Geography Crossword Puzzles
Types of Rocks
chemical: sedimentary rock that forms when minerals dissolved in a weather solution and crystallize, metamorphic: forms when a rock is changed by heat and …
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 …
The Structure of the Earth
igneous: formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava., lithosphere: the solid, outer part of the earth, metamorphic: started out as some …
The Nile River
narmer : was thought to unite upper and lower egypt, lower egypt : located in northern egypt, theocracy : a government of religious leaders, dynasty : line of …
Plate Boundaries
outer core : the third layer of the earth's layers, pangea : the name of the super-continent, convergent : when two plates come together the boundary is called, …
Erupting Volcano
chamber : a natural or man-made enclosed space or cavity, eruption : when lava and gases spill out from a volcano, crater : the top part of a volcano, flow : to …
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 …
UK Geography
severn : the longest river, county : not a region or a province, irish sea : between ireland and great britain, cardiff : capital city of wales, nine : millions …
Rivers Vocabulary
floodplain : area of flat, low-lying land next to a river, confluence : the junction of 2 major rivers, tributary : a stream flowing into a larger river, oxbow …
Asia Revision
asia : the continent which we have studied this term, rainforest : a type of forest found near the equator, tokyo : the capital city of japan, dense : the …
The Rock Cycle
cementation: the hardening of sediments into a sedimentary rock, pressure: a strong force which, when combined with heat, causes a metamorphic rock to form., …
Rivers of the World
nile: the longest river in the world. , severn: the longest river in the uk., venezuela: angel falls is the highest waterfall in the world. where is it …
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 …
Erosion & Deposition
deposition : agents of erosion deposit or lay down sediment, glacier : any large mass of ice that moves over land, stream : a channel in which water is always …
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 …
