Dartmoor Crossword

280 million years ago, the ___________ forming Dartmoor cooled and
from molten rock at a temperature of 900 - 1000˚C.
________________ caused the removal of the soil covering the rock which exposed it to the elements.
On Dartmoor, the _________ is poor and acidic, and frequently used for sheep farming rather than growing crops.
_________ for granite blocks was common on Dartmoor; they were used for dry-stone walling, buildings and road stone.
Dartmoor is a _______ attraction with over 10 million people visiting every year.
The name granite comes from the Latin granum, meaning a ________.
Tourmaline gives Dartmoor granite its dark ____________ colour.
_________ and clitter slopes are characteristic of Dartmoor and have been formed through the weathering of the granite over at least the last ten million years.
400 million years ago, there was no Dartmoor, just the __________.
Weathering caused the disintegration of the granite down to the individual _____________.
Small pieces of granite which have been eroded are called _______. gravel is called
__________ rocks other than granite also occur in the Dartmoor area, such as dolerite dykes and sills and some lavas in the surrounding rocks.
Most of the __________ on Dartmoor are hardy black or dun-coloured Galloways.
Just over a third of the unenclosed moorland on Dartmoor is covered by __________ that is more than 50 cm thick.
The __________ of Dartmoor roams around the moor and is ready to pounce!
Dartmoor __________ are found wandering all over the moor; but don’t feed them!
___________caused the formation of fractures vertically in the granite.
Fractures called _________ formed in the granite.
During the Ice Age, the granite was forced apart and broken up into blocks by freezing and ______during the cold periods.
_________ poverty is becoming a problem in Dartmoor. Local people cannot find jobs and it is expensive to buy a house there.
Dartmoor granite covers an area of 241 ________ miles and is the largest area of exposed granite in southern Britain.
There are granite domes linked within the Earth’s crust where they form a ___________, one massive granite intrusion.
Weathering can also cause smooth, bowl-like depressions known as rock _______.
Dartmoor has an interesting _________, with many different rocks and minerals found all over.
Some of the __________ on are deer grass, hare’s-tail cotton- grass and cross-leaved heath.
The Scottish Blackface ______, was introduced to Dartmoor in the 19th century. It was bred to survive cold winters.
For over 5,000 years _______ has been the main land use on Dartmoor.
There are 13 _______ Parks in the UK. Dartmoor was made a ________ Park in 1951.
___________is a popular activity on Dartmoor, along with walking, letter boxing, geocaching and climbing. You'll need a bike!
_______ is a large town on the edge of Dartmoor and lies along the river Tavy.