Across
- 4. steep increase in elevation below the ocean near continents
- 6. the span of time since earth was created, 4.6 billion years
- 9. a scientist’s idea that is tested in an experiment
- 10. sudden and extreme depressions in ocean depth
- 14. study of the heavens and outer space
- 19. the system through which we study the earth, its spheres and its systems ñ
- 22. study of land and earth’s terrain
- 23. having to do work water on earth
- 24. the most inner part of the earth, located below the crust and mantle
- 25. a well-tested and well observed explanation for something in science
- 26. large sections of continuous land
- 27. rocky, outer portion of earth
- 29. portion of earth located below the crust
- 30. areas of shallow water near continents
- 32. underwater mountains that do not reach the surface
- 33. a gaseous envelope which extends upwards from earth
- 34. the outer part of earth, houses the biosphere and hydrosphere
Down
- 1. less steep increase in elevation below the ocean near continents
- 2. study of weather patterns
- 3. upper layer of earth’s mantle
- 5. comprise most of continents, contain craton
- 6. Another term for the solid earth
- 7. a series of events or objects that exist to produce a larger product
- 8. underwater mountain ranges
- 11. all life on earth
- 12. a series of mountains on land crested by tectonic plate action
- 13. former by depressions located below the sea
- 15. study of the sea and the sea floor
- 16. the ides that many spheres and fields exist to make earth exist and function
- 17. states that the planets and sun formed 5 billion years from a large cloud of dust and gas
- 18. Largely flat sections of continents without craton
- 20. Large, stable blocks of rock that form continents
- 21. the process by which scientists test their hypothesis and reach a conclusion
- 28. flat, shallow seabed near a continent
- 31. The study of our planet and it’s processes