Geography Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. He had his theory about continental drift
  2. 3. Super continent that was once believed to exist during the age of the dinosaurs
  3. 7. Erupts magma and is usually on an island
  4. 9. The oldest rocks in the earth's geological history
  5. 10. Slowly growing in size because of volcanoes
  6. 12. Big chunks of ice that move (Sunk the Titanic)
  7. 13. Scientists who study earthquakes or similar disturbances
  8. 16. Type of rock usually formed in layers from the compression of sediments over millions of years ago
  9. 18. Caused when dry air comes through the town
  10. 19. A long sharply crested ridge
  11. 20. Rock that has formed through the solidification of sediment, usually transported by water
  12. 23. Happened between the mesozic and the paleozic era
  13. 28. A large land mass within the earth
  14. 30. A long cliff like ridge created by faulting or fracturing in the earths surface
  15. 31. Major division of geolic time
  16. 33. Windy storm that has a funnel and is considered most deadly
  17. 34. Created by a huge wave and when one part of the ocean rises and the other stays down
  18. 36. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface
  19. 37. Made from cooled magma and can be found anywhere in the world
  20. 38. Imprint in rock of the remains of a plant or animal that lived millions of years ago
  21. 39. Warm blooded animals such as humans and whales
  22. 40. Can happen anywhere even when its hot
Down
  1. 2. Divides the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere
  2. 4. During the Paleozic era almost 80% of this life had died
  3. 5. movement along a crack or cracks in the earths surface
  4. 6. A snow storm that usually occurs on a mountain side
  5. 8. Mountains that are in the Swiss Alps
  6. 11. Sediments, soil and rocks are added to a land form or land mass
  7. 14. Created from cool and warm air mixing and created a lot of rain
  8. 15. A serpentine ridge of sandy drift, believed to have been caused by or under glacial ice
  9. 17. Wearing away of the earth's surfaces followed by the movement to other location of materials
  10. 21. A long narrow oval, smoothly rounded hills created by continental drift
  11. 22. Tallest mountain in the world
  12. 24. At the end of the pre-Cambrian era these had come along more complexly
  13. 25. A large rock that comes from outer space
  14. 26. a storm that is created by energy from the sun and is carried through the ocean
  15. 27. Solid rock underneath loose deposits such as soil
  16. 29. Plates that when rubbed together they created earthquakes
  17. 32. Bonding of rock layers
  18. 35. An area of which has soft rocks are eroded into varied fantastic forms