This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The texture of this rock depends on how fast the rock cooled
Composition of these rocks are made of quartz, limestone, and sandstone
Some people confuse this rock with sandstone but the grains are smaller
A scientist who studies forces that and shape plant earth
The look and feel of a rock surface
Igneous rock form from lava on earth surface
Igneous rock that forms when mamga hardens beneath the earth surface
The kinds of minerals that a rock contains
A series of procces on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rock from one kind to another
The point or place where something begins that is created
Preserved remains of once living organisms
Process in which sediment is laid down in location
The process by which sediment are pressed together under their own weight
Small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragment are squeezed together under high pressure
Sedimentary rock that rock forms from remain of organisms deposited in think layer
A particle of mineral or other rock that give a rock it texture
The breakdown of rock at the earths surface by the action of rain water extremes of temperature and biological activity
Process by which rock sand and soil are broken down and carried away
The process by which dissolved mineral crystallized and glue particles of sediment together into one mass