Units 4 and 5 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a long underwater mountain chain formed at divergent boundaries where new crust is created
  2. 8. the ability of an environment to support life
  3. 10. the Sun and all the objects that orbit it, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets
  4. 11. excess nutrients in water that cause too much plant and algae growth, lowering oxygen levels
  5. 13. the movement and interaction of large plates that make up Earth's crust
  6. 15. the movement of heated material caused by differences in temperature and density inside Earth's mantle
  7. 18. the path one object follows as it moves around another object due to gravity
  8. 19. a streak of light seen when a small space object burns up in Earth's atmosphere
  9. 24. water found beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil
  10. 25. the ability to meet needs without damaging the environment or using up resources
  11. 26. a force that pulls objects toward each other
  12. 27. when one tectonic plate sinks beneath another at a convergent boundary
  13. 28. a natural object that orbits a planet
  14. 29. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
Down
  1. 1. the shaking of Earth's surface caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  2. 2. a region beyond Neptune filled with icy objects and dwarf planets
  3. 3. an area of land where all the water drains into the same body of water
  4. 4. an underground layer of rock and soil that stores groundwater
  5. 6. an oval-shaped path an object follows as it moves around another object in space
  6. 7. a rocky object that orbits the Sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter
  7. 9. a plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  8. 12. an object made of ice, dust and gas that orbits the Sun and forms a glowing tail when it gets close to the sun
  9. 14. the idea that Earth's continents were once joined together and have slowly moved apart over time
  10. 16. a distant, spherical region surrounding the solar system where many comets originate
  11. 17. a push or pull that can change an object's motion or shape
  12. 20. a crack in Earth's crust where rocks have moved past each other
  13. 21. a supercontinent that included all of Earth's land millions of years ago
  14. 22. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  15. 23. a substance added to soil to help plants grow by providing nutrients