Earth Science
Across
- 2. study of all materials that make up Earth
- 3. study of mapmaking
- 6. tectonic plates move away from each other
- 12. fossilized seed plant Wegener collected
- 14. mineral with hardness level 8
- 16. another name for lines of longitude
- 18. mineral with hardness level 1
- 19. mineral inside common table salt
- 23. application of scientific knowledge
- 24. largest producer of nickels
- 25. mineral with hardness level 3
- 26. all the Earth
- 27. leading producer of copper, zinc, and silver
- 28. mineral used in pencils
- 29. hardest mineral in the world
- 30. mineral with hardness level 7
Down
- 1. all of Earth's oceans, rivers, and lakes
- 4. largest tectonic plate in the world
- 5. living organisms on Earth
- 7. tectonic plates slide past each other
- 8. major producer of coal
- 9. the way material reflects light from its surface
- 10. naturally occurring, inorganic solid with specific crystal structure
- 11. geologic process where the heavier ocean plate goes underneath the lighter one
- 13. blanket of gases around the Earth
- 15. study of Earth's oceans
- 17. non-living substances
- 20. study of objects beyond the Earth's atmosphere
- 21. mineral with hardness level 5
- 22. all organisms on Earth and the environment they live in