Earth Science

Edit Answers
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839
Across
  1. 4. a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid
  2. 5. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  3. 8. the movement of air over short distances
  4. 12. the theory that all matter and energy in the universe was compressed into an extremely small volume then exploded and began expanding in all directions
  5. 15. the movement of deep, cold and nutrient-rich water to the surface
  6. 16. a mixture of gases that surrounds a plant/moon/celestial body
  7. 17. the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago
  8. 19. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
  9. 20. the water that is beneath Earth's surface
  10. 23. a shadow that blocks sunlight
  11. 25. the spin of a body on its axis
  12. 26. type of rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies
  13. 28. the wise use of and preservation of natural resources
  14. 30. a sun-centered universe
  15. 31. the transfer of energy as heat through a metal
  16. 32. the boundary between air masses of different densities and temperatures
  17. 33. the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and living things
  18. 35. the process by which rock is reduced in size by the scraping action of other rocks
  19. 36. the distance from any point on a wave to the corresponding points on consecutive waves to pass at a given point
  20. 38. a resource that cannot be replaced in a single human lifetime
  21. 39. an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on one another
Down
  1. 1. the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  2. 2. the natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents decompose rocks
  3. 3. a natural inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition and orderly internal structure
  4. 6. a relatively large spherical body that orbits a star
  5. 7. a collection of stars/dust/gas bound together by gravity
  6. 9. a tide of minimum range that occurs during the 1st and 3rd quarters of the moon
  7. 10. the layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
  8. 11. the point at which the sun is as far north or as far south of the equator as possible
  9. 13. a solid layer of Earth that contains iron and nickel
  10. 14. the motion of a body that travels around another body in space
  11. 18. the molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gases produced under Earth's surface
  12. 21. a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  13. 22. the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation
  14. 24. the scientific study of Earth's atmosphere, in relation to weather and climate
  15. 27. a destructive, rotating column of air that had very high wind speeds
  16. 29. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago
  17. 34. the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
  18. 37. dark-organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals