Geography Crossword Puzzles
Models of the World
elevation: height, scale: allows you to tell how far one place is from another on a map, absolute location: the exact location of a place, cartographer: …
Growing Media Components
pasteurization : the process of partially sterilizing a substance through heat or radiation, loam : a soil with equal measures of sand, silt, and clay, …
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., …
The Erie Canal
bridge!: what drivers would yell in order to warn passengers standing on top of the boat to duck., newimmigrants: how did the construction of the erie canal …
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 …
River Landforms
thalweg : the fastest area of flow within the river channel , hjulstrom: graph showing relationship between velocity, sediment size and fluvial processes , …
Surface and Groundwater
sonar : use to determine the ocean’s depth by sending sound pulses., spring : ground to surface, density : measure of the mass of a substance divided by its …
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 …
Cook Islands Nature and Wildlife
turtle: green or hawkesbill, frangipani: a colourful flower used to make garlands., gardenia: a fragrant white flower used to make garlands., tuna: yellowfin …
Tectonics of the Plates
pangaea:a single land mass from over 200 million years ago that had since formed today’s modern continents, crust: the outer most layer of earth’s surface …
The Magical World of Forest Soils
climate: the usual weather conditions in a particular place or region, silt: this soil textures particles range from 0.05-0.002 nm, brunisol: this soil order …
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 and …
The Polar Climate
poles : where do we find polar climates?, none : which foods grow well in a polar climate?, wind : which weather happens almost continually in a polar climate?, …
Earth In Space (Seasons)
solstice : summer ______ - the longest day of the year, spring : the season between winter and summer, year : length of time it takes for earth to revolve …
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 …
Population Geography
migration: movement of people from 1 place to another, natural resources: materials or substances occurring in nature which can be exploited for economic gain, …
Earth's Mechanism
plate boundary: a region in the surface of the earth where plates interact, lithosphere: consist of the crust and uppermost mantle, radioactive: unstable …
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, …
