Chpt 3: Geosphere Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. changing from a liquid to a gas
  2. 9. large amounts of condensation such as rain, sleet, snow
  3. 12. the center most part of the Earth containing the densest elements
  4. 13. layer of gases closest to Earth's surface
  5. 14. changing from a gas to a liquid
  6. 16. breakdown, removal & transport of Earth's surface material
  7. 17. a measure of all the dissolved salts in water
  8. 19. cool layer consisting of the crust & outermost part of the mantle
  9. 20. layer of gases which contain ozone causing its temperature to rise with altitude
  10. 22. transfer of energy through direct contact
Down
  1. 1. all the living and one living parts of the Earth
  2. 2. transfer of energy from the movement of fluids
  3. 3. all the rocks & soil on and within the Earth
  4. 4. layer of gases which blanket the Earth
  5. 5. outermost layer of the geosphere
  6. 7. transfer of energy across space
  7. 8. beneath Earth's crust & made of rocks with medium density
  8. 10. plate, pieces of the lithosphere that glide upon the asthenosphere
  9. 11. cycle, the continuous movement of water through Earth's spheres
  10. 15. effect, warming of the Earth through the presence of gases which trap the Sun's energy
  11. 18. water, has very low to zero salinity & present in rivers, lakes & streams
  12. 21. plastic & solid layer upon which Earth's tectonic plates move