Unit 6 - The Earth
Across
- 2. Small rivers and streams.
- 5. Contains the ozone layer that absorbs and reflects UV light.
- 8. The hardest mineral.
- 9. The end of a river (usually at an ocean or sea).
- 11. A natural process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
- 12. The part of the Earth that includes rocks and minerals.
- 15. Heat and pressure can change other rocks into this type of rock.
- 18. The curves in a river.
- 20. Small particles on the bottom of the oceans formed by weathering of igneous rocks.
- 21. The coldest layer of the atmosphere that protect Earth from meteors.
- 23. Made of one or more minerals.
- 24. The outer layer of the geosphere, made of rocks and minerals.
Down
- 1. The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
- 3. Compressed sediment forms this form of rock.
- 4. The hottest part of the Earth is made of this.
- 6. Extends approximately 17 km above the Earth´s surface.
- 7. Non-living solid matter from the Earth classified by color, hardness, and lustre.
- 10. When water or wind move pieces of weathered rock or soil to a different place.
- 13. Liquid metal.
- 14. The layer that surrounds the core.
- 16. All the water that exists on Earth.
- 17. The inner sphere of the Earth
- 19. This type of rock forms when liquid magma cools.
- 22. A river starts here.