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Across
  1. 3. steep drop off that extends from the outer edge of the continental shelf
  2. 4. single largest geologic feature on earth
  3. 7. portion of a craton exposed at the surface
  4. 8. Submerged volcanic structures
  5. 10. a less dense sphere
  6. 12. Aims to study Earth as a system composed of numerous interacting parts, or subsystems
  7. 14. a dense inner sphere
  8. 17. associated with active and inactive plate boundaries often organized into ranges
  9. 19. literally means “study of Earth”
  10. 21. features mostly granitic rock
  11. 24. is the portion of seafloor adjacent to major landmasses
  12. 26. the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and uppermost mantle
  13. 29. a light and very thin outer skin of Earth
  14. 31. process in which researchers gather facts through observations and formulate scientific hypotheses and theories
  15. 33. is a dynamic mass of water that is continually on the move, evaporating from the oceans to the atmosphere
  16. 34. solid Earth
  17. 35. solid but mobile part of the upper mantle
  18. 36. a gently sloping platform
  19. 37. is the name for all the sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth and its neighbors in space
Down
  1. 1. is the study of atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate
  2. 2. consists of a thick wedge of sediment that moved downslope from the continental shelf and accumulated on the deep ocean floor
  3. 5. study of the oceans
  4. 6. very deep, very dark, and very flat areas in the ocean
  5. 9. a dynamic body with many separate but interacting parts or spheres
  6. 11. is a well tested and widely accepted view that the scientific community agrees best explains certain observable facts
  7. 13. extremely flat feature that became flat overtime through the accumulation of sediment
  8. 15. 3800 m deep underlain by basaltic rocks
  9. 16. includes all life on Earth
  10. 18. the span of time since the formation of Earth
  11. 20. a tentative or untested explanation
  12. 22. life giving gaseous envelope
  13. 23. relatively narrow and represent only a small fraction of the ocean floor
  14. 25. proposes that the bodies of our solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud called the solar nebula
  15. 27. ancient cores of continents
  16. 28. ancient deformed rocks covered by thin layer of nearly horizontal sedimentary rock
  17. 30. is a group of interacting or interdependent parts that form a complex whole
  18. 32. the study of the universe