Across
- 1. Lies between the innermost layer, the core, and the thin outermost layer, the crust
- 4. The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth
- 5. The saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
- 7. The layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere
- 11. Water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
- 14. When water disappears into the sky
- 15. This makes cities and towns dirty and smelly
- 16. The almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere
- 17. The bottom of a pie
- 18. The process by which sound waves travel through a medium
- 19. The gradual destruction or diminution of something
Down
- 2. Has to do with farming and animals
- 3. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
- 6. The center of the earth
- 7. The endurance of systems and processes
- 8. The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles
- 9. Formed from oxygen by electrical discharges or ultraviolet light
- 10. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
- 12. The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
- 13. The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise
