Year in Review

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Across
  1. 3. type of eclipse that occurs when the moon gets between the earth and the sun
  2. 6. seismology is the branch of science that studies this
  3. 8. type of fossil that is widely distributed and represent an organism that existed briefly - good for dating rocks
  4. 9. only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt
  5. 11. planet that's rotation is almost parallel to its axis
  6. 14. the nation to first launch a rocket into space
  7. 18. most unreliable test to ID minerals
  8. 19. planet that is the most difficult to spot
  9. 20. magma on the surface of the earth
  10. 23. 0*latitude
  11. 24. the moons of Mars were possibly once _____
  12. 25. the study of the origin, history, processes and structure of the solid earth
  13. 28. - break in the rock record
  14. 29. energy from burning organic matter
  15. 32. 0*longitude (2 words)
  16. 35. information collected with the senses
  17. 36. type of rock formed from sediments that are pressed and cemented together
  18. 38. era we are living in
  19. 39. the color of a star indicated this
  20. 43. the north star is in this constellation (2)
  21. 44. company founded by Elon Musk that partners with NASA
Down
  1. 1. the end stage for massive stars (2)
  2. 2. lines on a map or globe that go up and down
  3. 4. type of plate boundaries that move towards each other
  4. 5. earth completes one of these each year
  5. 7. place where the earthquake takes place
  6. 10. name of the North Star
  7. 12. earthquake waves that do the most damage
  8. 13. type of power in your house ultimately comes from
  9. 15. name of our galaxy (2)
  10. 16. resources that can not be replaced as fast as we use them
  11. 17. the most abundant fossil fuel
  12. 21. earth completes one of these each day
  13. 22. sections of the sky that contain recognizable patterns
  14. 23. largest division of geologic time
  15. 26. lines on a map or globe that go across
  16. 27. name of the shuttle that was carrying the first teacher into space
  17. 30. space object made of ice and dust
  18. 31. type of rock that is made from other rocks that undergo heat and pressure
  19. 33. type of fossil that is hardened in tree sap
  20. 34. how many times a day the east coast of the US experiences tides
  21. 36. the principle of uniformitarnism says the geologic process we see today are the ____ as in the past
  22. 37. type of rock created when magma or lava cools and crystalizes
  23. 40. metallic, nonmetallic, submetallic are 3 types of ____
  24. 41. an ideal way for an earth scientist to learn is to conduct ___ work
  25. 42. in 2024 we are to return here