Across
- 2. water vapor rising into the atmosphere due to the heat from the sun
- 3. the second layer of the earth made out of molten magma
- 5. precipitation runs into groundwater and into rivers/oceans
- 7. the two days a year we have equal hours of sunlight and darkness
- 11. liquid layer between the mantle and inner core
- 12. the spinning of earth around the axis
- 13. ocean around which the ring of fire is located
- 15. the tilted imaginary pole the earth rotates around
- 17. movement of earth through space around the sun
- 18. the days each year when we receive the most (summer) and least (winter) sun
- 20. the outer layer of the earth where the tectonic plates are located
- 22. water vapor cools and condenses back into droplets, forming clouds
Down
- 1. very far inside layer of the earth
- 4. the kind of volcano that is not explosive, but lava trickles out
- 6. the condition of the atmosphere at a specific time
- 8. mountain with a crater/vent through which lava, ash, and rock can come out
- 9. shaking of the earth's surface due to plates colliding
- 10. water falling back to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
- 14. the condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time
- 16. these times of year are caused by the tilt of the axis
- 19. the boundary where two different air masses meet
- 21. the name for the types of plates on earths surface