Climate Crossword Puzzle

About the Climate Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers long-term patterns in temperature, rainfall, wind, and humidity, along with the geographic forces that shape them. Find terms such as monsoon, trade winds, latitude, and rain shadow, as well as climate regions and biomes. It suits students learning about Earth science and geography, and anyone curious about why climates differ from place to place.

This crossword draws on 46 clues about Climate. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Force exerted by the weight of the atmosphere (11 letters)
• •Movement of an element among air, water, soil, and living things (11 letters)
• •Prolonged lack of rainfall (7 letters)
• •Ice crystals forming on cold surfaces (5 letters)
• •Incoming solar radiation (10 letters)
• •Describes hot, rainless summers and mild, wet winters (13 letters)
• •High-latitude area around either pole (11 letters)
• •Semiarid grassland with few trees (6 letters)

Teaching this topic or planning a party? Make your own crossword with your own words and clues.