Geography Terms SS9

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Across
  1. 2. Northern or of the Arctic
  2. 4. land being covered with thick moving ice
  3. 6. trees that shed their leaves annually
  4. 8. movement along a crack or cracks in the earth's crust
  5. 12. plants that grow naturally in an area
  6. 13. a flat area at a high elevation
  7. 14. lowland that is flooded in wet weather and is almost always wet
  8. 18. Mountains created by bending of rock layers
  9. 19. a place in which liquid collects
  10. 20. an area of soil of silt deposits built up at the mouth of a river
  11. 21. to wear down the surface of the earth
  12. 23. mountains created by breaks in the earth's crust
  13. 25. the prevailing conditions of temperature and precipitation
  14. 26. the type of rock that is formed by the erosion of other rocks after this loose material has hardened
Down
  1. 1. climate influenced by the closeness of a large body of water. The annual temperature range is small and precipitation is high
  2. 3. northernmost vegetation region found in areas too cold for trees to grow
  3. 5. somewhat salty
  4. 7. a climate that develops away from the influence of oceans. Temperature range is large and precipitation is low
  5. 9. climate that has warm summers and cool winters
  6. 10. the shape of the land
  7. 11. wet, spongy land
  8. 15. an area on the leeward slope of mountains with little precipitation
  9. 16. evergreens; trees or shrubs bearing cones
  10. 17. a level bog or swamp, found in Canada
  11. 22. a steep cliff formed by erosion or faulting
  12. 24. to do with the structure of the earth's crust