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General Characteristics of the Earth Part II

Across
Layers of soil.
When water is completely transparent.
When rain carries minerals move down through the soil.
Creates the earth's magnetic field.
Glaciers are part of this segment of the biosphere.
The largest layer of the earth.
Igneous rock with large crystals.
The highest layer of the atmosphere where temperature decreases with altitude.
3% of earth's water is _____.
Top layer of soil made from decomposed plants and/or animals.
Greenhouse gas.
Igneous rock created by the slow cooling of magma.
80% of the earth's air is found here.
Igneous rock with big and small crystals.
Where plants grow.
Heterogeneous mixture of different minerals.
Solid rock beneath the soil.
Rocks which, sometimes, contain fossils.
Top layer of soil made from decomposed plants and/or animals.
______ particles floating in the air indicates that the air is polluted.
Silicon is mostly found in the earth's crust because of its low _______.
Large airplanes fly in the stratosphere because there is less ________.
Down
_______ has begun to erode in Horizon C.
The earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are called the___________.
This can be added to water to kill pathogens.
If the atmosphere did not ________ the earth, the planet's surface would reach 80C during the day.
Largest type of particle found in soil.
Temperature increases rapidly with altitude in this layer of the atmosphere.
Meteoroids break up in the atmosphere because of ________.
Covers 75% of the earth's surface.
Rocks which have been transformed though heat and pressure
Rocks formed by other rocks which have been eroded.
This is formed in Horizon A.
Humans live in this layer of the atmosphere.
Igneous rock formed by rapid cooling of lava from a volcano.
When water is suitable for drinking it is called _______.
Igneous rock which cooled slowly in the crust, then, rapidly.
Horizon B has a high concentration of ________.
Smallest type of particle found in soil.
Thinnest layer of the earth.
Excellent fertilizer for soil