Fitz's Earth Space Honors Cumulative Review
Across
- 3. Tide on Earth that occurs when the Earth, moon, and Sun are at a right angle
- 5. Plate boundary that forms mountains and volcanoes
- 6. Small dense star that is left behind after a supermassive star dies
- 7. Variable that changes in response to the independent variable
- 8. Theory that explains how the universe formed
- 10. The distance that light travels in one year
- 12. Plate boundary most commonly associated with earthquakes
- 15. The color of the hottest stars
- 17. This occurs when objects in space are moving towards each other
- 19. Sediment is dropped into a new location as the agent of erosion slows
- 21. Variable that the scientist is testing during the experiment
- 22. An area in space with intense gravity that not even light can escape; tends to be caused by the death of a massive star
- 23. Physical or chemical processes that break rocks down into sediment
Down
- 1. Plate boundary where new lithosphere is created
- 2. Type of heat transfer that causes warm fluids to rise
- 4. Unit of measurement used in space for distances between planets in the same solar system
- 9. The weakest of the four fundamental forces, but is responsible for holding objects in orbit around the Sun
- 11. Type of heat transfer that requires direct contact
- 13. Lake that forms next to a meandering river after deposition cuts off one of the bends
- 14. Data in science that is represented by words
- 16. The color of the coolest stars
- 18. The movement of sediment
- 20. Data in science that is represented by numbers
- 21. Element that forms in the core of supermassive dying stars