The Earth's Structure
Across
- 4. These are where the tectonic plates meet and release ash into the atmosphere
- 6. Melting polar ice caps is causing a rise in this
- 8. Type of light filtered out by the ozone layer and sunscreens
- 12. The _______ layer that filters out harmful ultraviolet radiation
- 13. Part of the earth that contains the top of the mantle and the tectonic plates
- 14. Global ______________ is caused by greenhouse gases.
- 16. Very top layer of the geosphere.
- 17. Solid part of earth
- 19. Hottest and densest part of the geosphere
- 20. layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer
- 21. This current, called the _________ stream runs along the east coast of the US.
Down
- 1. Part of earth that includes all water
- 2. Part of earth that contains living things
- 3. Layer of gases that blanket earth
- 5. These plates float on the mantle and move the continents
- 7. One type of extreme weather from global warming that pollutes freshwater
- 9. The layer of the atmosphere where we live and where most weather occurs
- 10. Found in aquifiers and used as a source of drinking water.
- 11. The ____________. effect is the atmospheric process that holds heat in the atmosphere
- 15. Responsible for regulating earth's temperature
- 18. Liquid __________ is essential for life on earth.