Across
- 2. what is the largest geological timescale (3)
- 5. an example of a palaeclimate record (3,4)
- 7. the gravitational pull from these change the shape of the earth's orbit (7)
- 8. hardened snow that is yet to become ice (4)
- 9. when the earth is further away from the sun (8)
- 10. a period of cooling when ice builds up on the land and sea (3,3)
- 11. the front of the glacier (5)
- 12. angle that the earth sits on its axis (4)
- 13. when the temperature is warmer and there is less ice (12)
- 15. the melting of the ice, mainly during summer months, and usually at the snout of the glacier (8)
- 16. what age are we currently in (9)
Down
- 1. what epoch are we currently in (8)
- 3. which hemisphere needs a cold summer to cause global warming (8)
- 4. a deep open crack in a glacier (8)
- 6. oval shape of earth's orbit (10)
- 7. when the earth is closest to the sun (10)
- 9. the build-up of the glacier due to snow being added and compressed into ice (12)
- 14. a large mass of flowing ice (7)