Across
- 5. Most of the freshwater on Earth is _________ in the polar ice caps
- 7. The ocean between Florida and Africa
- 9. Marine Science research area that studies living creatures in the ocean
- 10. It's raining ____________. Also, a traditional Mexican food.
- 11. Your Marine Science teacher. Mr. ____________
- 14. All experiments need a _________ group that serves as a basis for comparison.
- 15. A question posed about the relationship between the variables in an experiment. If... then....
- 18. Part of a map that involves distance and ratios.
- 19. Variable in an experiment that is intentionally manipulated
- 20. Lines that measure distance north and south on a map
- 22. The stable star that Earth orbits.
- 25. Zero degrees longitude (two words)
- 27. Zero degrees latitude
- 29. The most southern state in the U.S.
- 30. They DESCRIBE scientific events and often have mathematical formulas.
Down
- 1. All map compasses should point __________
- 2. They EXPLAIN scientific events.
- 3. The largest island in the world. (It's also a continent.. and a country)
- 4. Data that is a simple description. (Big, Tall, Small, etc.)
- 6. Earth holds an ______________. Otherwise, the sun's radiation would fry us all.
- 8. Marine science research area that studies the seafloor and rocks
- 12. Data that has numbers (6 centimeters, 200 kilograms, etc.)
- 13. Where two gridlines meet is an absolute _________________
- 16. The largest continent
- 17. Including today (8/23), the number of school days so far this year.
- 20. Lines that measure distance east and west on a map
- 21. Marine Science research area that designs structures in and around water
- 23. Marine Science research area that would study the acidity of seawater
- 24. Variable in an experiment that is measured... the results.
- 25. The largest ocean. Between North America and Asia.
- 26. Needed for life as we know it. Covers 71% of Earth.
- 28. 97.5% of water on Earth is found in the ___________.
