Earth Systems Crossword

3. may be one of the first places where scientists are able to identify global changes in climate.
4. Rock made from silica
6. Means LIfe
8. middle clouds.
9. cycle We call the movement of water around Earth
10. plates covered with oceanic or continental crust (or both)
12. high clouds.
14. Layer Contained in the Atmosphere and is used to block harmful UV light
15. Wind that blows north and south is always bent or curved due to the rotation of Earth.
18. All living things on Earth
21. When the sun warms plants, it causes water to evaporate out of the leaves through the small openings.
22. clouds low clouds
25. All rocks that are found in and on the Earth's Surface.
27. Describes all the water found on the Earth.
28. layer above the troposphere.
29. The majority (~97%) of water on Earth
32. soft, weak, and viscous (fluid-like) rock.
34. the total volume of that element compared to the volume of other elements
35. above the mesosphere.
36. middle layer of the atmosphere.
37. innermost layer of Earth.
38. Makes up most of the rocks in the crust
39. made of solid, cool, and rigid rock.

1. flow away from the equator (In general)
2. crust that covers the ocean floor.
3. crust that makes up the continents.
5. flow towards from the equator (In general)
7. layer closest to Earth’s surface.
11. The hydrosphere includes all the ____________found in lakes, rivers, streams, and in the ground.
13. 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.
15. outermost or most superficial layer of Earth
16. contains oxygen, which is needed by animals to survive.
17. middle layer of Earth
19. found in solid, liquid, and vapor forms on Earth.
20. Means Air
23. Means Ground
24. Means cold
26. the total mass of that element compared to the mass of other elements
30. outermost layer of the atmosphere
31. hot, hard, and strong plastic-like rock.
33. Means Water