Earth Science

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Across
  1. 1. the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  2. 5. a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid
  3. 6. the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago
  4. 11. the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and living things
  5. 13. a natural inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition and orderly internal structure
  6. 15. a mixture of gases that surrounds a plant/moon/celestial body
  7. 17. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago
  8. 20. the layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
  9. 21. the process by which rock is reduced in size by the scraping action of other rocks
  10. 23. a resource that cannot be replaced in a single human lifetime
  11. 24. the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation
  12. 25. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
  13. 27. the movement of deep, cold and nutrient-rich water to the surface
  14. 28. the wise use of and preservation of natural resources
  15. 29. the spin of a body on its axis
  16. 31. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  17. 32. a shadow that blocks sunlight
  18. 34. type of rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies
  19. 37. the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
  20. 38. the boundary between air masses of different densities and temperatures
  21. 39. the natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents decompose rocks
Down
  1. 2. dark-organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals
  2. 3. an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on one another
  3. 4. the water that is beneath Earth's surface
  4. 7. the distance from any point on a wave to the corresponding points on consecutive waves to pass at a given point
  5. 8. the point at which the sun is as far north or as far south of the equator as possible
  6. 9. the scientific study of Earth's atmosphere, in relation to weather and climate
  7. 10. a solid layer of Earth that contains iron and nickel
  8. 12. a tide of minimum range that occurs during the 1st and 3rd quarters of the moon
  9. 14. a relatively large spherical body that orbits a star
  10. 16. a collection of stars/dust/gas bound together by gravity
  11. 18. the molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gases produced under Earth's surface
  12. 19. a destructive, rotating column of air that had very high wind speeds
  13. 22. the motion of a body that travels around another body in space
  14. 26. a sun-centered universe
  15. 30. the theory that all matter and energy in the universe was compressed into an extremely small volume then exploded and began expanding in all directions
  16. 33. a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  17. 35. the transfer of energy as heat through a metal
  18. 36. the movement of air over short distances