Across
- 4. Argued that this nebula condensed into rings, which eventually formed the planets and a central mass
- 5. Theory Posits that the Solar System formed from tidal interactions between the Sun and a low-density protostar.
- 8. Can be classified as clay, sandy soil, silt, and loamy soil
- 14. The amount of water present as water vapor in the atmosphere
- 17. The atmosphere of Earth is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth.
- 19. Cycle is a general model that describes how various geological processes create, modify, and influence rocks
- 20. This layer contains practically all water vapor and clouds; it is the source of weathering.
- 22. The leading explanation about how the universe began.
- 23. The most widely accepted theory of planetary formation, proposed by Alastair G.W. Cameron.
- 24. Protects the planet from harmful solar radiation.
- 25. Measured According to Mohs scale
- 26. A way a mineral splits
- 27. Approximately three-quarters of the world’s fresh water is frozen in this sphere
- 29. Composed of all of the water on or near the earth.
Down
- 1. Are groups of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the sky and are formed by different processes.
- 2. Minerals Minerals that crystallize from silica-rich rock melts within the crust or from extruded lavas.
- 3. Is where a river meets the sea.
- 6. formed by subjecting any rock type to different temperature and pressure conditions than those in which the original rock was formed.
- 7. It is the layer where most meteors burn up upon entering the atmosphere.
- 9. Largest body of water on Earth
- 10. It is where the ozone is concentrated.
- 11. Makes up 78.084% of the air
- 12. Is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude
- 13. Process of rocks breaking down
- 15. It states that the sun and the planets were formed simultaneously.
- 16. The hottest region in the atmosphere.
- 18. The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere extends from the exobase upward.
- 21. Third planet from the sun
- 26. Top layer of the earth’s layer
- 28. The element that almost all lives must have is nearly 20.946% of the air.