Science crossword

Across
5.	study of the earth
9.	The ocean part of earths surface.
11.	flat regions composed of deformed rocks
12.	less dense, middle sphere
16.	group of parts that form a whole
17.	study of space and the universe
22.	mass of water that is always evaporating into the atmosphere
23.	rigid outer layer that includes crust and upper mantle
26.	the bodies of our solar system came from one large cloud called the solar nebula
28.	gaseous envelope surrounding earth
30.	more gradual slope incline
31.	includes all life on earth
32.	gently sloping platform along coasts
35.	flat features in the basin
36.	flat areas of craton that are covered by a layer of sedimentary rock

Down
1.	portion of seafloor that’s close to land masses
2.	steep drop off that extends from the shelf
3.	the land part of earths surface
4.	the span of time since the formation of earth
6.	study of the ocean
7.	the dense, inner sphere
8.	the process that people use to prove hypothesis
10.	Submerged volcanic structures
13.	study of the atmosphere and the process that produce weather and climate
14.	area between continental margins and oceanic ridges
15.	the solid earth
18.	narrow part of basin
19.	an untested explanation
20.	most prominent figure on the continents
21.	light and thin outer layer
24.	name for all sciences that collectively seek to understand earth and its neighbors
25.	most prominent figure on the ocean floor
27.	rocks below lithosphere
29.	all of earths systems are interacting as a whole that we call
33.	a hypothesis that survives while other hypothesis are eliminated
34.	the interior of the continents