Across
- 5. study of the earth
- 9. The ocean part of earths surface.
- 11. flat regions composed of deformed rocks
- 12. less dense, middle sphere
- 16. group of parts that form a whole
- 17. study of space and the universe
- 22. mass of water that is always evaporating into the atmosphere
- 23. rigid outer layer that includes crust and upper mantle
- 26. the bodies of our solar system came from one large cloud called the solar nebula
- 28. gaseous envelope surrounding earth
- 30. more gradual slope incline
- 31. includes all life on earth
- 32. gently sloping platform along coasts
- 35. flat features in the basin
- 36. flat areas of craton that are covered by a layer of sedimentary rock
Down
- 1. portion of seafloor that’s close to land masses
- 2. steep drop off that extends from the shelf
- 3. the land part of earths surface
- 4. the span of time since the formation of earth
- 6. study of the ocean
- 7. the dense, inner sphere
- 8. the process that people use to prove hypothesis
- 10. Submerged volcanic structures
- 13. study of the atmosphere and the process that produce weather and climate
- 14. area between continental margins and oceanic ridges
- 15. the solid earth
- 18. narrow part of basin
- 19. an untested explanation
- 20. most prominent figure on the continents
- 21. light and thin outer layer
- 24. name for all sciences that collectively seek to understand earth and its neighbors
- 25. most prominent figure on the ocean floor
- 27. rocks below lithosphere
- 29. all of earths systems are interacting as a whole that we call
- 33. a hypothesis that survives while other hypothesis are eliminated
- 34. the interior of the continents