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Geoscience Crossword #1

GEOS 110 SI Session 1
Horizontales
The viscoelastic/plastic layer of earth's interior.
Hot liquids that secrete out of the earth's surface (also called magma and/or lava)
The percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere.
Run experiments using chemistry, physics, biology, math to confirm some observations. (THINK: Aristotle)
A process that adds mass or energy to a system.
An explanation of natural phenomenon derived from observational data and capable of generating new falsifiable hypotheses.
Affect rates of inputs and outputs.
The percentage of Nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere.
An episodic (quick and temporal) change.
If an equilibrium is disrupted, the system with either try to go back to its original state or establish a new equilibrium.
Temporal and spatial pulses.
Another term for continental crust.
The study of how the topography of the earth changes due to the weather and other bodies of water. (Hint: rain, rivers, streams)
We cannot ______ anything in Science. (Hint: science is observation, theory, assumptions).
The process of taking large, complex concepts and breaking them down into small, easier-studied pieces.
A constant change. (THINK: Tornadogenesis; carbon emissions)
Verticales
Transitioning from one state to another. (THINK: water freezing to form ice)
A state in earth's origin before it became a stratified planet. (THINK: Bombardment; Accretion)
The earth's topography UNDER the surface. (Hint: Elevation is earth's topography above the surface).
Inorganic, naturally-occurring, crystalline structure, homogenous composition, and solid at earth's surface.
The region of the earth's interior sandwiched between the inner core and aesthenosphere.
A region of the earth floating upon the aesthenosphere; also known as one of earth's five main spheres.
Another term for earth's oceanic crust.
Study patterns through ~4.6 billion years of Earth's history to explain other observations. (THINK: Sherlock)
Another term for differentiation.
A testable statement, prediction, or explanation about an observable phenomenon
Result of products of inputs and outputs.
Processes by which mass or energy leaves a system.
One of earth's spheres that includes biological life.
An explanation of natural phenomenon derived from observational data and capable of forming hypothesis.
What percentage of earth's water is saltwater?
Transitioning mass or energy from one sphere to another.
What takes up 71% of earth's surface?