Across
- 4. Thermal energy moves from areas of ___ temperature to areas of low temperature
- 7. the Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created or ___, but can only change forms and location
- 8. resources that can be replenished in a reasonable amount of time
- 10. A thermal ___ decreases the rate of transfer of thermal energy
- 13. type of plate boundary that produces mid ocean ridges, volcanoes, rift valleys, and create crust
- 15. __-Russell diagrams organize stars by temperature and luminosity
- 17. thermal energy moving through the particles in solids
- 19. thermal energy moving through fluids in currents
- 21. energy such as light and heat can move through empty space
- 23. type of plate boundary that produces earthquakes from the pressure built up by sliding plates
- 24. Theory that states that geologic processes that occur today occurred the same way in the past
- 27. energy of motion
- 29. type of rock produced by intense heat and pressure
- 30. all living things on Earth
- 31. using resources at the same rate as they are replenished
- 32. energy stored in the nucleus of atoms
- 33. oil, coal, and ___ gas are the three major types of fossil fuels
- 34. part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is detectable by the human eye
- 35. most common element in the Sun used for nuclear fusion
- 36. A thermal ___ increases the rate of transfer of thermal energy
- 37. layer of gasses that surround the Earth
- 38. type of kinetic energy commonly referred to as heat
Down
- 1. thermal energy that is moving without particles
- 2. layer of the Earth that contains crust and tectonic plates
- 3. convection ___ power geothermal processes
- 4. all water under, on, and above the Earth
- 5. type of rock produced by the cooling of liquid rock
- 6. feature of some convergent plate boundaries in which higher density plates are pushed beneath lower density plates
- 9. process that releases energy in stars
- 11. energy stored in the bonds between atoms
- 12. type of kinetic energy commonly referred to as light
- 14. part of the electromagnetic spectrum that carries thermal energy
- 16. Law that states that in sedimentary rock, older rock layers are found below younger rock layers
- 18. stored energy
- 20. renewable source of chemical energy from living things
- 22. measure of energy of particles in a substance
- 25. layer of the Earth that contains convection currents
- 26. fossil fuels and ___ are the two major types of nonrenewable resources
- 28. type of plate boundary that produces mountains, volcanoes, trenches, and destroys crust
- 31. type of rock produced by the layering and cementing of sediment