Across
- 1. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere.
- 3. Scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes.
- 5. the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
- 6. the mechanical or chemical breaking down of rock into smaller sediments.
- 8. Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials
- 10. Liquid precipitation.
- 11. a hole that is dug or drilled to reach groundwater.
- 16. Artificial lake formed by damming a river.
- 19. Fossilized tree sap.
- 21. solid form of water
- 23. Stratigraphy is the study of rock ____.
- 25. Large region classified according to the species that live in that location as well as climate (such as deserts, rainforest, etc.)
- 27. An underground formation that contains groundwater
- 29. Earth's atmosphere has this many layers!
- 30. The densest planet in our solar system!
- 31. Name of the supercontinent from when all the landmasses were joined together
- 33. In Geology the law of Superposition states that the oldest rocks are almost always on the _____ layer.
- 36. preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past(bones, footprints, etc.)
- 38. the transport of weathered materials and sediments by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
- 39. A gap in rock ages typically caused by a period of erosion.
- 43. Layer(s) of gasses surrounding a planet
- 44. Large sheets of slow moving flowing ice.
Down
- 2. Burning fossil fuels released carbon ______ into the atmosphere.
- 4. Solid inorganic naturally occurring compounds that have distinct organized compositions
- 7. Flakey Ice precipitation
- 9. The study of rocks, Earth, and the underlying processes
- 12. _____ Science is the name of this class!
- 13. average weather in a region over a long period of time (30+ years).
- 14. Melting polar ice will cause ___ levels to raise.
- 15. These near-shore aquatic biomes have some of the worlds most biodiversity
- 17. Liquid believed to be essential for life as we know it.
- 18. ___ factors are all of the non-living elements in a biome/ecosystem.
- 20. The majority of Earth's volcanoes and earthquakes occur along the _____ of Fire.
- 22. Water Cycle process where liquid changes to gas.
- 24. The La Brea ____ Pits in Los Angels produces vast quantities of fossilized remains.
- 26. Long period of glacial expansion covers vast areas of land and global temperatures are cooler.(2 words)
- 28. _____ fossils are fossils that indicate the relative age of a rock.
- 32. Antarctica is surprisingly both a Polar Biome as well as this dry biome we usually think of as being hot.
- 33. The area of land drained by a particular river system
- 34. part of water cycle that flows over land as surface water instead of being absorbed into ground.
- 35. Molten rock material found below Earth's surface.
- 37. Long period of lower than normal rainfall in a region
- 40. Molten rock material above Earth's surface.
- 41. Earth's ____ is made up of heavy metals such as iron and nickel.
- 42. temporary conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place.