Earth Science

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread (5)
  2. 5. Produced by the action of water (11)
  3. 8. Produced under conditions involving intense heat (7)
  4. 10. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (plural) (4)
  5. 12. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state (12)
  6. 13. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  7. 14. A slowly moving mass of ice (7)
  8. 15. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)

Down

  1. 1. Any collection of particles or gases that is visible (5)
  2. 2. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (5)
  3. 3. A person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry (plural) (4)
  4. 6. The process of becoming a vapor (11)
  5. 7. Of or relating to or caused by ___ (8)
  6. 9. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  7. 10. United States baseball player (6)
  8. 11. Base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands (5)