Across
- 3. It is the study of the processes that produce weather and climate and the study of the atmosphere
- 7. After the hypothesis is closely examined and the possibility of completing hypothesis have been eliminated, the status of the hypothesis may be raised to this
- 11. A life giving gaseous envelope that surrounds Earth
- 13. The part of the Earth that consists of the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and uppermost mantle
- 17. The two main divisions of the Earths surface is comprised of ocean basins and ...
- 18. The outer layer of Earth
Down
- 1. The study of the universe; useful in proving the origins of our environment
- 2. Literally translated to “study of Earth”; usually divided into two broad areas: physical and historical
- 4. It is not a distinct science, however it involves sciences in a interrelated and comprehensive study of oceans in all their relationships and aspects
- 5. This study includes all life on Earth
- 6. The less dense middle layer of Earth
- 8. It is a dynamic mass of water that is continually on the move, precipitating to the land, evaporating to the atmosphere, and the water running back to the oceans
- 9. The interiors of the continents
- 10. Expansive, flat regions composed of largely deformed metamorphic and igneous rocks within the stable interiors
- 12. These are submerged volcanic structures
- 14. Constructing a tentative or untested explanation
- 15. The dense inner layer of Earth
- 16. Lying beneath the atmosphere and the ocean is the solid Earth or this