Across
- 3. the study of rocks and rock formations
- 5. igneous rock forms from the cooling and crystalizing of magma or ______
- 8. the long-term record of temperature, precipitation and wind for a region
- 11. small rock particles, mineral and bits of once-living things cemented together by pressure and chemical changes
- 14. a group of water droplets or ice crystals that you can see
- 17. a layer of gas that surround earth
- 18. the center of earth
- 19. when earth's shadow falls on the moon
- 20. a huge mass of ice that forms on land when snow and ice accummulate
- 21. breaking down rock and minerals.
- 23. a layer of atmosphere that 11km to 50 km above Earth’s surface
- 25. a rotating wind around a low pressure center
- 27. regular repeating path that an abject in space follows around another object
Down
- 1. a layer of atmosphere form 0 to about 11 kilometers above Earth’s surface and where all weather occurs
- 2. major climate regions with particular plant and animal communities. Earth has six
- 4. a large mass of soil or rock that slides down a mountain
- 6. a layer of atmosphere that occurs from about 50km to 80km above earths surface
- 7. a mudflow that results from a volcanic eruption
- 8. an object in space made mostly of ice and dust
- 9. water that collects underground
- 10. nebula is a huge cloud of gas(mostly _______) and dust, and it is where stars form
- 12. idea that continents move around on earth's surface
- 13. where gas turns to a liquid in the water cycle
- 14. the high point of a wave crust the outermost surface of earth
- 15. north-south lines that are east or west of the prime meridian
- 16. a huge wave made by a large disturbance like an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption.
- 22. a huge collection of gas dust and billions of stars
- 24. an imaginary line around the middle of earth between north and south poles
- 26. the imaginary line that passes through the center of a planet from pole to pole