Ch. 18 & 22 - Earth's Atmosphere, The Sun, Moon, and Earth System

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Across
  1. 6. layer, shields us from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet light and converts it to heat
  2. 9. gases, water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, etc.
  3. 11. the layer of earth's atmosphere where jet streams occur
  4. 13. the visible surface of the sun
  5. 14. the time it takes the moon to complete one orbit of the earth
  6. 15. happens when one celestial body cuts off sunlight from another body
  7. 19. the layer of the atmosphere that we live in
  8. 20. round, shallow depressions on the moon
Down
  1. 1. the sun, moon, and earth have a _______________ on the very inside of them that is very hot
  2. 2. waxing means ______________________
  3. 3. heat transferred by direct contact
  4. 4. vertical movement of warmed masses of air into cooler regions
  5. 5. the hottest layer of the earth's atmosphere
  6. 7. and helium, the sun is mainly made of these two elements
  7. 8. waning means _______________________
  8. 10. the color that we see the sun as
  9. 11. we use it to tell time and it is our greatest source of energy
  10. 12. the sun's outer atmosphere
  11. 16. small, cooler, dark areas of stronger magnetic field strength on the sun
  12. 17. the envelope of gas that surrounds a planet
  13. 18. if God represents the sun then Christians represent the __________________