Lesson 3-5 Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The transport of water from plant roots to leaves, where it evaporates into the atmosphere.
  2. 6. Water located underground that fills pore spaces in soil and rock layers.
  3. 10. Facts, information, documents, etc. that give reason to believe that something is true.
  4. 12. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land; this includes: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
  5. 14. A solid structure with atoms arranged in a repeating geometric pattern.
  6. 16. Rock Igneous rock that forms when magma slowly hardens below Earth’s surface.
  7. 18. The change in state from a gas to a liquid.
  8. 25. The process by which a collision between two tectonic plates forces the denser plate under the less dense plate.
  9. 26. The change in state from a liquid to a gas.
  10. 27. Cycle The global movement of water powered by energy from the sun and Earth’s gravity.
Down
  1. 1. The process by which water falls to the ground from clouds in the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
  2. 2. A prediction or statement based on limited evidence that can be tested by observation and experimentation.
  3. 4. The process by which surface water flows downhill into rivers, lakes, and the ocean.
  4. 5. Drift The hypothesis that the continents slowly drifted to their current positions after having been part of a single, giant landmass that broke apart
  5. 7. A substance that is made of crystals and has a specific chemical composition and geometric shape.
  6. 8. Spreading The process by which the rocks on either side of the mid-ocean ridge slowly pull away from each other, allowing molten rock to rise, solidify, and form new seafloor.
  7. 9. The limitations on an engineering solution.
  8. 11. Cycle The continuous set of processes by which rock can change from one type to another; a model of how the flow of energy drives the cycling of rock material in the geosphere.
  9. 13. The requirements that must be met for an engineering solution to be successful.
  10. 15. A plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena.
  11. 17. The process by which surface water seeps into the ground through the soil and rock layers.
  12. 19. Rock Igneous rock that forms when magma cools quickly on Earth’s surface.
  13. 20. Rock Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma on or below Earth’s surface.
  14. 21. Rock Rock changed in composition or texture by heat and pressure.
  15. 22. Rock Rock formed from the deposition of dissolved materials, rock fragments, or the remains of organisms.
  16. 23. Tectonics The scientific theory that the lithosphere is made up of rigid pieces, called tectonic plates, that move across Earth's surface.
  17. 24. A break in Earth's crust where the rocks on either side have moved.