Earth Science

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground (7)
  2. 5. A person who invites guests to a social event and who is responsible for them while they are there (4)
  3. 9. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (9)
  4. 12. A slowly moving mass of ice (7)
  5. 13. United States baseball player (6)
  6. 14. Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface (8)
  7. 16. The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth where living organisms exist (9)

Down

  1. 1. The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms (6)
  2. 2. A person who eats all kinds of foods (8)
  3. 3. The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth (8)
  4. 6. A large mass of ice floating at sea (7)
  5. 7. The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich (9)
  6. 8. Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos (4)
  7. 10. Energy that travels in waves or particles (9)
  8. 11. Whether it's rainy, sunny or windy outside (7)
  9. 15. A ridge of sand created by the wind (4)