GEOGRAPHY: CHAPTER 2 GLOSSARY Crossword

Fuels that come from the breakdown of living materials and which are formed in the ground over millions of years. Examples include coal, oil and natural gas.
Radioactive metal used as fuel of nuclear reactors.
A form of farming that provides food for the needs only of the farmer's family, leaving little to sell
Any form of farming that requires concentrated imputs of money and labour in a relatively small area. E.g. Battery Hens & Rice cultivation
Soil composed of sediments deposited on a flood plain by a river when it breaks its banks. It is very rich in nutrients.
To make products on a large scale
The removal of something.
Organic (dead) matter that is used for fuels
A machine for producing power, n which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam or air.
A process that removes salt from saline water.
The layer of gases surrounding the Earth.
The environment around a river or a river bank.
Another term for water cycle.
A process in which water moves down from the Earth's surface into groundwater.
A body of permeable rock below the Earth's surface which contains water, known as groundwater. Water can move along the aquifer.
An aquifer confined between layers of impermeable rock. The water is under pressure and will flow upwards through a well or a bore.
A place where groundwater moves up to the surface.
Mound formation with water at it's centre, which is formed by minerals and sediments brought up by water from artesian basins.
In aboriginal spirituality the time when the Earth took on it's present form and the cycles of life and nature began. It passes on important knowledge, laws and beliefs.