Across
- 3. Plate tectonics causes ________ building.
- 6. the number of kinds of living things in a place
- 11. physical layer; solid, pliable, layer of mantle beneath the lithosphere.
- 13. a mountain built when magma from the Earth’s interior rises to its surface.
- 16. all the living things in a place; examples include forest, prairie, pond, river, etc.
- 17. organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis. They are at the base of food chains. For example: plants and algae.
- 18. all the living things AND the non living things in a place; examples include forest, prairie, pond, river, etc.
- 19. the study of ecosystems
- 21. a level in a food chain
- 22. animal hunted and eaten by a predator. Example: rabbits, deer,
- 24. When tectonic plates collide together, they ________ and fold.
- 26. Extreme ________ prevents the very hot inner core from melting.
- 27. organisms of the same kind; for example white oaks, passenger pigeons, black widow spiders
- 29. mixture of gasses surrounding Earth.
- 34. a place to live for an organism
- 35. molten rock at or above the Earth’s surface.
- 38. all the organisms of the same species in a place; for example white oaks in Morgan County.
- 39. compositional layer beneath the crust
- 40. The mantle is made of ________ density elements.
- 41. global effect of volcanoes: ________ of sunlight
- 44. starts with a producer, which is eaten by a plant eater, which in turn is eaten by a predator, and then another predator.
- 45. a process where earthen materials are transported by wind and water.
- 46. physical layer; center of Earth. Sphere of solid nickel and iron.
- 48. the rocky part of the Earth.
- 52. a process where earthen materials are transported by wind.
- 53. molten rock below the Earth’s surface.
- 54. overlapping and interconnecting food chains
- 55. physical layer of molten nickel and iron beneath the mesosphere.
- 56. animal that eats plants. Example: grasshopper
- 57. organism that rots dead organic matter to get energy. For example: bacteria and fungi.
Down
- 1. continents are tectonic plates which move in relation to each other as they float on the asthenosphere.
- 2. the core is made of ________ elements
- 3. liquefied by heat
- 4. inner compositional layer.
- 5. a job that an organism does to make a living in an ecosystem
- 7. the parts of the Earth where life exists.
- 8. Plate tectonics ________ continental drift.
- 9. organism that eats food. For example: animals.
- 10. animal that eats insects. Example: spiders
- 12. the watery part of the Earth.
- 14. Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur at the ________ of tectonic plates.
- 15. animal that hunts and eats other animals. Example: wolves, sharks,
- 20. the theory explaining that the lithosphere is in pieces which float on the asthenosphere and move in relation to each other.
- 23. local effect of volcano
- 25. thick physical layer of mantle between the asthenosphere and outer core.
- 28. vibrations of the Earth’s crust caused by movement of the crust along a fault.
- 30. an organism that gets food from another source/consumers and decomposers.
- 31. animal that eats grain. Example: mouse
- 32. a break/crack in the Earth’s crust.
- 33. a process where rocks are worn away due to exposure to the atmosphere.
- 36. a process where earthen materials are transported by water.
- 37. a piece of the lithosphere which floats on the asthenosphere.
- 42. animal that eats meat. Example: cats
- 43. The crust is made mostly of ________ elements.
- 47. surface compositional layer.
- 49. animal that eats “all” kinds of food. Example: bears
- 50. Physical layer which includes the crust and top of the mantle
- 51. a producer/an organism that make sits own food. Same examples: plants and algae