Earth Environmental Science Unit 3

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Across
  1. 5. Waves made when wind blows across water.
  2. 6. Large wind systems around Earth.
  3. 8. When something takes in heat.
  4. 10. Steady winds near the equator.
  5. 12. Large streams of moving ocean water.
  6. 13. Water moving up through small spaces (like in plant stems).
  7. 15. Energy from moving particles that makes things warm.
  8. 16. Heat moving through liquids or gases in a circular way.
  9. 17. All the water on Earth.
  10. 19. Water sticking to other things.
  11. 21. Cooler Pacific Ocean water that changes weather worldwide.
  12. 23. The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather happens.
  13. 25. Earth gets warmer because greenhouse gases trap heat.
  14. 27. Water has a positive and negative side, like a tiny magnet.
  15. 30. Energy moving from one thing to another.
  16. 31. Heat moving by touch.
  17. 32. Gas that protects Earth from harmful sunlight.
  18. 35. Big circular ocean currents.
  19. 36. All the land, rocks, and soil on Earth.
  20. 37. When something holds onto heat.
  21. 38. Warm air slides over cold air.
  22. 39. A big body of air with the same temperature and humidity.
  23. 41. The air around Earth.
  24. 43. The way Earth’s spin makes winds and currents curve.
  25. 44. Cold air pushes under warm air.
  26. 45. Water sticking to other water.
Down
  1. 1. All living things on Earth.
  2. 2. A huge storm with strong winds and heavy rain.
  3. 3. A storm with lightning, thunder, and rain.
  4. 4. How hot or cold something is.
  5. 7. Heat moving through waves, like sunlight.
  6. 9. Heat used to change water’s state (ice to liquid, liquid to gas) without changing temperature.
  7. 11. The usual changes in weather.
  8. 14. The global system of ocean currents that moves heat and nutrients.
  9. 17. Heat moving from one place to another.
  10. 18. H2O - two hydrogen atoms attached to an oxygen atom
  11. 20. The usual weather in a place over a long time.
  12. 22. A “skin” on the top of water caused by water molecules sticking together.
  13. 24. Water at the top of oceans, lakes, and rivers.
  14. 26. Warmer Pacific Ocean water that changes weather worldwide.
  15. 28. Winds that blow west to east in middle latitudes.
  16. 29. A warm ocean current in the Atlantic that affects climate.
  17. 33. How salty water is.
  18. 34. Fast winds high in the sky.
  19. 40. Climate in a smaller area, like a state or city.
  20. 42. The cold, dark part of the ocean far below the surface.