Science Vocabulary Crossword

A group of parts that work together as a whole.
The ability to do work or cause changes.
The relatively thin layer of gases that form around the Earth’s outermost layer.
The densest part of the Earth that include the crust, mantle, and core.
The portion of earth that consist of Earth that consist of water in any of its forms, including oceans, glaciers, rivers, lakes, groundwater, and water vapor.
The parts of the Earth that contain living organisms.
Any natural process that builds up Earth’s surface.
destructive force
Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
The force pushing on a surface divided by the area of that surface
The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in ocean crust.
A usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in the continental crust.
The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the earth.
The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of fluid.
The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another.
The ratio of the mass of a substance to its volume.
The movement of a fluid, caused by difference in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.