Across
- 3. The properties of the atmosphere at any given time or location including temperature, air movement, and precipitation
- 4. A force that exists between any two objects that have mass
- 5. time scale Divides Earth's geological history into intervals of time defined by major events or changes on Earth
- 7. hazard a natural event that threatens lives, property, and other assets
- 9. Mass A volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor
- 11. current Large-Scale movement of water within the oceans in a certain direction
- 15. resource A natural resource that cannot be replaced
- 18. The average weather conditions in an area
- 19. The part of Earth in which life can live
- 20. A high region of Earth or how high you are
Down
- 1. The location in which an organism lives
- 2. Change A large-scale and long-term change to Earth's regional or global weather systems
- 6. gas a gas, usually carbon-based, that continues to global warming through the greenhouse effect, which prevents the escape of radiant heat from Earth's atmosphere
- 8. effect The effect of a rotating body that influences the motion of any object or fluid moving over it
- 10. resource A natural resource that has an infinite amount and will never run out
- 12. All living and nonliving things that surround an organism
- 13. resource A mineral, organic material, or fuel deposit that is currently or available for human use
- 14. The permanent loss of a population or species
- 16. The removal of weathered rock material after rocks have been broken down, the small particles are transported to other locations by wind, water, ice, and more
- 17. a region in which all precipitation and surface water collects and drains into a body of water