Unit 3 Earth and the Solar System

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Across
  1. 2. The gas released when a volcano erupts
  2. 3. Created the Universe by the expansion of everything at a rapid speed
  3. 4. The things found outside of Earth’s atmosphere
  4. 8. Objects that orbit the sun and are larger than 10 meters-Asteroid Belt is located between Mars and Jupiter
  5. 10. Everything under the ground we stand on
  6. 11. Giant ball of granite from Earth’s crust
  7. 14. Upper level of the Mantle-Below the Lithosphere
  8. 15. The outer most layer of the Earth
  9. 16. The water found on Earth - mainly oceans
  10. 18. Falling rock found in space
  11. 20. CoreIs mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel-Constantly churning causing our magnetic field
  12. 23. Mostly solid with some softer rocks-Split into 2 regions - Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
  13. 24. The name of the supercontinent
  14. 25. A metallic rock in space that has a tail and looks like it is on fire
Down
  1. 1. Huge mass of land - where all continents were touching or connected
  2. 5. Hard outer part of Earth-Consists of Crust and Upper Mantle
  3. 6. Hotter and denser than the upper mantle -Intense pressure keeps this region solid
  4. 7. A hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron-Intense pressure prevents the iron from melting
  5. 9. The ground at the bottom of the ocean
  6. 11. First living thing discovered on Earth-Bacteria that uses photosynthesis for energy
  7. 12. A rock from space that hits the Earth’s crust (surface)
  8. 13. A falling rock from outer space that enters Earth’s atmosphere
  9. 17. How Earth’s layers were made-Crust, Mantle and Core
  10. 19. Created the Solar System by pulling everything to the center due to gravity
  11. 21. Portion of the planet that is the air and is made up of gases
  12. 22. The space something takes up