Across
- 3. Move air masses around Earth
- 5. Any factor in an experiment that can change
- 7. Refers to a star's brightness; the lower this number, the brighter the star
- 8. Process in which plants convert sunlight energy into chemical energy
- 10. All of the living things on Earth
- 12. The next stage in the Sun's life cycle
- 14. Process that fuels stars
- 15. Zone where the denser plate is pulled into the mantle
- 17. The lit side of the moon is completely turned away from the Earth
- 21. Process in which solid water becomes water vapor without becoming a liquid first
- 23. Ocean current that runs along the coast of Florida depositing warm air
Down
- 1. Landform that forms at convergent boundaries between continental plates
- 2. Boundary in which new seafloor is created
- 4. All of the gases that surround Earth
- 6. Distance based on the distance that light travels in a year
- 9. Long term weather conditions for a region
- 11. Dry air masses that form over land
- 13. Shape of the planetary orbits around the Sun
- 16. Can be used to determine a star's temperature
- 18. Term in lunar phases that refers to the amount of the lit side that is visible to the Earth increasing
- 19. Consists of the rocks, minerals and interior of Earth
- 20. Daily rise and fall of the sea level due to the moon and Sun's gravity
- 22. Weakest fundamental force
