Earth Extreme Crossword Quiz

1. average measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, snow, and rain in a specific place over the course of years. Like the weather, but over a long time
7. a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground
8. an instrument that measures motions of the ground, including those generated by earthquakes
10. the release of water from the sky; it can be liquid or solid, for example, rain, sleet, hail and snow
13. the daily state of the atmosphere, or air, in any given place
14. Greek for "all lands"; the supercontinent that existed during the Mesozoic era, before the process of plate tectonics separated the continents
15. heat-trapping gases; the most common are carbon dioxide and methane
16. average long-term changes over the entire Earth, including warming temperatures and changes in precipitation, as well as rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers, ice melting at a faster rate than usual in Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic, and changes in flower and plant blooming times
17. the part of Earth that can support life; includes all living things and the places they live

2. an area where two plates slide past each other; these places are often called faults, and they can be areas where earthquakes often occur
3. a large ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake or a volcanic explosion
4. movement in liquid / air because of heat rising, cool falling
5. a large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas
6. a landform (usually a mountain) where molten rock and hot gases erupt through the surface of the planet
9. the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the earth's surface
11. broken pieces made of the Earth's crust or lithosphere
12. all the land and rock the planet is made of