Geography Crossword Puzzles
Geo Terms: Divide - Harbor
elevation: elevated ground; a rising ground; a hill or mountain., gorge: a narrow hollow with steep, rocky sides, worn by a stream or torrent of water. , …
Geo Terms: Channel - Dike
coast: the edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the seashore. , dell: a small vale with woods. , creek: a small inlet; a recess in the shore of the sea …
Geology Vocabulary
extinct: a volcano that has not erupted for thousands of years and is not expected to erupt again., volcano: an opening in the earth's crust from which …
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 …
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 …
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 …
