Across
- 7. a widely tested and widely accepted explanation for some aspect of the natural world
- 8. The zero line of Latitude
- 11. the crust, mantle and core
- 14. the zero line of longitude
- 15. the outermost layer of Earth
- 18. all of the water on Earth
- 19. the third step in the scientific method in which one tests their educated guess
- 20. study of the oceans
- 21. study of Earth's physical and historical make-up
Down
- 1. the first step in the scientific method
- 2. an educated guess trying to explain why something is happening
- 3. the interior of Earth between the dense central region and the outermost layer
- 4. a measure of how far North or South a point is from the equator
- 5. all life on Earth
- 6. the envelop of gases that surround Earth
- 9. a measure of how far East or West a point is from the Prime Meridian
- 10. study of Earth's neighbors in space
- 12. the fourth step in the scientific method when the hypothesis is either supported or refuted by the data
- 13. many interacting parts that form a complex whole
- 16. the dense central region of Earth
- 17. study of weather