Environmental Super Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. average weather in a region over a long period of time (30+ years).
  2. 4. _____ fossils are fossils that indicate the relative age of a rock.
  3. 6. Molten rock material above Earth's surface.
  4. 9. Large sheets of slow moving flowing ice.
  5. 12. Antarctica is surprisingly both a Polar Biome as well as this dry biome we usually think of as being hot.
  6. 14. Earth's ____ is made up of heavy metals such as iron and nickel.
  7. 15. solid form of water
  8. 17. Liquid precipitation.
  9. 20. _____ Science is the name of this class!
  10. 22. part of water cycle that flows over land as surface water instead of being absorbed into ground.
  11. 23. Melting polar ice will cause ___ levels to raise.
  12. 24. The area of land drained by a particular river system
  13. 25. Flakey Ice precipitation
  14. 26. The study of rocks, Earth, and the underlying processes
  15. 27. the mechanical or chemical breaking down of rock into smaller sediments.
  16. 29. In Geology the law of Superposition states that the oldest rocks are almost always on the _____ layer.
  17. 32. temporary conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place.
  18. 34. Name of the supercontinent from when all the landmasses were joined together
  19. 35. Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials
  20. 36. The densest planet in our solar system!
  21. 37. Stratigraphy is the study of rock ____.
  22. 40. Layer(s) of gasses surrounding a planet
  23. 41. a hole that is dug or drilled to reach groundwater.
  24. 43. Long period of glacial expansion covers vast areas of land and global temperatures are cooler.(2 words)
Down
  1. 1. preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past(bones, footprints, etc.)
  2. 2. Burning fossil fuels released carbon ______ into the atmosphere.
  3. 5. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere.
  4. 7. An underground formation that contains groundwater
  5. 8. the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
  6. 10. Fossilized tree sap.
  7. 11. Long period of lower than normal rainfall in a region
  8. 13. Solid inorganic naturally occurring compounds that have distinct organized compositions
  9. 16. Earth's atmosphere has this many layers!
  10. 18. the transport of weathered materials and sediments by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
  11. 19. A gap in rock ages typically caused by a period of erosion.
  12. 20. Water Cycle process where liquid changes to gas.
  13. 21. ___ factors are all of the non-living elements in a biome/ecosystem.
  14. 22. Artificial lake formed by damming a river.
  15. 28. Large region classified according to the species that live in that location as well as climate (such as deserts, rainforest, etc.)
  16. 30. Molten rock material found below Earth's surface.
  17. 31. Scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes.
  18. 33. The La Brea ____ Pits in Los Angels produces vast quantities of fossilized remains.
  19. 38. The majority of Earth's volcanoes and earthquakes occur along the _____ of Fire.
  20. 39. Liquid believed to be essential for life as we know it.
  21. 42. These near-shore aquatic biomes have some of the worlds most biodiversity