Geography Crossword Puzzles
River Features
erosion: where the earth is swept or worn away by a river., delta: landforms created by deposition at the mouth of a river., mouth: where a river joins, or …
Natural Resources and Conservation
ranger: a person working in a national park, who knows the surroundings and animals well, biodiversity: extinction reduces________________, alive: natural …
Plates / Earthquakes / Volcanoes
continental drift : the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface, pangaea : the name of the single landmass that began to break …
Earthquake
convergent : where two tectonic plates push toward each other, seismic waves : the shaking energy from an earthquake, tectonic plate : a giant piece of the …
Layers of the Earth
upper mantle: part of mantle that is made up mostly of olivine and pyroxene., mantle: it is located between the core and the crust, oceanic crust: it is also …
Rocks and Minerals Unit
igneous: formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava., lithosphere: the solid, outer part of the earth, metamorphic: started out as some …
Winter Solstice
earth: the planet we live on , winter: coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, sun: planet that earth orbits around , summer solstice: solstice …
Continents and Oceans of the World
north america: continent where canada and usa are located, south america: continent where the amazon river flows, africa: continent where the nile river flows, …
Properties of Soil
loam: a mixture of sand, silt and clay. best for growing plants., soil: the upper layer of earth in which plants grow., nonliving material: consists of rocks …
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 …
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 …
Healthy Eating / Green Cities / Insects
demand : something that must be done or given, developing : a poor country that is trying to become richer ; _________ country, footprint : the effect humans …
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 …
