Across
- 4. Process in which water from leaves and stems of plants escapes into the atmosphere as water vapor
- 5. Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere. Look like pieces of a puzzle
- 7. Land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
- 9. Natural or artificial lake or area used to store a large amount of water used by people
- 13. Lighter, warm material rises while heavier, cool material sinks. It is this movement that creates circulation patterns in the atmosphere, in water, and in the mantle of Earth
- 15. A natural elevation of the Earth’s surface. Very tall, much taller than a hill
- 17. The lowest part of the mantle, flows slower than the other layers
- 22. Process in which water becomes too heavy in the clouds and falls back to Earth as rain, snow, hail, sleet, fog, mist, or dew
- 24. Features that make up the surface of Earth
- 26. Made of liquid iron and nickel. The 4th layer of Earth
- 29. Flat land that is higher than the surrounding land
- 31. An instrument to detect seismic waves. These distances are used to calculate the density and thickness of each layer of Earth
- 32. Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
- 33. The outer layer of Earth that includes all of the crust and a small part of the upper mantle.
Down
- 1. Water located beneath Earth/s surface in pores and spaces between rocks. There is usually an excess after a heavy rain or snow
- 2. The percentage of open space between individual particles in a rock layer or soil layer
- 3. Process in which water vapor cools into a liquid
- 6. Vibrations created by Earthquakes that travel at different speeds through the layers of Earth. They can help scientists learn more about the center of the Earth
- 8. The invisible vertical lines that tell you the distance East or West of the prime meridian
- 10. The final layer of Earth made up of solid iron and nickel. It is solid because it is under very high pressure
- 11. The layer beneath the lithosphere: hot, solid rock that flows very slowly
- 12. Can be continental or oceanic. Less than 1% of Earth’s mass and is 5 to 100 km thick
- 14. Water in its gaseous form
- 16. A substance composed of two or more elements
- 18. A slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow
- 19. Flat lands with very little change in elevation
- 20. The layer between the crust and the core. About 2,900 km thick and makes up 67% of Earth’s mass
- 21. Excess water on Earth’s surface which flows over land
- 23. The invisible horizontal lines that tell you the distance North or South of the equator
- 25. Process in which a liquid gains enough energy to change into a gas
- 27. The layer beneath the mantle that extends to the center of the Earth. Has a radius of 3,480 km and makes up 33% of Earth’s mass
- 28. Continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth
- 30. A tool used to find the direction one is headed. Always found on a map