Earth Science

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Across
  1. 3. A simplified image that is a model of part of the Earth's surface
  2. 4. A line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres
  3. 6. A type of model that shows the history of the Earth by comparing strata from all over the world
  4. 7. _______ maps show names, boundries, and shapes of countries/states/cities
  5. 9. The study of identifying rocks and minerals, determining their properties and how they were formed
  6. 11. _______ Drift Theory says that continents have slowly drifted to their current positions over a long time
  7. 12. North, South, East, and West are all ________ directions
  8. 13. The study of things that affect a population's health
  9. 14. Remains of living things preserved by natural processes
  10. 15. Mapmakers
Down
  1. 1. Identifying the chemicals in minerals that make up the rocks, their crystal structure, and how they formed
  2. 2. ______ maps show elevation and landform information; usually indicated by contour lines or landform shading
  3. 5. Investigates things that happened in the unobservable past
  4. 8. A sheet of paper wrapped around the globe forms a _______ projection
  5. 9. Individual GIS data only stored as points, lines, or areas bounded by straight line segments are called _____
  6. 10. The plan of attack scientists use when doing their work