Geography Crossword Puzzles
Tectonic Mountains - Vocabulary
sediment : a deposit of eroded earth material, dome : a landform with sedimentary strata that looks like and upside-down bowl, basin : the opposite of a dome, …
Riverine and Arid Landforms
delta : fan-shaped, low-lying area of deposits at the mouth of a river, drainage basin : area providing water to a river system , estuary : river mouth …
Weathering and Rocks Revision
granite : a rock prone to hydrolysis due to the presence of feldspar, carbonation : caco3 reacts with acid water and forms calcium bicarbonate which is soluble …
Fossil Review
relative age : a rock is its age compared to the ages of other rocks, cast : this part of a fossil forms as the result of a mold, petrified : fossils form when …
Canadian Taiga
wolverine : this animal is endangered in the canadian taiga due to hunting., spruce : an example of an autotroph in the canadian taiga could be a _____ tree., …
Yukon Mining
fen: an area of low, flat, wetland, quartz: a hard mineral, often in crystal form , molybdenum: a silver-grey metal that breaks easily and is used in some alloy …
The Sinking of Venice
consistent:always behaving in the same way, barrier:an object like a fence that prevents people from moving forward from one place to another, overwhelming:very …
Explorers of the New Land
great lakes : cartier was given credit for finding the st. lawrence river that connected the ocean to one of the ________., spain : the area claimed by all the …
South Asia Physical Features
deccan plateau : where most of india's dynasties were located, ganges : this river flows through india and bangladesh, cyclone : storm marked by high winds …
Volcano Key Terms
debris avalanche : an avalanche or slurry consisting of unsorted rock, water and other material., magma chamber : where molten rock is found deep below the …
Cultural Geography
determinist: environmental ... theories of the early 20th century, believed that people and societies are controlled by the environment in which they develop., …
Earth's Major Systems
atmosphere: a layer of gases surrounding earth, geosphere: all of the solid earth, hydrosphere: all of earth's water, biosphere: all of earth's living …
Fantastic Places
over exploited : when you take too much from an area., currency : another name for money which can be paper or coins, usually issued by a government., physical …
