Investigating Australia's Physical Environments

12345678910111213141516
Across
  1. 3. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
  2. 5. Forces generated from within the earth that result in uplift, movement, or deformation of part of the earth`s crust.
  3. 6. Half of the Earth.
  4. 7. A swelling at the base of the stem of certain plants which stores starches and dormant buds.
  5. 9. A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure
  6. 13. Something has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
  7. 15. Rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies.
  8. 16. The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England.
Down
  1. 1. A shoot growing from an epicormic bud from underneath the bark of a stem or branch of a plant
  2. 2. The action of collecting water
  3. 3. Something crescent-shaped
  4. 4. Someone who practices the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them.
  5. 8. A type of vegetation that has hard leaves and short internodes
  6. 10. An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different bodies of water.
  7. 11. A plant that needs very little water.
  8. 12. A very large igneous intrusion extending deep in the earth's crust.
  9. 14. The ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors
  10. 15. A low-growing bushy Australian eucalyptus