Earth Science Chapter 1 Review

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Across
  1. 4. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  2. 7. large geologic basins that are below sea level.
  3. 8. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
  4. 12. time a system of chronological dating that classifies geological strata in time.
  5. 15. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  6. 16. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  7. 17. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
  8. 18. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior, lying between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust.
  9. 21. any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere.
  10. 23. a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny.
  11. 25. consists of the land, oceans, atmosphere and poles.
  12. 26. the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea.
Down
  1. 1. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
  2. 2. the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean.
  3. 3. the application of systems science to the Earth.
  4. 5. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  5. 6. the central part of the earth, beneath the mantle, consisting mainly of iron and nickel, which has an inner solid part surrounded by an outer liquid part.
  6. 9. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
  7. 10. the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
  8. 11. the solar system developed out of an interstellar cloud of dust and gas, called a nebula.
  9. 13. the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather.
  10. 14. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  11. 19. deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
  12. 20. a large geologic landform that rises from the ocean floor but that does not reach to the water's surface
  13. 22. all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth.
  14. 24. an explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can be repeatedly tested and verified in accordance with the scientific method.