Science Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The layer of earth below the mantle
  2. 3. The thin layer of rock that forms earths outer surface
  3. 4. The movement and accumulation of eroded soil
  4. 6. A change in state from a liquid to a gas.
  5. 7. place on earth’s surface where molten rock, gasses & pyroclastic debris erupt through the earth’s crust
  6. 9. All of the water, salt, saltwater and freshwater in the form of liquid, ice or vapor above and below earth’s surface and in the atmosphere
  7. 10. Fresh water found below earth’s surface.
  8. 11. Molten rock within the earth’s mantle
  9. 15. The release of water vapor by plants through their leaves.
  10. 17. An organism that relies on other organisms for energy and nutrients; also called the heterotroph
Down
  1. 1. Matter that organisms need to carry out their life processes.
  2. 2. Crust Thick parts of the earth’s crust, not located under the oceans.
  3. 5. Sphere of earth made up of the hard rock on and just below earth’s surface; the outermost layer of both earth and it’s geosphere
  4. 6. The introduction of phosphorous and nitrogen into a body of water that leads to an overgrowth of algae and other producers
  5. 8. An organism that breaks down non living matter into simpler parts that can then be taken up and reused
  6. 10. All of the rock at and below earth’s surface
  7. 12. The thin layer of gasses that surrounds earth
  8. 13. The layer of very hot but mostly solid rock beneath earth’s crust
  9. 14. The earth and all of it’s organisms and environments
  10. 16. A sponge like formation of rock, sand or gravel that holds water.