Chapter 7 and 8 crossword
Across
- 3. looks similar to wedges by dividing the area into equal sections
- 5. temperature on earth is just right because of this
- 7. distorts the continents little as possible by not slicing into them
- 11. how much of the earth that is covered with the pacific ocean
- 16. distance measured by marine and air navigators is in
- 17. nmber of major ocean basins
- 19. large land masses are called
- 20. number of major land continents
- 21. the half of earth north of equator
- 24. the man who discovered the red shift
- 26. continent of the south pole
- 28. the explosion of a star
- 31. the primary reference line for latitude
- 32. are aggregations of gas and dust which may be several hundred kilometers in diameter
- 33. the largest ocean basin
Down
- 1. the color that penetrates water the deepest
- 2. stars form in a
- 4. process in which planets solidify
- 6. protects us from UV
- 8. the release of a volatile substance and water vapor
- 9. number of moons the earth has
- 10. a theory on how the earth started
- 12. most commonly seen in a classroom. extremely accurate due to technology
- 13. the oldest rocks found in Australia
- 14. why stars twinkle
- 15. the smallest ocean basin
- 18. years till the sun will burst
- 22. the general shape of the earth
- 23. percentage of earth covered with ice
- 25. most accurate representation of the features of the earth
- 27. the smallest continent
- 29. a single continuous land mass that contains Europe and asia
- 30. the earths rotates around the