Year 9 Geography Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. WEATHER Unusual and severe weather events.
  2. 4. ENERGY Energy from sources that won’t run out (like wind or solar).
  3. 10. Cutting down large areas of forest.
  4. 13. PLATES Large pieces of Earth’s crust that move slowly.
  5. 14. Melted rock that reaches the surface.
  6. 15. DIOXIDE A gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  7. 17. Where two tectonic plates move towards each other.
  8. 18. LEVEL RISE An increase in the height of the oceans.
  9. 19. A long period with little or no rainfall.
Down
  1. 1. Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  2. 2. WARMING The rise in Earth’s average temperature.
  3. 3. The point on the surface directly above an earthquake.
  4. 5. When a volcano explodes or releases lava and ash.
  5. 6. LINE A crack in the Earth’s crust where movement occurs.
  6. 7. EFFECT When gases trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
  7. 8. CHANGE Long-term changes in Earth’s temperature and weather patterns.
  8. 9. FUELS Coal, oil and gas used for energy.
  9. 11. An opening in the Earth where lava erupts.
  10. 12. Where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  11. 16. Sudden shaking of the ground.