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- 2. coal is a ? energy source
- 4. a moon phase that looks like half a circle from Earth
- 6. fossils are most often found in this type of rock
- 7. a scientist who studies weather
- 8. a hurricane gets its energy from a ? ocean
- 10. a cloud at ground level
- 12. the flight and space science agency of the U.S.
- 13. matter that settles to the bottom or sides of a body of water
- 14. these are reasons the moon ? the moon is nonluminous, or opaque, and unable to produce light; the sun is luminous which means it produces light; the moonlight we see is reflected light from the sun
- 18. remember- my very earthy mother just served us nachos; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- 19. the two main ingredients in soil are humus and ?
- 21. the direction you are facing when you face the North Star
- 22. when the size of the illuminated portion of the moon is greater than half but not a full moon, lasts about 6 days can be almost all white or just a little more than 1/2 white
- 24. the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted, and it appears bright and round
- 26. loss of soil by water or wind
- 28. the ? causes thunderstorms to move from west to east
- 30. a weather prediction
- 31. most severe type of tropical cyclone
- 35. huge star system
- 36. water covers more than what percent of the earth's surface
- 37. the phase of the moon in which only a curved edge of the moon's side that faced earth is illuminated, lasts about 6 days, can be a small sliver or almost a quarter moon.
- 39. any form of water that falls from the sky to the earth
- 40. a place in the earth's crust where magma can erupt as lava
- 42. cyclone that develops over hot land
- 44. the ? has the lowest density of gases
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- 1. the sun's ? energy controls the water cycle process
- 3. GPS, sextants, astrolabes, and heavenly bodies have all been used for this
- 5. air surrounding the earth
- 9. condition of the air
- 11. the ? planets are made mostly of gases
- 13. the earth's main source of light and heat energy
- 15. trembling or shaking in the earth's crust
- 16. the moon is this when it is the lunar phase in which all of the moon can be seen
- 17. the earth's tilt gives us our ?
- 19. magma is found in the ? of the earth
- 20. weather happens in this part of the atmosphere
- 23. rock formed from lava or hot magma is this type of rock
- 25. a star and all heavenly objects that orbit it
- 27. the other name for the Little Dipper is Little ?
- 29. group of stars that form a picture
- 32. bedrock is part of the earth's ?
- 33. a heavenly body which orbits a star
- 34. the earth's revolution around the sun gives us this
- 38. weather conditions of a certain area over time
- 41. the hottest place in or on our planet
- 43. A moon that is completely dark because it's unlit side is facing Earth