Unit 3: Modeling Earth's Systems

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Across
  1. 3. the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces
  2. 8. a large body of air with similar temperature and air pressure
  3. 11. constantly changing
  4. 13. a group of organisms of the same type that are capable of reproducing together
  5. 16. describing material that does not come from living things
  6. 21. the chemical process inside cells that releases energy from food
  7. 24. the weight of air pressing on all things beneath and within it
  8. 25. elevation above sea level
  9. 28. a large region on Earth with a specific climate that contains certain species
  10. 29. a disturbance caused by energy traveling through earth's crust
  11. 30. a dry region on one side of a mountain that results from precipitation on the other side of the removing moisture from clouds
  12. 31. the movement of sediment
  13. 32. the Earth system that contains all the rocky layers on earth
  14. 33. having no more living members
Down
  1. 1. the Earth system that contains all of the water on earth
  2. 2. the upper surface or level of groundwater
  3. 4. describing material that comes from living things
  4. 5. a substance that is harmful or fatal to an organism
  5. 6. small particles of rock
  6. 7. the release of water vapor from the leaves of plants
  7. 9. a place where water collects
  8. 10. the variety of species on Earth or in any one biome
  9. 12. an underground region of rocky materialcontaining water that can be drawn out through a well
  10. 14. water stored in the spaces between materials beneath Earth’s surface
  11. 15. the Earth system that is composed of all the living things on Earth
  12. 17. the Earth system that is composed of all the gases that surround Earth
  13. 18. solid inorganic substances that occur naturally
  14. 19. naturally occurring water that contains little or no salt
  15. 20. the top layer of earth's land that often has a mix of organic and inorganic material
  16. 22. the branch of science that names and groups organisms
  17. 23. the dropping of sediment in a new location
  18. 26. the exchange of gases with the environment
  19. 27. the dynamic movement of water on, below,and above Earth’s surface
  20. 34. to affect and be affected by