Geography Crossword Puzzles
World and Human Geography
paris: capital of france, australia: holds the unique distinction of being both a country and continent, continent: one of several massive landmasses on …
World Geography
kashmire : india and pakistan disputed the control over which boarding territory?, vindhya : which mountain range has historically been the natural dividing …
Terrestrial Biomes
tropical rainforest: huge variety of plants and animals, desert: very little rainfall , tundra: polar bears live here , coniferous: type of tree that stays …
Interactions and Ecosystems
symbiosis : relationships between 2 things over a long period of time, biotic : living things, herbivore : animals that only eats plants, parasitism : symbiosis …
Weather Disturbances
convergence: c in the acronym "itcz", thunder: a sharp rumbling sound caused by the intense heating and expansion of air, geophysical: g in the …
Earth's Sphere
life : the name of the biosphere comes from the greek word bio which means ____., sink : the location to which the material is transferred and stored in a …
Plate Tectonics
tectonics: theory of plate ___________, transform: a plate boundary where plates slide past each other, seafloor: process of the oceanic plates moving away from …
Disasters and Catastrophes
quake : to shake or vibrate usually from shock or instability, disastrous : calamitous, fatal : causing death, wreck : something (often a ship or parts of it) …
Landforms and Geomorphic Hazards
mountains : elevated portion of the earth's crust, plateau : a flat area of land that is higher than the land around it, glacier : a large body of ice, erosion …
Age of Exploration
colony: a settlement of people living in a new territory controlled by their home country., moluccas: the spice islands of southeast asia, columbus: italian …
Earth's Interior
outer core: it is the liquid layer of the earth's core, crust: the outermost solid layer of earth, core: it extends from below the mantle to the center of …
Continents and Oceans
north america : has countries such as canada, mexico, and the u.s., south america : is home to the amazon jungle., europe : has monuments such as the eiffel …
Geologic Time Scale
pangea: super continent , periods: the subdivision of an era , devonian: known as the "age of fishes" , ordovician: the earliest appearance of …
Ice is Nice: The North and South Poles
skin : people use this part of the animal to make huts or tents., blubber : this is under the fur and skin and keeps animals like polar bears and walruses …
Global Warming and Climate Change
global warming : the rise in the average temperature of the earth's surface, greenhouse : _____ effect is the retention of heat in the atmosphere caused by …
Earth's Crust
crust : the thin and solid outer most layer of the earth above the mantle, mantle : the layer of rock between the earths crust and core, core : the central part …
Physical Oceanography
ebb tide : tide that is going out. (2 words), flood tide : tide that is coming in. (2 words), slack tide : the point where the tide pauses between high tide and …
Geography - Natural Disasters
evacuate: what you need to do before a natural disaster arrives., flood: when there is too much water all over the land., avalanche: when snow comes tumbling …
Water Distribution
ice sheet : glaciers that cover large areas, freshwater : only 3% of earth's water is this type, aquifer : rock layer that contains water, ice cap : glaciers …
Irish Geography
ulster : northern province, partially owned by n. ireland, shannon : longest river in ireland, neagh : largest lake in ireland, lough ..., dublin : capital of …
