Earth Systems Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. above the mesosphere.
  2. 3. layer above the troposphere.
  3. 5. Includes snow, sea ice, lake, and river ice, icebergs, glaciers, and ice caps, ice sheets, and ice shelves, ______________ and seasonally frozen ground, and solid precipitation.
  4. 8. outermost layer of the atmosphere
  5. 9. Describes all the water found on the Earth.
  6. 10. Means cold
  7. 11. plates/ covered with oceanic or continental crust (or both)
  8. 14. majority (~97%) of water on Earth
  9. 17. crust/ crust that makes up the continents.
  10. 18. crust/ crust that covers the ocean floor.
  11. 24. All living things on Earth
  12. 25. Rock made from silica
  13. 26. middle layer of the atmosphere.
  14. 28. hot, hard, and strong plastic-like rock.
  15. 31. Maybe one of the first places where scientists are able to identify global changes in climate.
  16. 34. found in solid, liquid, and vapor form on Earth.
  17. 35. contains oxygen, which is needed by animals to survive.
  18. 36. Means LIfe
  19. 37. Means Air
  20. 38. made of solid, cool, and rigid rock.
  21. 39. currents/ flow away from the equator (In general)
  22. 40. Means Water
Down
  1. 2. Layer/ Contained in the Atmosphere and is used to block harmful UV light
  2. 4. clouds/ low clouds
  3. 5. Mass/ the total mass of that element compared to the mass of other elements
  4. 6. clouds/ high clouds.
  5. 7. All rocks that are found in and on the Earth's Surface.
  6. 12. cycle/ We call the movement of water around Earth
  7. 13. Volume/ the total volume of that element compared to the volume of other elements
  8. 15. When the sun warms plants, it causes water to evaporate out of the leaves through the small openings.
  9. 16. currents/ flow towards from the equator (In general)
  10. 19. soft, weak, and viscous (fluid-like) rock.
  11. 20. innermost layer of Earth.
  12. 21. clouds/ middle clouds.
  13. 22. layer closest to Earth’s surface.
  14. 23. The hydrosphere includes all the ____________found in lakes, rivers, streams, and in the ground.
  15. 27. Means Ground
  16. 29. effect/ Wind that blows north and south is always bent or curved due to the rotation of Earth.
  17. 30. outermost or most superficial layer of Earth
  18. 32. Makes up most of the rocks in the crust
  19. 33. middle layer of Earth