Earth's Systems and Place in Space

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Across
  1. 3. The axis of the earth is leaning 23.5 degrees.
  2. 4. The pressure of the atmosphere being pulled down towards earth by gravity
  3. 6. The movement of the earth spinning on its axis. Rotation causes the earth to experience day and night.
  4. 9. An object in space that moves around another object. It can be either natural or man-made
  5. 10. The line between bands of weather as they move across the surface of the earth.
  6. 12. A steady and predictable flow of air or water in a continual motion
  7. 13. The daily rise and fall of the earth’s oceans because of the moon’s gravity
  8. 14. The movement of the earth’s plates on the liquid mangle layer
  9. 16. The curved path a satellite or planet follows when it moves around another object in space.
Down
  1. 1. The earth is divided into 4 layers - crust, mantle, outer layer, and inner layer
  2. 2. The days when the difference between day and night is greatest
  3. 5. The theory that earth’s crust is divided into plates that can move around separately on the mantle
  4. 7. The conditions that can be found in a specific place including temperature, moisture, wind etc.
  5. 8. The movement of the earth traveling in its orbit around the sun.
  6. 11. The imaginary line through the earth from the north to south pole.
  7. 15. The days of the year when day and night are equal