Geography Crossword Puzzles
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 …
Soil Moisture and Water Quality
leaching : the draining away of chemicals, minerals, or other solubles from soil through pecolation, runoff : water water that flows over a land surface, …
Tropical, Sub-tropical and Temperate Zones
trans amazonian: with the introduction of the ____ highway, accessibility to the rainforest became easy., mangrove: the delta in the ganga-brahmaputra basin …
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 …
Erosion / Mass Wasting / Weathering
rock slide: sudden movement giant rocks, landslide: sudden movement of rock, mudslide: sudden movement of rock and water, mass wasting: mass movement of rock, …
River Terms
irrigation : system of digging canals to bring river water to crops. , flood plain : water floods and deposits nutrient rich silt and minerals every year making …
Water and Oceans
adhesion: the force of attraction between different molecules , cohesion: the molecular attraction between particles of the same kind , condensation: the change …
Polar Regions
snow : frozen water falling from the sky., ice : frozen water., penguin : black and white bird. can't fly., scarf : wear around your neck in the cold., …
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 …
Geography Fun!
mountain : i am a piece of land that is way higher than the land around me. i have a pointed top., hill : i am a piece of land that is a little higher than the …
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 …
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?, …
The Deep Sea
benthic : environment located on the bottom of the ocean, abyssopelagic : zone 4000-6000m deep, mesopelagic : also known as the twilight zone, aphotic : zone …
