EarthSci Moscoso

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Across
  1. 2. Well-established explanation unifying observations
  2. 4. Light stretched as universe expands
  3. 7. Water flowing on surface without infiltration
  4. 9. Infinitely hot and dense point where universe began
  5. 15. Unifies all string theories using higher-dimensional branes
  6. 16. Lower mantle region under high pressure
  7. 17. All living organisms on Earth
  8. 20. Breaks along smooth flat planes
  9. 23. Breakdown of rocks into smaller sediments
  10. 26. Cool Pacific phase with stronger upwelling
  11. 28. Describes what happens in nature without explaining why
  12. 30. Turning sediments into rock
  13. 31. Present processes operated similarly in the past
  14. 32. Universe has no beginning or end and creates new matter
  15. 37. Ice, dust, and rock with a tail
  16. 38. Movement of sediments from one place to another
  17. 39. Particles like electrons that don’t feel strong force
  18. 40. Solid Earth including rocks and soil
  19. 42. Idea that life arrived from space
  20. 45. Gives mass to other particles
  21. 47. Oldest photosynthetic life evidence
  22. 48. Time difference between light emission and observation
  23. 50. Layer of gases around Earth
  24. 53. Medium-grained clastic rock
  25. 58. Glows under UV light
  26. 59. Rocky, dense, inner planets
  27. 60. Fine-grained extrusive igneous rock
Down
  1. 1. Large gaseous outer planets
  2. 3. Warm Pacific phase with reduced upwelling
  3. 5. Rapid early expansion that made the universe smooth
  4. 6. Mineral salt formed from evaporation
  5. 8. Educated guess that is testable
  6. 9. Very fine-grained clastic rock with thin layers
  7. 10. All water on Earth
  8. 11. Color of a mineral’s powder
  9. 12. Rounded gravel-sized clastic rock
  10. 13. Angular gravel-sized clastic rock
  11. 14. Rising of cold nutrient-rich water
  12. 15. Non-foliated rock formed from limestone
  13. 18. Says everything is made of tiny vibrating strings
  14. 19. Breaks irregularly with rough surfaces
  15. 21. Coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock
  16. 22. Squashing sediments together
  17. 24. Vesicular volcanic rock that can float
  18. 25. Common sulfate mineral
  19. 27. Common phosphate mineral
  20. 29. Banded foliated metamorphic rock
  21. 30. Crust plus upper mantle
  22. 33. Life forming from nonliving matter
  23. 34. Seasonal wind pattern
  24. 35. Change in wavelength caused by motion of source and observer
  25. 36. Fine foliated rock formed from shale
  26. 41. Scratch resistance of a mineral
  27. 43. Rocky metallic object in space
  28. 44. Building blocks of protons and neutrons
  29. 46. Region where liquid water can exist
  30. 49. Minerals gluing sediments together
  31. 51. Plastic layer allowing plates to move
  32. 52. Planet orbiting a star outside the solar system
  33. 54. Mountain-building process
  34. 55. Rotating cloud of gas that formed the solar system
  35. 56. Way a mineral reflects light
  36. 57. Cosmic microwave background radiation evidence of Big Bang