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Earth & Space Science Vocab Review

Complete the crossword puzzle below. Some answers may be two words, be sure to leave a space blank to
separate words.
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Across
1. The theory that explains how large pieces of
Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move
& change shape
4. widespread injury, death, and property damage
caused by a natural hazard
5. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and
the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
7. A disk of gas and dust orbiting a newly formed star,
from which planets may eventually form
9. A natural process or phenonmenon that may cause
widespread injury, death, and property damage
11. A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the
sun and planets formed
12. An event in which the shadow of one celestial
body falls on another
Down
2. Any movement of matter that results from
differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or
cyclical
3. All of the nonliving things, living things, and
processes that make up the planet Earth
6. The path that a body follows as it travels around
another body in space
8. to reduce the severity or impact of something
10. In astronomy, the change in the sunlit area of one
celestial body as seen from another celestial body