Across
- 2. The stratosphere contains the highest concentration of ozone.
- 4. The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called
- 5. the hypothesis
- 7. Most of the freshwater on Earth is found in glaciers.
- 8. a hypothesis
- 9. List the 3 ways in which movement of two blocks of rock along a fault causes an
- 10. The point in Earth's interior where the energy release of an earthquake occurs is the focus.
- 12. to occur
- 14. The troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface.
- 16. Water evaporates from oceans and lakes and rises into Earth's atmosphere as water vapor.
- 17. What process takes rock to the inside of Earth? subduction
- 19. Plates move apart at divergent boundaries.
- 21. water
- 22. sun light
- 23. Drift.
- 24. The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called evaporation.
- 25. an experiment
- 26. data
- 27. Relative humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.
Down
- 1. and record
- 2. slip
- 3. and record.
- 5. The thermometer is used to measure temperature.
- 6. List the 7 steps of the scientific method in order R F D T O A D
- 7. A scientific law describes a pattern in nature.
- 8. List the three things necessary for photosynthesis.
- 11. The primary waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
- 13. Water freezes at 0 °C.
- 15. carbon dioxide
- 16. a problem
- 17. conclusions
- 18. Areas of low-pressure usually have cloudy weather.
- 20. a scientist has tested her hypothesis, the next step in scientific inquiry is to
- 22. The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a front.
- 24. List the 3 things that distinguish atmospheric layers.
- 26. A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a mid ocean ridge.