This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 15 clues. Answers range from 5 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The process of wind, water, and ice transports soil and sediment from one location to another
Type of rock formed from lava/magma cooling
The series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another
Forms when minerals that form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together
Forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock
Process by which water, wind, ice and changes in temperature break down rocks
Process by which sediment comes to rest
Rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations
Sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations
An area where a set of deep cracks form
Material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion
Substances that are formed naturally in the Earth (usually solids)
Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
Crystallize below Earth's surface and the slow cooling that occurs there allows large crystals to form
Form when magma reaches the Earth's surface a volcano and cools quickly