, innermost layer of earth.
  6. continuous flow of charged particles from the sun permeating the solar system.
  7. when two tectonic plates are moving towards each other, forms mountains.
  8. hard, granular, igneous rock, mainly quartz, mica, and feldspar.

18 Clues: solidified from lava or magma.vertical heating of atmosphere.volcanic rock, dense, fine-grained.elastic wave produced by earthquake.outermost, thinnest layer of the earth.solid, metallic, innermost layer of earth.formed by sediment deposited by water or air.charged partials surrounding astrological object....

Greenhouse Effect Crossword 2022-05-02

Greenhouse Effect Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Having a wavelength just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than that of microwaves
  2. The Earth’s surface temperature is rising as a result of the increased amount of gasses in the atmosphere called greenhouse gasses.
  3. The process where plants make food, such as glucose or carbohydrates, using carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight.
  4. The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
  5. A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
  6. The process where plants and animals convert carbohydrates, water and oxygen into energy. Water and carbon dioxide are released through this process.
  7. Studies the earth's atmosphere, including Earth’s climate and weather. They develop reports, forecasts, and climate change research from their analysis of weather and climate data.
  8. Radiant (electromagnetic) energy from the sun. It provides heat for the Earth and energy for photosynthesis. This radiant energy is necessary for the Earth and its inhabitants.
  9. The distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.
Down
  1. Amount of carbon exchanged between the Earth's carbon pools.
  2. The effect of different gasses within the atmosphere reflecting radiant energy back to the Earth’s surface. This is similar to the effect which happens in a greenhouse.
  3. Relating to, producing, or employing ultraviolet radiation
  4. Gasses in Earth’s atmosphere that trap heat. They let sunlight pass through the atmosphere, but they prevent the heat the sunlight brings from leaving the atmosphere. The main gasses are Water vapour, Carbon dioxide, Methane, Ozone, Nitrous oxide, and Chlorofluorocarbons.
  5. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon.
  6. The layer of air or gasses that surround the Earth. It is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, and 0.03% carbon dioxide with other small percentages of elements. It also contains water vapor. It can be thought of as a protective coating of Earth. The atmosphere surrounds Earth, allowing for life to thrive on Earth. This keeps the planet warm and provides oxygen. This is also where the weather of Earth takes place. There are six layers. It is about 300 miles thick.
  7. Combustible materials found inside the Earth’s crust which are remains of prehistoric organisms. Examples are natural gas, oil, and coal.
  8. reservoirs of carbon which are able to take in and release carbon. Examples of this are oceans, terrestrial ecosystems, the Earth’s crust, and the atmosphere.
  9. Protect something by using material that prevents the loss of heat or the intrusion of sound.
  10. The act of releasing a substance into circulation making it available for chemical reaction.
  11. Energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.

20 Clues: Relating to, producing, or employing ultraviolet radiationEnergy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.Amount of carbon exchanged between the Earth's carbon pools.The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon....

Landforms Unit 2025-01-27

Landforms Unit crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of rock formed when magma or lava cools and hardens
  2. two or more substances mixed together
  3. weathered material is moved from one place to another
  4. a tectonic plate boundary
  5. weathered material is deposited and settles in a place
  6. breaking down rocks
  7. innermost layer of Earth; the hottest layer
  8. a substance dissolved in a liquid
  9. plate boundary where plates move toward each other
  10. plate boundary where plates move away from each other
Down
  1. outermost layer of Earth; the thinnest layer
  2. layer of Earth directly below the crust; the thickest layer
  3. type of rock formed when a rock undergoes extreme heat and pressure
  4. plate boundary where plates slip past each other
  5. third layer of Earth
  6. tiny pieces of rock created from weathering
  7. type of rock formed by sediment being compacted and cemented together
  8. large pieces of Earth's crust that move

18 Clues: breaking down rocksthird layer of Eartha tectonic plate boundarya substance dissolved in a liquidtwo or more substances mixed togetherlarge pieces of Earth's crust that movetiny pieces of rock created from weatheringinnermost layer of Earth; the hottest layeroutermost layer of Earth; the thinnest layer...

Physics Review 2018-05-09

Physics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. time ____ is the stretching of time
  2. closed path taken by a point so the sum of two distances in constant
  3. principle that states that old and new theory must overlap
  4. space-time is made with time and what word
  5. rest ____ is a true constant; represented by m
  6. form of momentum is noticeable approaching speed of light
  7. lines of shortest distance
  8. rest ____ is the energy of being
Down
  1. time for a complete orbit around Earth
  2. length ____ is observable shortening of objects at speed of light
  3. a satellite in circular motion is always moving ____ to gravity
  4. fixed points in an ellipse
  5. the speed necessary for an object to escape Earth's gravity
  6. opposite of perpendicular
  7. two fundamental assumptions that Einstein developed
  8. projectile moving fast enough to orbit Earth
  9. point in satellite's orbit closest to center of Earth
  10. point in a satellite's orbit farthest from center of Earth

18 Clues: opposite of perpendicularfixed points in an ellipselines of shortest distancerest ____ is the energy of beingtime ____ is the stretching of timetime for a complete orbit around Earthspace-time is made with time and what wordprojectile moving fast enough to orbit Earthrest ____ is a true constant; represented by m...

Science 2022-12-12

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. decrease in size, number, or range
  2. Effect, an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation
  3. Pole, the northernmost region of the Earth
  4. Latitudes, The horse latitudes are subtropical regions known for calm winds and little precipitation
  5. the degree of compactness of a substance
  6. Cells, a large-scale atmospheric convection cell in which air rises at the -equator and sinks at medium latitudes, typically about 30° north or south
  7. how hot or cold something is
  8. 4 different periods of the year that are all different in weather and daylight hours
  9. a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression
  10. become or make larger or more extensive
  11. Jetstreams, a belt of powerful upper-level winds that sits atop the polar front
  12. Winds, air currents closer to Earth's surface that blow from east to west near the equator
  13. the rotation of how a clock moves around
  14. 2nd layer of the earth's atmosphere going upward
Down
  1. Easterlies, dry, cold prevailing winds that blow around the high-pressure areas of the polar high at the North and South poles
  2. first and lowest layer of the atmosphere
  3. circle of latitude, divides earth into northern and southern hemispheres, it’s an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude
  4. the opposite direction of how a clock moves around
  5. move or cause to move into a sloping position
  6. the envelope of gasses surrounding the earth or another planet
  7. Jetstreams, belt of strong upper-level winds lying above regions of subtropical high pressure
  8. Pressure, the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth
  9. Current, a current in a fluid that results from convection
  10. Pole, the southernmost region of the Earth

24 Clues: how hot or cold something isdecrease in size, number, or rangebecome or make larger or more extensivefirst and lowest layer of the atmospherethe degree of compactness of a substancethe rotation of how a clock moves aroundPole, the northernmost region of the EarthPole, the southernmost region of the Earthmove or cause to move into a sloping position...

Unit 1: America 2022-04-06

Unit 1: America crossword puzzle
Across
  1. It is a series of connected mountains
  2. They are high flat territories
  3. Distance between a place on Earth and the Equator.
  4. Mountain range located in North America
  5. Distance between a place on Earth and the Grenwich Meridian
  6. Canada, Mexico and USA make up
  7. This climate zone is between the cold and tropical zone
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  1. Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela are part of:
  2. Imaginary lines along the Earth that go from west to east
  3. Divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres
  4. The predominant spoken language in South America
  5. Territories 200 to 500 meters in height
  6. The diagram composed by meridians and parallels
  7. Coldest zone. They are in both North and South poles.
  8. Meridian It is called the Greenwich Meridian

15 Clues: They are high flat territoriesCanada, Mexico and USA make upIt is a series of connected mountainsTerritories 200 to 500 meters in heightMountain range located in North AmericaBrazil, Colombia and Venezuela are part of:Meridian It is called the Greenwich MeridianThe diagram composed by meridians and parallels...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Earth Part 2 2024-10-07

Chapter 1: Introduction to Earth Part 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Line on a map showing points of equal elevation.
  2. Shape of Earth and other celestial bodies.
  3. Dark, cooler area on the Sun's surface.
  4. Height of a location above sea level.
  5. A representation of Earth’s surface on paper.
  6. Force that attracts objects toward one another.
  7. Long-term atmospheric conditions in a region.
Down
  1. Regular rise and fall of sea levels.
  2. Study of Earth's landscapes and environments.
  3. The northernmost and southernmost points on Earth.
  4. The line around Earth, equidistant from the poles.
  5. Collection of interrelated parts working as a whole.
  6. The cloud of gas from which the Sun formed.
  7. Measure of how much mass is in a given space.
  8. The path Earth takes around the Sun.

15 Clues: Regular rise and fall of sea levels.The path Earth takes around the Sun.Height of a location above sea level.Dark, cooler area on the Sun's surface.Shape of Earth and other celestial bodies.The cloud of gas from which the Sun formed.Study of Earth's landscapes and environments.Measure of how much mass is in a given space....

Science Vocabulary Homework Choice Board -B. Loperbey 10/30/25 2025-10-27

Science Vocabulary Homework Choice Board -B. Loperbey 10/30/25 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. all of the Earth's water
  2. conditions of the atmosphere in an area over a long period of time
  3. plants lose water from leaves through evaporation
  4. sediment is moved from one place to another
  5. the change of state from liquid to gas
  6. cycle the movement of water on and around the Earth
  7. solid part of the Earth
  8. water vapor cools and forms tiny drops of water
Down
  1. any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth
  2. cycle process in which rocks are created, changed, destroyed, and formed again
  3. breaking down rock into sediment
  4. mixture if gases surrounding the Earth
  5. contains al living things
  6. sediment is deposited / dropped in a new place
  7. day to day conditions in the atmosphere in an area

15 Clues: solid part of the Earthall of the Earth's watercontains al living thingsbreaking down rock into sedimentmixture if gases surrounding the Earththe change of state from liquid to gassediment is moved from one place to anothersediment is deposited / dropped in a new placewater vapor cools and forms tiny drops of water...

Astronomy- Nathan Droster- 2nd 2019-04-12

Astronomy- Nathan Droster- 2nd crossword puzzle
Across
  1. small space rock moving through our solar system
  2. a mixture of hydrogen, helium, and oxygen.
  3. when the moon is covered by the earths shadow
  4. a state at which all possible states of a system is shown
  5. the two times of the year at which the sun is the farthest away from the earth
  6. States that every particle attracts every other particle
  7. an object that orbits a planet
  8. a cycle that starts at January 1st and ends December 31st thus making it 360 days in a year
  9. a space of which illumination is partial
  10. a mixture of ice and dust
  11. An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity
  12. A streak of light in the sky produced by a meteoroid burning by the earth's atmosphere
Down
  1. the rise and fall of the sea
  2. a rotation around a star or a planet
  3. occurs when the moon is between earth and the sun
  4. the darkest part of a planets shadow
  5. the rotation around a star
  6. a group of stars in a shape of something.
  7. a hole either on the earth or moon, caused by an impact
  8. occurs when the sun and the moon are aligned with earth
  9. the two times of the year at which the sun is the closest to earth
  10. A force that attracts objects towards planets with varying results
  11. an imaginary line that expands from north to south
  12. when the difference from low tide and high tide are minimal
  13. how a planet moves around it's axis
  14. partial or total covering of an object.
  15. large and dark basaltic plains on the moon

27 Clues: a mixture of ice and dustthe rotation around a starthe rise and fall of the seaan object that orbits a planethow a planet moves around it's axisa rotation around a star or a planetthe darkest part of a planets shadowpartial or total covering of an object.a space of which illumination is partiala group of stars in a shape of something....

Chapter 27 Vocabulary 2023-03-20

Chapter 27 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process that links separate telescopes so they act as one telescope, producing more detailed images as the distance between them increases.
  2. dark-colored, smooth plains on the Moon surface.
  3. the state at which the Moons orbital and rotational periods are equal.
  4. when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, and Earths shadow falls on the Moon; occurs only during a full moon,
  5. layer of loose, ground-up rock on the lunar surface.
  6. telescope that uses mirrors to focus visible light.
  7. time of year during which Earth's axis does not point directly toward the Sun; both hemispheres receive exactly 12 hours of sunlight.
  8. plane of Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
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  1. light-colored, mountainous, heavily cratered area of the Moon, composed mostly of lunar Breccias.
  2. closest point in the Moon’s elliptical orbit to Earth.
  3. percentage of sunlight that is reflected by the surface of a planet or a satellite, such as the Moon.
  4. all types of electro- magnetic radiation arranged according to wave- length and frequency.
  5. valley-like structure that meanders across some regions of the Moons Maria.
  6. material that falls back to the lunar surface after being blasted out by the impact of a space object.
  7. crater formed when space material impacted on Moons surface.
  8. farthest point in the Moons elliptical orbit to Earth.
  9. long trail of ejecta that radiates outward from a Moon crater.
  10. telescope that uses lenses to focus visible light.
  11. when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and the Moon casts a shadow on Earth, blocking Earth's view of the Sun; can be partial or total.
  12. the Sun is overhead at its farthest distance either north or south of the equator.

20 Clues: plane of Earth’s orbit around the Sun.dark-colored, smooth plains on the Moon surface.telescope that uses lenses to focus visible light.telescope that uses mirrors to focus visible light.layer of loose, ground-up rock on the lunar surface.closest point in the Moon’s elliptical orbit to Earth.farthest point in the Moons elliptical orbit to Earth....

Tectonic processes crossword 2014-11-03

Tectonic processes crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A cone shaped hill produced by volcanic eruption of ash and lava
  2. This is a type of solid blasted out of a volcano along with lava
  3. When 2 plates on the crust move or rub alongside each other
  4. A scale that tells us how strong the earthquake is.
  5. This is land that is reclaimed by people leaving ships, soon forming land
  6. This bracing looks like a cross
  7. Molten rock beneath the crust
  8. Volcanoes that will never erupt
  9. The outer layer of the earth covering the mantle
  10. This is the center and hottest part of the Earth
  11. A type of bracing that is used at the base of a building
  12. Large areas of the Earth's crust that move slowly on top of the mantle
  13. This element is found in ash and is a good fertiliser
Down
  1. When there is a movement or a tremor in the plate boundary
  2. A mountain that shoots out molten rock and ash
  3. This is where the earthquake begins in the crust
  4. A wave in the Earth produced by earthquakes
  5. Hot molten fluid rock that erupts out of a volcano with ash
  6. Buildings that are earthquake proofed
  7. When the magma is released in the ocean which constructs land made of dried lava
  8. An outlet where magma can escape
  9. Lines that divide the crust and is on rock surfaces.
  10. When 2 plates are destroyed as they go past each other
  11. This is directly above the focus of the Earth's surface
  12. The planet we live on
  13. Widest and thickest section of the Earth
  14. Rock formed by lava drying
  15. Volcanoes that erupt frequently
  16. This is the layer surrounding the inner core
  17. An instrument used to measure earthquakes

30 Clues: The planet we live onRock formed by lava dryingMolten rock beneath the crustThis bracing looks like a crossVolcanoes that will never eruptVolcanoes that erupt frequentlyAn outlet where magma can escapeBuildings that are earthquake proofedWidest and thickest section of the EarthAn instrument used to measure earthquakes...

Ecosystems and Biospheres 2023-10-18

Ecosystems and Biospheres crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organisms that are hunted and consumed by predators in an ecosystem
  2. The ultimate source of energy for most ecosystems
  3. The zone on Earth where life exists, including the atmosphere
  4. A community of living organisms and their environment
  5. The Earth's outermost layer that contains continents and oceans
  6. The first national park known for its diverse ecosystem
  7. Referring to the levels of a food chain or web
  8. An organism that hunts and eats other organisms
  9. The food ___ is a sequence of organisms in an ecosystem, showing who eats whom
  10. The study of interactions between organisms and their environment
  11. A top predator in many North American ecosystems
  12. The layer of the Earth beneath the crust and above the core
  13. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust
  14. A food ___ complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
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  1. An animal that primarily feeds on other animals
  2. An organism with a disproportionately large impact on its ecosystem
  3. A series of events that affect one another in an ecosystem
  4. The capacity to do work or cause change in an ecosystem
  5. An animal that primarily feeds on plants
  6. A secondary ____ eats herbivores
  7. A scientist who studies the relationships in ecosystems
  8. The specific environment where an organism lives
  9. A primary ____ eats producers
  10. The process of wearing away the Earth's surface by wind, water, or ice
  11. The variety of life within an ecosystem or on Earth
  12. The way different organisms or elements in an ecosystem affect each other
  13. Organisms that break down dead matter into nutrients for the ecosystem
  14. Organisms that create their own food through photosynthesis
  15. The total amount of water on Earth, including oceans and freshwater bodies

29 Clues: A primary ____ eats producersA secondary ____ eats herbivoresAn animal that primarily feeds on plantsReferring to the levels of a food chain or webAn animal that primarily feeds on other animalsAn organism that hunts and eats other organismsThe specific environment where an organism livesA top predator in many North American ecosystems...

Rocks and Minerals Vocab 2023-03-11

Rocks and Minerals Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of rocks formed when atomic structures of other rocks are changed
  2. liquid rock on top of the earth's surface
  3. rock or mineral structure that has the same shape as a formerly living plant or animal
  4. naturally occurring inorganic material with crystalline structure
  5. type of rocks formed from magma
  6. the solid earth
  7. liquid rock inside the earth's crust
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  1. layers of sediment that form sedimentary rock
  2. two words; fuel formed form dead plants or animals
  3. center of the earth
  4. process which turns sediment into sedimentary rock
  5. type of rocks formed from sediment
  6. outer shell of the earth
  7. liquid and semirigid part of the earth between the crust and core
  8. a mineral that can be polished and reflect light

15 Clues: the solid earthcenter of the earthouter shell of the earthtype of rocks formed from magmatype of rocks formed from sedimentliquid rock inside the earth's crustliquid rock on top of the earth's surfacelayers of sediment that form sedimentary rocka mineral that can be polished and reflect lighttwo words; fuel formed form dead plants or animals...

Down 2 Earth Geography 6 - Environment & Safety, Uses of Geography 2021-10-27

Down 2 Earth Geography 6 - Environment & Safety, Uses of Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rise in Earth's temperature that results from greenhouse gases
  2. resources that can be replaced through natural means
  3. the rock/land realm of earth
  4. the level at which the rock can hold as much water as possible
  5. rock layers that store water
  6. water that is held in the pores (tiny openings) of the rock below the soil
  7. the water realm of Earth
  8. people who wander with their herds and have no fixed homes
  9. an average increase in Earth's temperature
  10. energy source from steam and heat generated by magma
  11. the life realm of Earth
  12. produced when fumes from cars and factories rise into the air and combine with moisture
  13. materials on or in the earth that people value
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  1. the air realm of Earth
  2. resources of which there is an unlimited supply, such as wind and sun
  3. piece of low land reclaimed from a body of water
  4. a dangerous event that happens in nature
  5. low place in a mountain range
  6. to be used again as a raw material
  7. flat, triangular area formed by material deposited by a river
  8. resources that can be used up and cannot be replaced
  9. long period of dry weather with little or no rain
  10. variety bred from different plants so that certain traits are dominant
  11. spring that shoots streams of boiling water and steam into the air from time to time
  12. gases like water vapor and carbon dioxide that keep heat from escaping into space
  13. hot, melted rock below Earth's crust

26 Clues: the air realm of Earththe life realm of Earththe water realm of Earththe rock/land realm of earthrock layers that store waterlow place in a mountain rangeto be used again as a raw materialhot, melted rock below Earth's crusta dangerous event that happens in naturean average increase in Earth's temperature...

Geography Terms 2013-09-09

Geography Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One full rotation of the earth is one day. They are each 24 hours.
  2. a more accurate and advanced way of showing the earth. It is in the shape of a sphere.
  3. a small fertile area in a desert that usually has a spring.
  4. a slowly moving mass of ice.
  5. a narrow passage of water connecting two bodies of water.
  6. Imaginary lines running north to south. Measures east and west of absolute location. Determines time zones.
  7. the motion of the earth moving around the sun.
  8. A flat area at the mouth of rivers where the mainstream splits into several other streams.
  9. a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart for coordinates.
  10. a flat, wet and muddy land with trees and other vegetation.
  11. An imaginary line going through the earth which the earth rotates on. It is tilted at a 23.5° angle.
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  1. a book containing maps and vital statistics relating to geographic regions.
  2. a chain of islands next to each other.
  3. a ratio showing how many kilometres one centimetre on the map is.
  4. the lower end of a river or stream where flowing water stops and goes into a lake, sea or ocean
  5. The height of an object above sea level.
  6. a narrow strip of land being touched by water on both sides, while connecting two large bodies of land.
  7. Imaginary lines running east to west. Measures north and south of absolute location. Determines climate.
  8. a stretch of land that is touched by 3 sides of water.
  9. land surrounded by water.

20 Clues: land surrounded by water.a slowly moving mass of ice.a chain of islands next to each other.The height of an object above sea level.the motion of the earth moving around the sun.a stretch of land that is touched by 3 sides of water.a narrow passage of water connecting two bodies of water.a small fertile area in a desert that usually has a spring....

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Endangered Species #1 TO GET CREDIT YOU MUST SHOW THE TEACHER YOUR SCREEN OR SCREENSHOT USING COMMAND-SHIFT-3 AND EMAIL TO heath.cooper@grandviewc4.net (TO GET CREDIT YOU MUST SHOW THE TEACHER YOUR SCREEN OR SCREENSHOT USING COMMAND-SHIFT-3 AND EMAIL) crossword puzzle
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  1. The second alarm
  2. Hunted for meat and eggs
  3. Make your _____ be heard to save endangered animals
  4. Gone forever
  5. Black Rhino ________ for horn
  6. Type of threatened elephant
  7. One plant extinction = ______ other extinctions
  8. Give humans "Earth Alarms"
  9. Something you can do to help endangered animals
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  1. Causes animal endangerment
  2. The first alarm
  3. Type of pollution that endangers animals
  4. Along with animals these are also endangered
  5. All living things are __________
  6. Along with animals these are also endangered
  7. Animals _____ if humans do not answer "Earth Alarms"
  8. extinct is the final _______
  9. Animals are _____ if humans answer "Earth Alarms"

18 Clues: Gone foreverThe first alarmThe second alarmHunted for meat and eggsCauses animal endangermentGive humans "Earth Alarms"Type of threatened elephantextinct is the final _______Black Rhino ________ for hornAll living things are __________Type of pollution that endangers animalsAlong with animals these are also endangered...

Chapter 4 Vocabulary 2020-09-09

Chapter 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. liquid water becomes gas
  2. upper level of groundwater
  3. protected lake to store water
  4. vapor become liquid water
  5. water that collects on the ground
  6. layer of gases that surround Earth
  7. huge mass of ice
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  1. water that flows over land
  2. energized by the Sun and moves water
  3. water in gas phase
  4. area of land that catches all water
  5. liquid moving through porous object
  6. includes all the water on Earth
  7. underground area of sediment and rocks
  8. water vapor falls back to Earth
  9. plants lose water through pores
  10. collects underground

17 Clues: huge mass of icewater in gas phasecollects undergroundliquid water becomes gasvapor become liquid waterwater that flows over landupper level of groundwaterprotected lake to store waterincludes all the water on Earthwater vapor falls back to Earthplants lose water through poreswater that collects on the groundlayer of gases that surround Earth...

PS First Hour 2025-05-20

PS First Hour crossword puzzle
Across
  1. distance light travels in a year
  2. solar burst of energy
  3. effect of Earths rotation
  4. lowest layer of atmosphere
  5. spinning of Earth on its axis
  6. force exerted by air
  7. time it takes for half a radioisotope to decay
  8. distance from Earth to the Sun
  9. splitting an atom
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  1. equal daylight and darkness
  2. layer of gases that surround Earth
  3. discovered planets orbits
  4. two atoms combine
  5. radar technology
  6. low flat planes on the moon
  7. large, glowing ball of gas
  8. path that circles the sun

17 Clues: radar technologytwo atoms combinesplitting an atomforce exerted by airsolar burst of energydiscovered planets orbitseffect of Earths rotationpath that circles the sunlowest layer of atmospherelarge, glowing ball of gasequal daylight and darknesslow flat planes on the moonspinning of Earth on its axisdistance from Earth to the Sun...

Solar System 2021-10-19

Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. planet closest to the sun
  2. 2nd planet from the sun. Hottest planet in our solar system.
  3. 4th planet from the sun. Also called the red planet.
  4. A very heavy flow of water, which is greater than the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel.
  5. A long period of dry weather
  6. A bowl-shaped area on the surface of a planet or moon.
  7. A large body in space that orbits a star. Our solar system has 8, plus the dwarf planet.
  8. a round model of the Earth
  9. A giant ball of hot gas in space.
  10. 6th planet from the sun. Gas giant. Known for its rings.
  11. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
  12. Occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun. SEM ( sun, Earth, moon)
  13. A natural body orbiting around a planet.
  14. 3rd planet from the sun. Only planet with water and living things.
  15. or moon.
  16. 8th planet from the sun
  17. a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
  18. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush, due to dry /drought land.
  19. A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center
  20. The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space
  21. The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that orbit around it
  22. Earth has seasons because its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.
  23. all objects seen in the sky (the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets)
  24. A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.
  25. A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
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  1. of axis 23.5 degrees
  2. half of the earth
  3. A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows
  4. An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit.
  5. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
  6. When the moon blocks the sun, happens during a new moon. SME ( sun, moon, earth)
  7. All of space and everything in it
  8. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
  9. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
  10. The movement of an object as it turns or spins around an axis. 24 hours = 1 day
  11. 5th planet from the sun. Largest planet in our solar system. Gas Giant.
  12. 7th planet from the sun
  13. Point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length
  14. A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface.
  15. A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
  16. The movement of one object around another central object. 365 Days/ 1 year to revolve around the sun.
  17. oval
  18. the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision
  19. Main source of energy for life on earth.
  20. The star at the center of our solar system
  21. A chunk of rock or dust in space
  22. intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics
  23. The imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles.
  24. An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
  25. Point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another
  26. a small rocky body orbiting the sun

51 Clues: ovalor moon.half of the earthof axis 23.5 degrees7th planet from the sun8th planet from the sunplanet closest to the suna round model of the EarthA long period of dry weatherA chunk of rock or dust in spaceAll of space and everything in itA giant ball of hot gas in space.a small rocky body orbiting the sunA natural body orbiting around a planet....

Earthquake Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-08

Earthquake Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A crack in the earth crust.
  2. Pieces of the crust.
  3. A tremor that occurs after a earthquake.
  4. An instrument used to record seismic waves.
  5. Type of plate movement were plates move away.
  6. Plates move under each other.
  7. The scale used to measure earthquakes.
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  1. Part of earth in between outer core and crust.
  2. Plate movement where plates move past each other.
  3. State where earthquakes are native.
  4. The center of the earth.
  5. The crust of the earth.
  6. The kind of current found in the earth's Mantle.

13 Clues: Pieces of the crust.The crust of the earth.The center of the earth.A crack in the earth crust.Plates move under each other.State where earthquakes are native.The scale used to measure earthquakes.A tremor that occurs after a earthquake.An instrument used to record seismic waves.Type of plate movement were plates move away....

Time place earth and space 2025-05-26

Time place earth and space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The moon takes 27.3 days to rotate its
  2. The earth does this around the sun
  3. Seasons in a year
  4. Is a very good method to record something
  5. It takes the earth 365 days to go around the
  6. Which line cuts earth horizontally in half?
  7. Hemisphere below the Equator
  8. There are on average 30 days in a
  9. Seconds in minutes and minutes in hours
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  1. The moon rotates on its?
  2. Hemisphere above the Equator
  3. How many continents are on earth
  4. The Sun does this on its axis
  5. When does it rain the most in Cambodia
  6. The earth rotates on its?

15 Clues: Seasons in a yearThe moon rotates on its?The earth rotates on its?Hemisphere above the EquatorHemisphere below the EquatorThe Sun does this on its axisHow many continents are on earthThere are on average 30 days in aThe earth does this around the sunThe moon takes 27.3 days to rotate itsWhen does it rain the most in Cambodia...

Earth Sun and Moon Vocabulary 2024-09-23

Earth Sun and Moon Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The period of the moon when the visible surface of the moon decreases.
  2. In summer and winter. The Earth has the longest day/night or shortest day/night depending upon which hemisphere you are in.
  3. The season experienced when that hemisphere of Earth is tilted in toward the sun.
  4. The season experienced when that hemisphere of Earth is tilted away from the sun.
  5. The time (twice each year) at which the day and night are of equal length (~ Sept. 22 and March 20).
  6. the lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked.
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  1. When more of the Moon's lighted side becomes visible.
  2. The blocking of sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth.
  3. An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center at the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates.
  4. the very darkest part of the moon's shadow.
  5. The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.
  6. When the Shadow of Earth falls on the Moon.

12 Clues: the very darkest part of the moon's shadow.When the Shadow of Earth falls on the Moon.The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.When more of the Moon's lighted side becomes visible.the lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked.The period of the moon when the visible surface of the moon decreases....

Vocabulary Puzzle 2025-05-21

Vocabulary Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A piece of homogeneous solid substance having a natural geometrically regular form with symmetrically arranged plane faces
  2. The remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock
  3. Hot fluid or semi fluid material below the earth's crust
  4. An explosion of steam and lava from a volcano
  5. The branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena
  6. When two tectonic plates converge (making mountains, volcanoes, or seafloor trenches)
  7. Atoms of the same element with a different number of neutrons
  8. The shaking of Earth's Surface, usually caused by tectonic plate movement along fault lines
  9. Innermost layer of the earth
  10. A fracture in the earth’s crust where rock blocks move relative to each other
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  1. A series of long ocean waves generated/triggered by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean floor
  2. A mountain or hill that has a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted
  3. Super-continent that existed 200-300 million years ago and consisted all of earth’s land
  4. Second layer and thickest layer of the earth
  5. Outermost layer of the earth
  6. Liquid layer of the earth between the mantle and inner core
  7. An opening on Earth's surface where lava, tephra, and gasses erupt/release
  8. The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff
  9. Hot molten or semi-fluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure
  10. A landmass made up of most or all of earth’s land

20 Clues: Outermost layer of the earthInnermost layer of the earthSecond layer and thickest layer of the earthAn explosion of steam and lava from a volcanoA landmass made up of most or all of earth’s landHot fluid or semi fluid material below the earth's crustLiquid layer of the earth between the mantle and inner core...

Made by God Crossword Puzzle 2020-08-27

Made by God Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. XY chromosomes
  2. XX chromosomes
  3. A reproductive structure
  4. Adam is a _____________
  5. Our planet
  6. To make more than one
  7. Opposite of bad
  8. Yahweh, responsible for creating Earth
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  1. _________ and the bees
  2. First chapter in the Bible
  3. God ______ man and woman
  4. God ___________ Heaven and Earth
  5. Another word for creatures
  6. Producing good results, abundant growth
  7. Eve is a _____________

15 Clues: Our planetXY chromosomesXX chromosomesOpposite of badTo make more than one_________ and the beesEve is a _____________Adam is a _____________God ______ man and womanA reproductive structureFirst chapter in the BibleAnother word for creaturesGod ___________ Heaven and EarthYahweh, responsible for creating EarthProducing good results, abundant growth

Communities Week 1 Vocab Crossword 2021-09-09

Communities Week 1 Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a round model of the Earth
  2. following established form, custom, or rule
  3. to change behavior
  4. a large body of salt water
  5. something that can be used for a purpose - Example: food
  6. an imaginary line that runs around the surface of the Earth
  7. the freedoms we have protected by our laws
  8. is a group of people who share a similar space while living, working, or playing together
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  1. one of the seven largest areas of land on Earth: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, or South America
  2. something (as land or money) that is owned
  3. Well-Being: means people in communities work together to help meet their needs
  4. formal rules that apply to everyone in the community
  5. Pole the most Northern point on Earth
  6. Pole the most Southern point on Earth

14 Clues: to change behaviora round model of the Eartha large body of salt waterPole the most Northern point on EarthPole the most Southern point on Earthsomething (as land or money) that is ownedthe freedoms we have protected by our lawsfollowing established form, custom, or ruleformal rules that apply to everyone in the community...

Ecology Module 1 Review 2024-02-08

Ecology Module 1 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. consumer that only eats other animals
  2. organism that can produce its own food
  3. a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
  4. consumer that only eats plants
  5. a defined area that includes all living organisms interacting with the nonliving factors of the environment
  6. the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
  7. group of organisms of the same kind living in one area
  8. the part of Earth in which life exists
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  1. carnivore who feeds off the bodies of dead animals
  2. the solid part of the Earth located on and under the surface
  3. obtains energy to function by consuming other organisms
  4. organism who breaks down waste and inedible parts of dead organisms
  5. the series of events in which one organism eats another to obtain energy
  6. the combined water found on, under, and above the surface of Earth
  7. a mixture of gases that surround the Earth
  8. consumer that eats both plants and animal products
  9. a single living thing
  10. overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

18 Clues: a single living thingconsumer that only eats plantsconsumer that only eats other animalsorganism that can produce its own foodthe part of Earth in which life existsoverlapping food chains in an ecosystema mixture of gases that surround the Earthcarnivore who feeds off the bodies of dead animalsconsumer that eats both plants and animal products...

NMI History Vocabulary: Chapter 3 2013-11-03

NMI History Vocabulary: Chapter 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An imaginary line north or south of the Earth’s equator and parallel to it
  2. A very small island usually associated with a larger island or atoll
  3. Loosely, a windstorm with a violent, whirling movement
  4. force created by an object passing over a surface that would cause the object in motion to accelerate in the opposite direction of motion
  5. Earth’s outermost layer
  6. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  7. the lends of fresh water found underground
  8. A meridian of 0 degrees latitude that runs through the original sire of the royal observatory and greewhich, England and from which other longitudes are reckoned east and west
  9. When the very last of its kind dies and there is n more left on Earth
  10. One half of the Earth
  11. The level below which the ground is saturated with water
  12. A scientist who studies volcanoes
  13. Ain imaginary line around the Earth 23-1/2 south of the equator
  14. The average weather in a particular place over a long period of time
  15. When the lava stays under water and isn’t able to create an island
  16. Older volcanic islands that have at one time been covered with water, allowing the island to be covered with coral reefs, and then raised up exposing the reef
  17. To eat into; to wear away
  18. one of the numerous strike-slip faults between segments of mid-ocean ridges and rises along which lateral movement of coastal plates occur
  19. A circular reef with a lagoon in the center
  20. Old magama that oozed out of the volcano and took a different form when it cooled
  21. A volcanic island that has not been covered up with coral and raised up
  22. A continuous potion of a curved line
  23. the layer of Earth just below the crust where we all live.
  24. One of the series of last segments of thin mobile blocks that make up the crust of the Earth according to the theory of plate tectonics.
  25. A deep trench in the ocean floor about 60-100 east of the Mariana Islands
  26. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles
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  1. The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
  2. A well made by boring into the Earth
  3. The amount of the moisture or water vapor in the atmosphere
  4. a specialist in geology
  5. asleep; inactive
  6. An island that has geologic characteristics of a continental mass land
  7. An imaginary line from the north pole to south pole at 180 degrees longtitude
  8. A shaking of the Earth that is volcanic in origin
  9. the science that deals with the earth
  10. A small kind of irregular rounded humps
  11. An imaginary line around the Earth 23-1/2 north of the equator
  12. Moved up through the volcanic tube and blown out of the volcano
  13. the time of the physical formation and development of the earth
  14. Somewhat salty to the taste
  15. An imaginary line around the north connecting the North and South pole
  16. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
  17. A fault in which the development is largely in the direction of the strike
  18. Equatorial ocean regions noted for dead calms and light fluctuating winds
  19. A violent tropical cyclone occurring in the western pacific, Indian Ocean, chiefly during the period from July to October
  20. The region between 223-1/2 degrees north latitude and 23-1/2 degrees south latitude
  21. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.

47 Clues: asleep; inactiveOne half of the Eartha specialist in geologyEarth’s outermost layerTo eat into; to wear awaySomewhat salty to the tasteA scientist who studies volcanoesA well made by boring into the EarthA continuous potion of a curved linethe science that deals with the earthA small kind of irregular rounded humps...

Earthquakes, Tectonic Plates, and Earths Layers 2016-03-04

Earthquakes, Tectonic Plates, and Earths Layers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The most inner layer of the earth
  2. Plates sliding past each other
  3. Primary Wave
  4. Sections the earths crust is divided into.
  5. The outer most layer of the earth
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  1. Plates that are separating
  2. The middle layer in the earth
  3. Plates moving together
  4. When two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
  5. The location on the surface of the earth where an Earthquake has occurred
  6. Secondary Wave

11 Clues: Primary WaveSecondary WavePlates moving togetherPlates that are separatingThe middle layer in the earthPlates sliding past each otherThe most inner layer of the earthThe outer most layer of the earthSections the earths crust is divided into.When two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another...

Science Crossword Puzzle - Lily Hornick 2023-11-22

Science Crossword Puzzle - Lily Hornick crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
  2. a period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis, where it is light out.
  3. A regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points
  4. in the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move around.
  5. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
  6. the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
  7. is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor.
  8. a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.
  9. each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided.
  10. a period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis, where it is dark out.
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  1. A curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
  2. the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
  3. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length (about September 22 and March 20).
  4. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
  5. the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun.
  6. an imaginary line about which a body rotates.
  7. the star around which the earth orbits.
  8. the planet on which we live; the world.
  9. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination, marked by the longest and shortest days (about June 21 and December 22).
  10. the action of rotating around an axis or center.

20 Clues: the star around which the earth orbits.the planet on which we live; the world.an imaginary line about which a body rotates.the action of rotating around an axis or center.each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided.the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun....

Terr & Naut 2025-03-17

Terr & Naut crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to steer or direct a ship or airplane
  2. a hollow stone found on the earth that is lined on the inside with crystals
  3. a fleet of ships; the warships of a nation
  4. a person who is trained to travel in space
  5. an area, region, or piece of land
  6. a sickness that makes the stomach feel sea sick
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  1. the study of earth
  2. a person who studies the regions of the earth
  3. under the surface of the earth; underground
  4. relating to the sea, ships, and travel
  5. related to sailing, sailors, and ships
  6. land;earth

12 Clues: land;earththe study of earthan area, region, or piece of landto steer or direct a ship or airplanerelating to the sea, ships, and travelrelated to sailing, sailors, and shipsa fleet of ships; the warships of a nationa person who is trained to travel in spaceunder the surface of the earth; undergrounda person who studies the regions of the earth...

Geologic Time Vocab 2023-11-30

Geologic Time Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The remains of impressions of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form as a mold or cast in rock
  2. The law of superposition states that the oldest is on bottom and the youngest is on top.
  3. A fossil that is converted into carbon, typically by heating or burning, or during fossilization.
  4. A fossil that maintained or stayed in its original or existing state.
  5. The time period in which life on earth first started.
  6. An extinct marine arthropod that occurred abundantly during the Paleozoic era.
  7. An evidence or imprint of an prehistoric animal.
  8. A divided part of time in an Era. A smaller piece of the Geologic Time Scale.
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  1. A fossilized impression made in mud or clay.
  2. A fossil that is used for dating and correlating the time it was found.
  3. The time period in which amphibians and insects began ruling the earth.
  4. The time in which mammals began ruling the Earth. (Human/MammalEra)
  5. A term used by paleontologist to refer to the total number of fossils that have been discovered.
  6. A really long time frame on the Geologic Time Scale. (Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic)
  7. The result is the geologic column, which breaks relative geologic time into units of known relative age.
  8. A imprint of organic matter changed in o a stony substance. Petrified wood
  9. The time period in which Reptiles began ruling the earth. (Dinosaurs)
  10. The period in which the Earth was being created and constructed. (It was boring)
  11. The second period of the Cenozoic Era in which we live in.
  12. A divided part of time in a period. A smaller time frame in the Geologic Time scale.

20 Clues: A fossilized impression made in mud or clay.An evidence or imprint of an prehistoric animal.The time period in which life on earth first started.The second period of the Cenozoic Era in which we live in.The time in which mammals began ruling the Earth. (Human/MammalEra)The time period in which Reptiles began ruling the earth. (Dinosaurs)...

The Ivan Rodriguez- Geography Terms w/M&M (McCloud and Murray) 2024-07-19

The Ivan Rodriguez- Geography Terms w/M&M (McCloud and Murray) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A measurement unit of time equal to one complete (360 degree) rotation of the earth which lasts 24 hours
  2. An insert that is the key or explanation of the symbols on a map or globe
  3. Land ___ - how high land areas are above sea level
  4. A measurement of time equal to 1/24 of a day
  5. Master of both Battleship and Pull Ups
  6. Area located North of Arctic Circle
  7. Moving in a circle, as the same direction as the hands on a clock
  8. A line that separates two or more political units such as states or nations
  9. ___ Date Line. Longitude 180 degrees east and west. The location of the earth where the date and day change.
  10. The track of path of the Earth around the Sun.
  11. The measurement, in degrees, East and West from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line
  12. An imaginary circle around the Earth lying midway between the North and South Poles
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  1. An area of land surrounded by water
  2. A body of (usually) fresh water surrounded by land
  3. Area located South of Antarctic Circle
  4. A large part of an ocean that is mostly surrounded by land
  5. A.M.
  6. Measures distance in degrees North and South of the Equator
  7. Half of the Earth
  8. The four main points on the compass: North, South, East and West
  9. Usually smaller than a gulf, and larger than a cove
  10. The larger land masses on the Earth's surface. There are seven (7) of these land masses.
  11. A unit of measure used to locate places on the perimeter of a circle. Latitude and longitude are measured by these.

23 Clues: A.M.Half of the EarthAn area of land surrounded by waterArea located North of Arctic CircleArea located South of Antarctic CircleMaster of both Battleship and Pull UpsA measurement of time equal to 1/24 of a dayThe track of path of the Earth around the Sun.A body of (usually) fresh water surrounded by land...

Dehart 2nd EV 2025-02-04

Dehart 2nd EV crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Solstice: The shortest day of the year, occurring around December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. (crust): The thin, dense part of Earth's crust beneath oceans, primarily made of basalt.
  3. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth.
  4. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  5. The process by which Earth’s layers formed due to the separation of materials by density.
  6. Vertical lines on a map that measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
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  1. Field: The invisible force surrounding Earth, generated by the outer core, protecting from solar radiation.
  2. The thick, semi-solid layer of Earth between the crust and core, driving plate tectonics.
  3. Equinox: The day in March when day and night are equal in length, marking the start of spring.
  4. Core: The liquid layer of Earth’s core, composed of iron and nickel, generating Earth's magnetic field.
  5. Equinox: The day in September when day and night are equal in length, marking the start of autumn.
  6. Horizontal lines on a map that measure distance north or south of the equator.
  7. The spinning of Earth on its axis, causing day and night.
  8. Core: The solid, dense center of the Earth, composed mostly of iron and nickel.

14 Clues: The thin, outermost layer of the Earth.The spinning of Earth on its axis, causing day and night.The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.Horizontal lines on a map that measure distance north or south of the equator.Core: The solid, dense center of the Earth, composed mostly of iron and nickel....

Crossword 2017-02-07

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. effect Because the earth rotates to the east, global winds are displaced in a phenomenon, called the _____.
  2. At the equator is a narrow, generally windless band called the ______.
  3. The part of the Earth that supports life.
  4. diffusion The process of spreading new knowledge and skill from one culture to another.
  5. Natural springs and handmade wells allow people to retrieve groundwater.
  6. study of weather and weather forecasting.
  7. freshwater lying beneath the planet's surface.
  8. The physical features of particular shape and elevations-include continents, mountains, hills, plateaus, valleys, and plains.
  9. density measures the average # of people living in a square mile or square kilometer land.
  10. location describes a place's location in relation to another place.
  11. The cool air returns the water to Earth in the form of rain, snow, or sleet.
  12. shelf The part of a continent that extends under water.
  13. when the layers grind or slide past each other, they create cracks.
  14. mapmaking
  15. oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.
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  1. The northern Hemisphere has its longest day of sunlight.
  2. location the exact latitude and longitude at which a place is found on a globe.
  3. movement of people from place to place.
  4. specialists who describe Earth's physical and human features and the interactions of people, places, and environments.
  5. human geographers study sociology and anthropology to learn how people have interacted with their environment over time.
  6. currents move warm water and cold water just as winds move warm and cold air.
  7. land makes up the _______________.
  8. groups share common language, history and place of origin.
  9. of Cancer the northernmost latitude on the earth to receive the sun's direct rays.
  10. Condition of the atmosphere in a certain place at a specific time.
  11. The removal of salt from ocean water.
  12. what divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
  13. complex community of independent living things in a given environment.
  14. planet the earth is composed of 3 layers: core, mantle, and the crust.

29 Clues: mapmakingland makes up the _______________.The removal of salt from ocean water.movement of people from place to place.The part of the Earth that supports life.study of weather and weather forecasting.freshwater lying beneath the planet's surface.oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.shelf The part of a continent that extends under water....

Care for Creation 2023-12-08

Care for Creation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Being in _______ with each other can resemble Adam and Eve before the Fall
  2. when we care for creation we are putting God and our ______ first
  3. Care for Earth and God's creation is a form of _____
  4. St. _______ of Assisi preached that all of nature and animals were a part of God's kingdom
  5. Careful and responsible management of someone or something
  6. _______ warming affects everyone and everything, including glaciers or animals
  7. Reduce, _____, Recycle
  8. _______ Justice best compliments this topic because it is a duty for all of us to partake in caring
  9. _______ Work of Mercy upholding this topic is "instruct the ignorant"
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  1. The Earth and human life are ______
  2. As a _____, we can participate in beach clean-ups or planting fundraisers
  3. It is morally ______ to kill animals inhumanely
  4. Another word for a duty of ours.
  5. God created Earth _____ for humans and animals to live and thrive
  6. _____ Day is on April 22 every year
  7. "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the Earth"

16 Clues: Reduce, _____, RecycleAnother word for a duty of ours.The Earth and human life are ___________ Day is on April 22 every yearIt is morally ______ to kill animals inhumanelyCare for Earth and God's creation is a form of _____"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the Earth"Careful and responsible management of someone or something...

Geologic History 2020-04-14

Geologic History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. has a half-life of 1.251×10 to the ninth years
  2. buried erosional surface
  3. the oldest geologic time interval of Earth
  4. has a half-life of 4.5 billion years
  5. a form of life that had become extinct 251 million years ago
  6. disintegrate at a predictable rate
  7. have a wide geographic area and existed for a short geologic time
  8. The Acadian Mountains were formed as a result of North America and this
  9. the approximate age of the universe
  10. the event that occurred earliest in geologic history
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  1. younger rock layers are on top of older rock layers
  2. the first organism in line for the evolution of life on Earth
  3. the youngest geologic time interval of Earth
  4. what many scientists believe caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs and ammonoids
  5. the last organism in line for the evolution of life on Earth
  6. most often used when determining the age of fossil bones in sediments deposited during the Holocene Epoch
  7. The division of Earth's geological history into eons, eras, periods, and epochs is based on this
  8. group of organisms that existed for the greatest length of time
  9. what living things have undergone in a theory

19 Clues: buried erosional surfacedisintegrate at a predictable ratethe approximate age of the universehas a half-life of 4.5 billion yearsthe oldest geologic time interval of Earththe youngest geologic time interval of Earthwhat living things have undergone in a theoryhas a half-life of 1.251×10 to the ninth years...

Earth Day 2020-04-21

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms
  2. produced production without using chemicals
  3. make smaller or less
  4. trash lying in an open or public place
  5. gases surrounding the earth or another planet
  6. contaminate with harmful or poisonous substances
  7. coming from the sun
  8. the environment of an animal or plant
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  1. a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material the matter from which a thing is or can be made
  2. no longer in existence
  3. increase of temperature in the earth's atmosphere
  4. convert waste into reusable material
  5. community of organisms and the environment
  6. decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer
  7. capable of being renewed

15 Clues: coming from the sunmake smaller or lessno longer in existencecapable of being renewedconvert waste into reusable materialthe environment of an animal or planttrash lying in an open or public placecommunity of organisms and the environmentproduced production without using chemicalsgases surrounding the earth or another planet...

Earth Day 2020-04-17

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a measure of the amount of greenhouse gas produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation, etc.
  2. to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander
  3. the degree to which the ambient air is pollution-free, assessed by measuring a number of indicators of pollution
  4. a wildlife species that is facing imminent extirpation or extinction
  5. the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles
  6. the elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers
  7. the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment
  8. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years
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  1. the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance
  2. an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect
  3. general term for buried combustible geologic deposits of organic materials, formed from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil, coal, natural gas, or heavy oils by exposure to heat and pressure in the Earth’s crust over a period of hundreds of millions of years
  4. to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse
  5. gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that trap heat
  6. the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity
  7. a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil

15 Clues: gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that trap heata wildlife species that is facing imminent extirpation or extinctionthe introduction of harmful substances or products into the environmentthe elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or riversto treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse...

Earth Day 2021-04-22

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a gas in the atmosphere that is a by-product of burning fuel, also eaten by trees and plants
  2. harnesses power from the wind
  3. a type of energy from the sun
  4. a material used for bottles, glasses, etc that can be recycled an infinite number of times
  5. a material that can be recycled, but can't break down naturally
  6. using something more than once or for more than one purpose
  7. what trees and plants create as a biproduct of photosynthesis that we need to breathe
  8. a way of reusing food scraps, which involves allowing them to breakdown and turn into soil
  9. made from trees and recyclable
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  1. involves melting down glass, plastic, paper, or metal to be used again
  2. many states and countries have begun to ban these, as they often are littered or thrown away and often cannot be recycled
  3. to use less of something
  4. a way of measuring how much carbon a person, state, or country is producing
  5. a type of energy from running water
  6. a Tesla is an example of this eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuels

15 Clues: to use less of somethingharnesses power from the winda type of energy from the sunmade from trees and recyclablea type of energy from running waterusing something more than once or for more than one purposea material that can be recycled, but can't break down naturallyinvolves melting down glass, plastic, paper, or metal to be used again...

Earth Science 2021-05-27

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. they make up the crust and upper mantle
  2. all life and habitats on Earth
  3. explanation based on observations and repeated experiments
  4. satellite ___poseidon
  5. studies Earth's material and processes that make them
  6. part of Earth's hydrosphere
  7. unit of mass
  8. application of scientific discoveries
  9. study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere
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  1. a standard for comparison in an experiment
  2. variable that changes in response to the manipulated variable
  3. the basic fact that describes a natural phenomenon
  4. part of the lithosphere
  5. gas that makes up part of our atmosphere
  6. study of Earth's atmosphere

15 Clues: unit of masssatellite ___poseidonpart of the lithospherestudy of Earth's atmospherepart of Earth's hydrosphereall life and habitats on Earthapplication of scientific discoveriesthey make up the crust and upper mantlegas that makes up part of our atmospherea standard for comparison in an experimentstudy of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere...

Earth Quakes 2022-03-29

Earth Quakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when the tectonic plates hit they...
  2. plates series of plates beneath the earth
  3. a country in Asia that has the most quakes
  4. They can explode because earthquakes trigger
  5. big waves created after earthquakes
  6. biggest Earthquake ever recorded
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  1. when earthquakes happen may erupt and...
  2. things that occur after and earthquake
  3. the ground shakes this is called...
  4. place on the world where plates are hitting
  5. many different waves that form an earthquake
  6. usually when they happen things fall in
  7. most earthquakes are small you can feel them
  8. rain forests and south eastern island
  9. the earth does this when the plates hit

15 Clues: biggest Earthquake ever recordedthe ground shakes this is called...big waves created after earthquakeswhen the tectonic plates hit they...rain forests and south eastern islandthings that occur after and earthquakeusually when they happen things fall inthe earth does this when the plates hitwhen earthquakes happen may erupt and......

Earth systems 2022-01-24

Earth systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A volcano with many layers
  2. A chimney like volcano
  3. what the crust is broken up into
  4. something building up inside the volcano
  5. When two plates collide the earth shakes
  6. A "sleeping" volcano
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  1. waves that cause earthquakes
  2. A volcano that will never erupt again
  3. A volcano that is erupting
  4. A place were tectonic plates meet
  5. something that comes out of a volcano
  6. directly above the focus
  7. A volcano that is flat with runny lava
  8. A place were volcanoes form away from tectonic plates
  9. Directly below the epicenter

15 Clues: A "sleeping" volcanoA chimney like volcanodirectly above the focusA volcano with many layersA volcano that is eruptingwaves that cause earthquakesDirectly below the epicenterwhat the crust is broken up intoA place were tectonic plates meetA volcano that will never erupt againsomething that comes out of a volcano...

Earth science 2021-06-02

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. zero, lowest temperature possible
  2. tectonics, the movement of the earth's crust
  3. a cloud of dust in space
  4. living object that can function on its own
  5. a celestial body that orbits a sun
  6. lets gas and liquid through it
  7. rock, a rock formed by clay
  8. rain, when gas emissions combine with water
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  1. someone who studies planets and space
  2. erosion by friction
  3. hole, the result after a star collapses
  4. the patha celestial body follows
  5. fission, when two atoms fuse together
  6. a part of an atom with neutral charge
  7. a celestial body made of rock

15 Clues: erosion by frictiona cloud of dust in spacerock, a rock formed by claya celestial body made of rocklets gas and liquid through itthe patha celestial body followszero, lowest temperature possiblea celestial body that orbits a sunsomeone who studies planets and spacefission, when two atoms fuse togethera part of an atom with neutral charge...

Dynamic earth 2017-12-08

Dynamic earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A transverse earthquake wave.
  2. Comparing and converting different dimensions.
  3. Happens when wall goes up.
  4. ridges Mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific oceans.
  5. boundaries The location where two tectonic plates interact.
  6. mantle The layer just beneath the crust of the earth.
  7. map A map showing topographic features with contour lines.
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  1. A record produced by a seismograph.
  2. currents Transfer of heat.
  3. boundaries When two plates slide past each other.
  4. When the earth's plates have an error.
  5. Happens when wall slides down.
  6. boundaries The plates move away from each other.
  7. When parts change a direction.
  8. core Is the second to last layer.

15 Clues: currents Transfer of heat.Happens when wall goes up.A transverse earthquake wave.Happens when wall slides down.When parts change a direction.core Is the second to last layer.A record produced by a seismograph.When the earth's plates have an error.Comparing and converting different dimensions.boundaries The plates move away from each other....

Dynamic Earth 2018-04-24

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Core is one of the earth's fluid layers and about 2,400 km thick.
  2. Analysis is using the fact that physical quantities added to or equated with each other must be expressed in terms of the same fundamental quantities for inferences to be made about the relations between them.
  3. wave a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph.
  4. fault A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall. Reverse faults occur where two blocks of rock are forced together by compression.
  5. wave is a wave motion in a solid medium where the medium moves perpendicular to the direction of the travel of the wave
  6. is discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock.
  7. Ridges a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading.
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  1. Currents is a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  2. Map is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail, usually using contour lines.
  3. Boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other
  4. Mantle is made up rock that is a fluid and can move. It is this fluidity that powers the movement of the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust.
  5. Boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts which eventually become rift valleys.
  6. a record produced by a seismograph
  7. boundaries area tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface.
  8. fault geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall. Normal faults occur where two blocks of rock are pulled apart, as by tension.

15 Clues: a record produced by a seismographCurrents is a current in a fluid that results from convection.Core is one of the earth's fluid layers and about 2,400 km thick.Boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each otherMap is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail, usually using contour lines....

Earth science 2017-10-10

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
  2. an effort to explain what happened at the very beginning of our universe.
  3. an increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves as the source and observer move toward (or away from) each other. The effect causes the sudden change in pitch noticeable in a passing siren, as well as the redshift seen by astronomers.
  4. a nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei of low atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with the release of energy.
  5. an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
  6. the explosion of a star
  7. a very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature. Red giants are thought to be in a late stage of evolution when no hydrogen remains in the core to fuel nuclear fusion.
  8. the displacement of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths (the red end of the spectrum) in radiation from distant galaxies and celestial objects. This is interpreted as a Doppler shift that is proportional to the velocity of recession and thus to distance.
  9. is a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
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  1. the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.
  2. a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape.
  3. the uniform microwave radiation remaining from the Big Bang
  4. is 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.
  5. a part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.
  6. he force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. For most purposes Newton's laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account.

15 Clues: the explosion of a starthe uniform microwave radiation remaining from the Big Bangan elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.an effort to explain what happened at the very beginning of our universe.a part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic....

Dynamic Earth 2018-05-10

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines, but historically using a variety of methods.
  2. analysis using the fact that physical quantities added to or equated with each other must be expressed in terms of the same fundamental quantities (such as mass, length, or time) for inferences to be made about the relations between them.
  3. This is made up rock that is fluid and can move. It is this fluidity that powers the movement of the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust.
  4. a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  5. In geology, a place where sections of the crust of the Earth move relative to each other.
  6. a fluid layer about 2,400 km (1,500 mi) thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle.
  7. fault A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
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  1. fault where two blocks of rock are forced together by compression.
  2. a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  3. Earth's outer layer, the crust, is divided into a set of large moving plates. The lines where they meet are called
  4. a record produced by a seismograph.
  5. wave a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph. Expand. Also called primary wave
  6. boundaries A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates.
  7. wave or shear wave, is a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
  8. boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other

15 Clues: a record produced by a seismograph.a current in a fluid that results from convection.boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each otherfault where two blocks of rock are forced together by compression.In geology, a place where sections of the crust of the Earth move relative to each other....

Earth Science 2012-10-29

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. consists of clay and other particles washed down from the A horizon, but little humus.
  2. process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth's surface.
  3. loose weathered material on Earth's surface in which plants can grow.
  4. grinding away of the rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, ind or gravity.
  5. weathering process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.
  6. measure of how well the soil supports plant growth.
  7. soil that is made up of about equal parts of clay, sand and silt.
  8. soild layer of rock beneath the soil.
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  1. dark-colored substance that forms as plant and animal remains decay.
  2. iron combines with oxygen in the presence of water in a process.
  3. material is full of tiny connected air spaces that allow water to seep through it.
  4. crumbly dark brown soil that is a mixture of humus, clay and other minerals.
  5. weathering rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.
  6. removal of rock particles by wind, water, ice or gravity
  7. wedging process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands.

15 Clues: soild layer of rock beneath the soil.measure of how well the soil supports plant growth.removal of rock particles by wind, water, ice or gravityweathering rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.iron combines with oxygen in the presence of water in a process.soil that is made up of about equal parts of clay, sand and silt....

Earth science 2012-06-26

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / ...... and pressure
  2. / an earthquake on the sea
  3. / rock meta means change
  4. / comes from the Latin word ignis meaning fire
  5. / Moving something
  6. / Humans live on it
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  1. / beneath the surface
  2. / which settles at the bottom of a liquid deposit
  3. / one of the tectonic plate that N.z sits on
  4. / Hard and solid
  5. / a massive friction as one pate is pushed under another plate
  6. / Shakes the earth
  7. / one plate slides to the other
  8. / Liquid inside a volcano
  9. / where the actual earthquake happens

15 Clues: / Hard and solid/ Shakes the earth/ Moving something/ Humans live on it/ beneath the surface/ ...... and pressure/ rock meta means change/ Liquid inside a volcano/ an earthquake on the sea/ one plate slides to the other/ where the actual earthquake happens/ one of the tectonic plate that N.z sits on/ comes from the Latin word ignis meaning fire...

Earth science 2012-06-26

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. beneath the surface
  2. Shakes the earth
  3. one plate slides to the other
  4. rock meta means change
  5. a massive friction as one pate is pushed under another plate
  6. comes from the Latin word ignis meaning fire
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  1. Liquid inside a volcano
  2. an earthquake on the sea
  3. where the actual earthquake happens
  4. Moving something
  5. ...... and pressure
  6. Hard and solid
  7. which settles at the bottom of a liquid deposit
  8. one of the tectonic plate that N.z sits on
  9. Humans live on it

15 Clues: Hard and solidMoving somethingShakes the earthHumans live on itbeneath the surface...... and pressurerock meta means changeLiquid inside a volcanoan earthquake on the seaone plate slides to the otherwhere the actual earthquake happensone of the tectonic plate that N.z sits oncomes from the Latin word ignis meaning fire...

Earth science 2023-10-26

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to keep something longer
  2. enough, full
  3. synonym of air
  4. a statement that need to proof
  5. land creatures
  6. extinction
  7. replace
  8. decided
  9. Micro Organisms
  10. target, position
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  1. take care of environment
  2. activate something
  3. distract, abrupt
  4. huger
  5. died, extinction

15 Clues: hugerreplacedecidedextinctionenough, fullsynonym of airland creaturesMicro Organismsdistract, abruptdied, extinctiontarget, positionactivate somethingtake care of environmentto keep something longera statement that need to proof

Earth Science 2023-10-26

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. air
  2. hypothesis with evidence
  3. cause force on someone
  4. change
  5. interrupt
  6. enough
  7. hungry
  8. lives that live on the ground
  9. a device on a gun that you can pull and it will shoot.
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  1. keep going or maintain
  2. a status that makes you feel scared
  3. proper position
  4. humans who are responsible for environment
  5. dead
  6. small alive organism

15 Clues: airdeadchangeenoughhungryinterruptproper positionsmall alive organismkeep going or maintaincause force on someonehypothesis with evidencelives that live on the grounda status that makes you feel scaredhumans who are responsible for environmenta device on a gun that you can pull and it will shoot.

Violent Earth 2024-01-12

Violent Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. that you cannot avoid or prevent
  2. very bad, harmful or unsuccessful
  3. to become greater in size
  4. sending people away from a dangerous place
  5. clear and accurate
  6. to discover or notice something
  7. to leave somebody, especially somebody you are responsible for, with no intention of returning
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  1. an unexpected event, such as a very bad accident
  2. to take the place of somebody/something
  3. the top of a mountain
  4. person who sees something
  5. used to describe a volcano that could erupt at any time
  6. the gray or black powder that is left after something burns
  7. threw out melted rock and smoke
  8. facts or information

15 Clues: clear and accuratefacts or informationthe top of a mountainperson who sees somethingto become greater in sizethrew out melted rock and smoketo discover or notice somethingthat you cannot avoid or preventvery bad, harmful or unsuccessfulto take the place of somebody/somethingsending people away from a dangerous place...

earth history 2024-02-14

earth history crossword puzzle
Across
  1. break in the Earth's crust
  2. minerals stick the grains of sediment together - just like cement
  3. an animal without backbone
  4. a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
  5. radioactive elements occur naturally in igneous rock
  6. this is the number of years since a rock formed, it is hard to know the number exactly but scientists can trace it to date range
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  1. the surface where new rock meets a much older rock surface
  2. lava that hardens on the surface of earth
  3. a long cylinder of glacial ice recovered by drilling through glaciers
  4. organisms are preserved in ice, amber or tar
  5. an animal with backbone
  6. the age of rocks compared to other rocks, this comparison uses words like older or younger
  7. states that horizontal sedimentary rock layers, the oldest rock are at the bottom and each higher layer is younger than the layer below it
  8. a solid copy of the shape of an organism
  9. the amount of time it takes for half of the atoms in a radioactive element to decay or be stable

15 Clues: an animal with backbonebreak in the Earth's crustan animal without backbonea solid copy of the shape of an organismlava that hardens on the surface of earthorganisms are preserved in ice, amber or tarradioactive elements occur naturally in igneous rockthe surface where new rock meets a much older rock surface...

Earth Day 2024-04-22

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle where many natural resources can be found
  2. Day A day created in 1970 about celebrating and caring for the Earth
  3. The excessive use of material things, including food and natural resources
  4. The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the chemical moves up the food chain to the top-level consumers
  5. The total surroundings (living and nonliving) of an organism or a group of organisms.
  6. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame.
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  1. Cutting down of forests leading to increased erosion and slower soil regeneration.
  2. All the water on earth that can be polluted by toxic chemicals and trash making them unlivable for animals
  3. Convert waste into reusable material.
  4. Protection Agency An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
  5. A lifestyle that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs; in other words, living a life that only uses what is needed and readily available
  6. A mixture of gases that surrounds our planet; can be polluted from exhaust from vehicles or factories.
  7. Waste materials from industry that are poisonous to humans or other living things
  8. Release of harmful materials into the environment.
  9. A process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil, often as fertilizer.

15 Clues: Convert waste into reusable material.Release of harmful materials into the environment.A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame.Day A day created in 1970 about celebrating and caring for the EarthThe excessive use of material things, including food and natural resources...

Earth Month 2024-04-24

Earth Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tall woody plants with a single main stem or trunk and many branches
  2. To make something smaller or use less of it
  3. To convert waste into reusable material
  4. A living thing that grows in soil and has a stem, leaves, and roots
  5. The long-term warming of the planet's overall temperature
  6. The physical world and everything in it; not made by the people
  7. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
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  1. Waster material that is discarded improperly
  2. A synthetic material; one of the main pollution for marine life and ecosystems
  3. The introduction of harmful materials into the environment
  4. Natural or artificial substance that improves plant growth and productiveness
  5. To use something again, especially for a different purpose
  6. Waste material that is no longer needed or wanted
  7. The planet on which we live
  8. A huge body of saltwater that covers about 71 percent of Earth's surface

15 Clues: The planet on which we liveTo convert waste into reusable materialTo make something smaller or use less of itWaster material that is discarded improperlyWaste material that is no longer needed or wantedThe long-term warming of the planet's overall temperatureThe introduction of harmful materials into the environment...

Earth&Environmental 2024-05-08

Earth&Environmental crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of rock formed from the broken sediment
  2. movement of air
  3. type of rock created by heat and pressure
  4. melted rock that flows below surface
  5. average weather conditions
  6. layer above the troposphere
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  1. lowest region of the atmosphere
  2. removal and transporting of Earth materials
  3. able to transmit liquids
  4. unable to transmit liquids
  5. layer above the stratosphere
  6. type of rock formed from the cooling of liquid rock
  7. highest layer of the atmosphere
  8. the breaking of rock
  9. melted rock that flows above surface

15 Clues: movement of airthe breaking of rockable to transmit liquidsunable to transmit liquidsaverage weather conditionslayer above the tropospherelayer above the stratospherelowest region of the atmospherehighest layer of the atmospheremelted rock that flows below surfacemelted rock that flows above surfacetype of rock created by heat and pressure...

warming earth 2022-05-02

warming earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deciduous forest is a bio-me dominated by deciduous trees which lose their leaves seasonally.
  2. the variety of life in the hard world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.
  4. (of electromagnetic radiation) having a wavelength just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than that of microwaves. Infrared radiation has a wavelength from about 800 nm to 1 mm, and is emitted particularly by heated objects.
  5. physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
  6. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Its molecule contains a magnesium atom held in a porphyritic ring.
Down
  1. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
  2. a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas, the chemical element of atomic number 1.
  3. structure and properties of matter"
  4. the process or result of joining two more things together to form a single entity.
  5. the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
  6. energy radiant energy emitted by the sun
  7. a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
  8. the star around which the earth orbits.
  9. the envelop of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

15 Clues: structure and properties of matter"the star around which the earth orbits.energy radiant energy emitted by the sunthe envelop of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity....

warming earth 2022-05-02

warming earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deciduous forest is a bio-me dominated by deciduous trees which lose their leaves seasonally.
  2. the variety of life in the hard world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  3. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.
  4. (of electromagnetic radiation) having a wavelength just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than that of microwaves. Infrared radiation has a wavelength from about 800 nm to 1 mm, and is emitted particularly by heated objects.
  5. physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
  6. a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Its molecule contains a magnesium atom held in a porphyritic ring.
Down
  1. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
  2. a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas, the chemical element of atomic number 1.
  3. structure and properties of matter"
  4. the process or result of joining two more things together to form a single entity.
  5. the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
  6. energy radiant energy emitted by the sun
  7. a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
  8. the star around which the earth orbits.
  9. the envelop of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

15 Clues: structure and properties of matter"the star around which the earth orbits.energy radiant energy emitted by the sunthe envelop of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity....

Earth History 2022-10-14

Earth History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. geological processes explained by geological processes
  2. trace remains of organisms in rocks
  3. determine the absolute age of an object
  4. weather conditions over a period of time
  5. divide Earth´s history
  6. a break in geologic record
  7. ordered arrangement of rock layers
  8. time required for radioactive isotope to break down
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  1. radioactive isotope
  2. younger rocks lay above older rocks
  3. whether a object is older or younger than other objects
  4. measuring the age of an event or object in years
  5. fossilized structure in sedimentary rock
  6. study of history and structure of Earth
  7. long cylinder of ice

15 Clues: radioactive isotopelong cylinder of icedivide Earth´s historya break in geologic recordordered arrangement of rock layersyounger rocks lay above older rockstrace remains of organisms in rocksdetermine the absolute age of an objectstudy of history and structure of Earthfossilized structure in sedimentary rockweather conditions over a period of time...

Changing Earth 2022-05-18

Changing Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock type formed when magma or lava cools
  2. rock type formed from intense heat and pressure
  3. molten rock that has reached the surface
  4. a crack in the Earth's crust
  5. layer of molten iron and nickel
  6. the breaking up of rock into sediments
  7. boundary where plates move apart
  8. sliding plate boundary
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  1. solid iron and nickel
  2. one large land mass when all continents were connected
  3. the thickest layer of Earth
  4. plate boundary where plates come together
  5. the wearing away and removal of sediments
  6. the thinnest layer of Earth
  7. a rock type formed when sediments cement together

15 Clues: solid iron and nickelsliding plate boundarythe thickest layer of Earththe thinnest layer of Eartha crack in the Earth's crustlayer of molten iron and nickelboundary where plates move apartthe breaking up of rock into sedimentsmolten rock that has reached the surfacerock type formed when magma or lava coolsplate boundary where plates come together...

Dynamic Earth 2023-05-25

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This part of the earth is made up of a semi-molten rock called magma
  2. Zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  3. Molten rock underground.
  4. Pacific and Australian plate meet.
  5. When two plates move apart.
  6. A theory proposed by Alfred Wegener.
Down
  1. Size of an earthquake is measured in ...
  2. Large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust
  3. The point on the earth's surface directly above an earthquake.
  4. The rim around the pacific ocean.
  5. Mudflow caused by a volcanic eruption.
  6. The outer solid part of the earth.
  7. Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.
  8. A tectonic plate boundary where shaking occurs.
  9. The study of earthquakes.

15 Clues: Molten rock underground.The study of earthquakes.When two plates move apart.The rim around the pacific ocean.Pacific and Australian plate meet.The outer solid part of the earth.A theory proposed by Alfred Wegener.Mudflow caused by a volcanic eruption.Size of an earthquake is measured in ...Large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust...

Earth science 2025-04-07

Earth science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a round pit on the moon surface
  2. A large cloud of gas and dust in space
  3. the rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean
  4. A meteor that has hit earth service
  5. largest plane
  6. a scientist who studies the stars
  7. A natural object that orbits a planet
  8. all of space and everything in it
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  1. an object that revolves around another object in space
  2. the explosion of a dying star
  3. The smallest planet closest to the sun
  4. third planet from the sun
  5. Gravity, so strong that light can’t even escape
  6. a device Built to observed, distant objects
  7. the path of an object As it revolves around another object in space

15 Clues: largest planethird planet from the sunthe explosion of a dying stara round pit on the moon surfacea scientist who studies the starsall of space and everything in itA meteor that has hit earth serviceA natural object that orbits a planetA large cloud of gas and dust in spaceThe smallest planet closest to the sun...

Earth Day 2025-04-29

Earth Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. it will erup if its to hot
  2. when it storms this falls from the clouds
  3. forms mainly on water when to cold
  4. bees get pollen from this
  5. it makes most of are light
  6. what we live on
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  1. when water gets high ant can destroy buidings
  2. bunnys eat this
  3. they come when a storm happends
  4. comes at night similar to the sun
  5. it comes when a cold month starts
  6. make good air pollution
  7. ants live here
  8. they swim in water
  9. a pain version of rain

15 Clues: ants live herebunnys eat thiswhat we live onthey swim in watera pain version of rainmake good air pollutionbees get pollen from thisit will erup if its to hotit makes most of are lightthey come when a storm happendscomes at night similar to the sunit comes when a cold month startsforms mainly on water when to cold...

CROSSLY EARTH 2025-08-29

CROSSLY EARTH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the depositing o eroded soil at a new location
  2. thin layer of relatively cool rock that forms Earth's outer skin both on dry land and in the ocean
  3. nutrients circulate endlessly throughout the environment in complex cycles
  4. the removal of soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
  5. consists of the layers of gases surrounding our planet
  6. large plates of lithosphere
Down
  1. fresh water found underground
  2. the introduction of phosphorus and nitrogen into a body of water that leads to an overgrowth of algae and other producers
  3. features such as mountains (above and beneath the ocean's surface), islands and continents.
  4. a spongelike formation of rock, sand, or gravel that holds water
  5. matter that organisms require for their life process
  6. a layer of very hot but mostly solid rock
  7. made of all the rock at and below Earth's surface
  8. consists of all the planet's living or once-living things and the nonliving parts of the environment with which they interact
  9. water moves from bodies of water and moist soil into the atmosphere

15 Clues: large plates of lithospherefresh water found undergrounda layer of very hot but mostly solid rockthe depositing o eroded soil at a new locationmade of all the rock at and below Earth's surfacematter that organisms require for their life processthe removal of soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity.consists of the layers of gases surrounding our planet...

Earth Structure 2025-11-10

Earth Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Number after 5
  2. The second main layer.
  3. Decayed plant and animal material.
  4. This core is the center of the Earth.
  5. Type of crust that is the outer layer exposed to air.
  6. This core is the closest to the mantle
  7. Dean
  8. Where we are
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  1. Number before 8
  2. The upper layer of soil
  3. Below the topsoil and contains bigger pieces of rock.
  4. The solid layer of crust that seems firmly attached to Earth.
  5. This means melted>made up of iron and nickel
  6. Type of crust that is under the oceans.
  7. Organism we are going to hatch in the aquarium.

15 Clues: DeanWhere we areNumber after 5Number before 8The second main layer.The upper layer of soilDecayed plant and animal material.This core is the center of the Earth.This core is the closest to the mantleType of crust that is under the oceans.This means melted>made up of iron and nickelOrganism we are going to hatch in the aquarium....

Unit 1 Vocabulary 2023-01-10

Unit 1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. location Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates
  2. distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees
  3. the path that a moving object follows
  4. a map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service
  5. A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic
  6. Mapping a person's point-of-view perception of their area of interaction
  7. sensing A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the area or object of study.
  8. lines of longitude
  9. Environment Interaction the study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment
  10. An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
  11. A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
  12. Global Positioning System; uses a system of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers to determine precise absolute locations on earth.
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  1. The position of anything on Earth's surface.
  2. The length of a path between two points
  3. lines of latitude
  4. Location The position of a place in relation to another place
  5. an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of human and physical features
  6. the process of adding geographical information to various media in the form of metadata. The data usually consists of coordinates like latitude and longitude, but may even include bearing, altitude, distance and place names.
  7. the distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian; measured in degrees
  8. Meridian The meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.
  9. A hunt for a cache, the Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates which are placed on the Internet by other geocachers

21 Clues: lines of latitudelines of longitudethe path that a moving object followsThe length of a path between two pointsThe position of anything on Earth's surface.distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degreesLocation The position of a place in relation to another placeA specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic...

Cycles 2014-12-02

Cycles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ways that matter or energy is moved through a cycle
  2. Going directly from solid to gas
  3. Places where matter or energy is stored in a cycle
  4. Type of change that creates a new substance, a reaction occurs.
  5. Change in size, shape or state.
  6. The type of matter with the highest kinetic energy; particles fly freely.
  7. Reservoir that stores the majority of water on Earth as salt water.
  8. One of the processes that moves water from the biosphere to the atmosphere; evaporation from plants.
  9. The energy that drives all the water cycle.
  10. Drives the cycles.
  11. Evaporation of water from animals.
  12. Series of repeating events that move energy and/or matter through a system - no beginning or end
  13. Reservoir that stores 2% of water on Earth as solid water
  14. Describes a change where energy is taken away - deposition, freezing, condensation
  15. A state change; water to water vapor.
  16. The system that includes the Earth's crust, mantle, and core
  17. The system that protects the Earth; a layer of gases like a blanket.
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  1. Going directly from water vapor to solid, like frost.
  2. The type of matter with the lowest kinetic energy; particles just vibrate in place.
  3. Process that forms clouds.
  4. Solid state of water
  5. H2O
  6. Rain, hail, snow, sleet.
  7. Process in plants that takes water from the atmosphere into the biosphere and uses it to create energy.
  8. Describes a change where energy is added - melting, sublimation, or evaporation.
  9. When water falls on the crust and goes into the Earth
  10. All the water on the planet.
  11. Water that falls on land and moves to reservoirs.
  12. Water that has infiltrated the crust and is stored there.
  13. All the organisms on Earth
  14. Gaseous state of water.

31 Clues: H2ODrives the cycles.Solid state of waterGaseous state of water.Rain, hail, snow, sleet.Process that forms clouds.All the organisms on EarthAll the water on the planet.Change in size, shape or state.Going directly from solid to gasEvaporation of water from animals.A state change; water to water vapor.The energy that drives all the water cycle....

Cycles 2014-12-02

Cycles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The system that includes the Earth's crust, mantle, and core
  2. Describes a change where energy is taken away - deposition, freezing, condensation
  3. When water falls on the crust and goes into the Earth
  4. Process in plants that takes water from the atmosphere into the biosphere and uses it to create energy.
  5. Ways that matter or energy is moved through a cycle
  6. Describes a change where energy is added - melting, sublimation, or evaporation.
  7. Reservoir that stores the majority of water on Earth as salt water.
  8. The type of matter with the highest kinetic energy; particles fly freely.
  9. Reservoir that stores 2% of water on Earth as solid water
  10. Places where matter or energy is stored in a cycle
  11. Process that forms clouds.
  12. H2O
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  1. Solid state of water
  2. Going directly from water vapor to solid, like frost.
  3. Change in size, shape or state.
  4. Series of repeating events that move energy and/or matter through a system - no beginning or end
  5. Type of change that creates a new substance, a reaction occurs.
  6. Evaporation of water from animals.
  7. The system that protects the Earth; a layer of gases like a blanket.
  8. The energy that drives all the water cycle.
  9. Drives the cycles.
  10. Rain, hail, snow, sleet.
  11. One of the processes that moves water from the biosphere to the atmosphere; evaporation from plants.
  12. Going directly from solid to gas
  13. All the water on the planet.
  14. The type of matter with the lowest kinetic energy; particles just vibrate in place.
  15. Water that falls on land and moves to reservoirs.
  16. Water that has infiltrated the crust and is stored there.
  17. Gaseous state of water.
  18. All the organisms on Earth
  19. A state change; water to water vapor.

31 Clues: H2ODrives the cycles.Solid state of waterGaseous state of water.Rain, hail, snow, sleet.All the organisms on EarthProcess that forms clouds.All the water on the planet.Change in size, shape or state.Going directly from solid to gasEvaporation of water from animals.A state change; water to water vapor.The energy that drives all the water cycle....

Earth and Its Crust 2023-03-01

Earth and Its Crust crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – molten rock (magma) that has reached the Earth’s surface
  2. drift – the slow movement of the Earth’s landmasses
  3. – the breaking down of minerals and rocks into small sediments (wind, water, ice, and chemical reactions cause weathering)
  4. rock – formed when magma cools and hardens
  5. – a fan shaped sediment deposit formed at the mouth of a river
  6. Boundary – where plates are moving apart (creates mid-ocean ridges)
  7. rock – hard matter formed by extreme heat and pressure deep within the Earth
  8. – an ancient landmass believed to have broken up into today’s continents
  9. boundary – where plates are pushed together creating mountains & volcanoes
  10. – a process in which wind, water, and gravity leave eroded sediments in new locations
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  1. (transform) boundary – where plates are sliding past each other
  2. – a location where one of the Earth’s plates meets another
  3. core – the layer of the Earth made of liquid iron and nickel just below the mantle
  4. core – the center region of the Earth made of solid iron and nickel
  5. – the middle layer of the Earth made of melted rock
  6. – the outer layer of the Earth made of solid rock
  7. rock – formed when layers of sediment are pressed together
  8. – a shaking movement of the ground caused by a sudden shift of the Earth’s crust
  9. – hot, melted rock that makes up the Earth’s mantle
  10. – a mountain with vents where lava, gases, and ash erupt
  11. – the moving away of sediments caused by wind, ice, and WATER
  12. Tectonics- a theory that the Earth’s crust is broken into distinct pieces
  13. – the remains of an organism that lived in the past (cast, mold, and imprint fossils)

23 Clues: rock – formed when magma cools and hardens– the outer layer of the Earth made of solid rock– the middle layer of the Earth made of melted rockdrift – the slow movement of the Earth’s landmasses– hot, melted rock that makes up the Earth’s mantle– a mountain with vents where lava, gases, and ash erupt...

Geography Vocabulary! 2023-02-07

Geography Vocabulary! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A measurement of how hot and cold it is.
  2. One of the 7 large pieces of land on earth.
  3. An area of soft, wet land.
  4. The study of the earth's surface.
  5. The usual weather conditions of an area.
  6. The outskirts of a city.
  7. A shelf of land or rocks underwater off the the coast.
  8. A mountain where gas and lava come out of the earth.
  9. A sphere with a map of the earth on it.
  10. Where the ocean or sea meets land.
  11. The cold area around the south pole.
  12. The imaginary line dividing the earth into northern and southern halves.
  13. Describes a place as warm and humid with a good amount of rainfall.
  14. A small piece of land surrounded by water.
  15. Types of land in an area.
  16. A large piece of ice on land.
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  1. A boundary, edge, or dividing line.
  2. The center of government in a country.
  3. An organized community bigger than a city, but smaller than a country.
  4. A 3D circle.
  5. Half of a sphere.
  6. The amount of water in the air.
  7. Describe how high up a part of the earth is.
  8. The world around us and everything in it.
  9. Describes how many people live in an area.
  10. Where food is grown or where animals are raised for food.
  11. Describes how high up somthing is off the ground, like a plane.
  12. The cold area around the north pole.
  13. Atmosphere contitions like rain, snow, and wind.
  14. A permanently frozen, treeless, desert like place with very little rain.
  15. In the countryside / or "remote"
  16. A large piece of ice floating in water.

32 Clues: A 3D circle.Half of a sphere.The outskirts of a city.Types of land in an area.An area of soft, wet land.A large piece of ice on land.The amount of water in the air.In the countryside / or "remote"The study of the earth's surface.Where the ocean or sea meets land.A boundary, edge, or dividing line.The cold area around the north pole....

Rowan's Dynamic Earth Crossword Puzzle 2026-02-04

Rowan's Dynamic Earth Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A long curve in the ocean floor.
  2. A chain of volcanic islands formed at convergent plate boundaries.
  3. An area in which is affected by magnetism.
  4. The thin, outermost layer of Earth.
  5. A crack in the Earth, caused by a divergent plate boundary of two continental plates pulling apart.
  6. Juan De Fuca is an example of this.
  7. The formation of new oceanic crust caused by divergent plate boundaries.
  8. The crust that is under the ocean floor.
  9. A dark, volcanic rock, divergent boundaries are made up of this.
  10. Not flexible, hard to bend.
  11. An event that happens only every 780,000 years in which the magnetic polarities of earth switch.
  12. The movement at the edge of a plate of the earth's crust that moves into the mantle under another plate.
  13. The geologist that came up with the idea of continental drift.
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  1. The upper layer of earth's mantle, it is above the lithosphere.
  2. Very hot, can be used as an adjective for lava.
  3. A scientific branch in which studies magnetism occurring in rocks.
  4. Lava that solidified into a round shape.
  5. The crust that makes up earth's continents.
  6. The woman who was tasked with mapping the ocean floor in the year 1952.
  7. The theory that was turned into plate tectonics today.
  8. A chain of volcanos formed above an area where subduction happens.
  9. Caused from subduction, or oceanic divergent plate boundaries pulling apart.
  10. An event caused from a transform plate boundary of plates sliding past each other.
  11. The famous supercontinent, comes from the Greek words pan, which means all or entire, and gaea which means earth.
  12. Hot liquid that becomes igneous rock when it cools.
  13. The innermost part of earth, it is very hot.

26 Clues: Not flexible, hard to bend.A long curve in the ocean floor.The thin, outermost layer of Earth.Juan De Fuca is an example of this.Lava that solidified into a round shape.The crust that is under the ocean floor.An area in which is affected by magnetism.The crust that makes up earth's continents.The innermost part of earth, it is very hot....

Vocabulary words test 2020-08-24

Vocabulary words test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is a scientist who studies fossils.
  2. energy-rich resource formed from the burried remains of once-living organisms.
  3. can form if the mold is later filled with mud that hardens.​
  4. The teory that Earth crust is divided into plates that are always moving.
  5. Very small pieces of rock such sand and silt.
  6. help to identify short period of Earths history.
  7. The process of moving weathered rock from one place to another.
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  1. The preserved remains or traces of once-living organism.
  2. The dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving weather.
  3. Forms when a shell leaves its shape in the mud.
  4. It is the release of energy and shaking of the ground
  5. large events, caused by climate change.
  6. Break in Earths crust where rock on one side can move in relation to rock on the other side.
  7. Organism that look as if they have not changed much over.
  8. Is the process of rock breaking apart.
  9. Poening that allows magma to Earth surface.
  10. The point on Earth surface directly above the focus.
  11. The point inside Earth where an earthquake begins.

18 Clues: Is a scientist who studies fossils.Is the process of rock breaking apart.large events, caused by climate change.Poening that allows magma to Earth surface.Very small pieces of rock such sand and silt.Forms when a shell leaves its shape in the mud.help to identify short period of Earths history.The point inside Earth where an earthquake begins....

word cell unit 10 2015-01-08

word cell unit 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a town near a city's border
  2. an animal that eats plants and animals
  3. land which is under governmental control
  4. beneath the surface of the earth
  5. a place where land animals are kept for display
  6. god,gods, God
  7. a belief that there are many gods
  8. earth; dry land
  9. under; below
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  1. any plant-eating animal
  2. one who believes that there is one god
  3. eat; devour, feeding on
  4. of or pertaining to a city
  5. a city
  6. firm earth; solid ground
  7. having a tremendous appetite
  8. the science that studies religion

17 Clues: a cityunder; belowgod,gods, Godearth; dry landany plant-eating animaleat; devour, feeding onfirm earth; solid groundof or pertaining to a citya town near a city's borderhaving a tremendous appetitebeneath the surface of the eartha belief that there are many godsthe science that studies religionone who believes that there is one god...