This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 16 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
What is a low hill formed when a glacier overruns a moraine?
What is a natural ridge formed along the edge of a river’s channel?
What is the material carried by a stream?
Which type of weathering involves the breaking or peeling away of rock into layers?
What are the piles of debris left behind when a glacier melts?
As a dune forms, which side usually has a gentle slope that progresses up to the crest?
What process occurs when oxygen from the atmosphere reacts with minerals like calcium, magnesium,and iron to form new compounds?
What feature consists of a relatively large stream and any smaller stern day that flow into it?
What are large, deep grooves and scratches in rock, produced by glaciers?
What type of narrow, curved rock formation forms when a sea cave is continually eroded?
What is a glacier-carved valley that has filled with seawater called?
Which natural acid, found in rainwater and groundwater, proomit s chemical weathering of rocks?
What type of dune is arch shaped, with the open end of the arch pointing to the windward side?
What type of weathering occurs when a plant’s roots slowly thicken is a rock,causing the rock to crack?
What is the stripping away of thin area of topsoil from the surface of the land?
What is the name of the triangular sediment deposit formed on a plain by a temporary mountain stream?