Grade 9 Geo - Landforms and Processes

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Across
  1. 1. (page 136/137) A _____ line is when a plate or solid rock has a fracture or split in it
  2. 5. (page 136/137) _____ Valley, an area of land like the St. Lawrence River or the African Great Lakes caused by double fault lines
  3. 9. (page 111) This country had a brutal earthquake in 2004, killing 300 000 people
  4. 10. (page 119) The most recent ice age the earth allegedly had
  5. 11. (page 114) A type of current that moves the plates of the earth, caused by unequal heat in the earth's mantle
  6. 12. The name for the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegner
  7. 14. Country or less populated areas
  8. 15. (page 110) A massive wave caused by earthquakes
  9. 16. (page 115) Much of the southern hemisphere was believe to be covered in _____ as little as 250 million years ago
  10. 21. (page 119) When sediments are brought to the end of a river or flood zone
  11. 23. (page 120) The chips and specs of rocks/earth that are worn away over time
  12. 25. (page 125) ________ Basins, when water empties out and goes somewhere
  13. 30. (page 128) The water that comes from glaciers or ice after the earth heats up
  14. 31. (page 141) Devoid or lacking life
  15. 32. (page 117) This province (shortform) experiences the most tectonic activity in Canada
  16. 33. (page 115) A mountain range that connects very well with the Caledonian range in Britain
  17. 34. (page 119) A major period of time that geologists divide the world into. Also a Taylor Swift concert tour
  18. 35. (page 143) Canada could be described as a "core of ________ rock"
Down
  1. 2. (page 115) This continent is believed to fit nicely in with South America as proof of Pangaea, they also share similar fossils
  2. 3. (Page 121)The name for the process of massive ice sheets covering the earth and carving out landform features
  3. 4. (page 140) A flat topped mountain
  4. 6. (page 142) Small inlets of water along the coast with jagged cliffs surrounding them
  5. 7. (page 131) When a rock or piece of earth forces it's way into another piece of earth
  6. 8. (page 132) An impervious type of rock generally found far beneath the dirt and other rocks, water can't move through it
  7. 13. (page 138) A type of poor quality coal
  8. 14. (page 141) Away from civilisation, many minerals in Canada are found in these areas
  9. 17. (page 135) A sharp cliff formation scene in various areas of Canada
  10. 18. Generally followed by the word "plates", but it relates to the movement of the pieces of the earth along the mantle
  11. 19. (Page 113) The process by which one tectonic plate is brought under another
  12. 20. (page 114) ___________ Drift, the theory that the continents we have today slowly drifted from one another
  13. 22. (page 127) We see glaciers doing this on rock and landforms
  14. 24. (page 111) Volcanic __________ create new rocks and landforms on the earth and in the oceans
  15. 26. (page 121) Sheets of ice ranging in size from massive to small
  16. 27. (page 114) The forced that move water, tectonic plates, and trends in general
  17. 28. Ontario is in a very _______ region of the earth in regards to tectonic plates
  18. 29. City areas
  19. 31. (page 126) Glaciers supposedly scraped the earth ______ exposing and shaping rocks