Science Vocab Challenge

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Across
  1. 5. a moon phase that looks like less than a half circle from Earth
  2. 6. a moon phase that looks like more than a half circle from Earth
  3. 7. the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
  4. 10. the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)
  5. 12. the process of clearing trees from land
  6. 13. the way molecules in a substance move around relative to each other
  7. 14. the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock
  8. 16. phase when molecules move apart from each other
  9. 18. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
  10. 22. overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of data over time
  11. 23. a group of atoms joined together in a particular way
  12. 24. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  13. 27. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
  14. 29. the process of burning fuels, which produces carbon dioxide
  15. 31. the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
  16. 32. small pieces of rock
  17. 33. the ability to make things move or change
Down
  1. 1. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
  2. 2. when the Moon turns red
  3. 3. the energy that an object has because it is moving
  4. 4. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  5. 8. one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks
  6. 9. the mixture of gases surrounding a planet
  7. 11. phase when molecules move in place
  8. 15. a noticeably different form or state of the same substance
  9. 17. a pull between two molecules that is always the same for a substance
  10. 19. the border between light and dark on the Moon
  11. 20. a moon phase that looks like half a circle from Earth
  12. 21. the process of sediment being glued together
  13. 25. a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth
  14. 26. phase when molecules move around each other
  15. 28. a measure of how much light is present
  16. 30. the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
  17. 33. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water