Across
- 3. An event or series of events that cause changes to the geosphere is a geologic ______
- 5. any planet with a solid surface
- 6. (two words) determine the direction of ocean currents
- 10. this ocean current will transfer energy to cooler air above it
- 12. the mixture of gasses surrounding a planet
- 13. This area of Earth receives the least amount of energy from the sun
- 14. this transfers from warm substances to colder substance
- 16. the number of months it takes for the Moon to orbit Earth
- 17. the amount of the moon we can see from Earth
Down
- 1. What eclipse is when the Moon is completely dark because Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon
- 2. light from the sun travels in _____ lines
- 4. determine the direction of ocean currents
- 7. a warm ocean current will ________ the temperature of the area it passes
- 8. star that is main source of light and is at the center of our solar system
- 9. a cold ocean current will ________ the temperature of the area it passes
- 11. (two words)the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth
- 15. This are of Earth receives the most amount of energy from the sun
