This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 25 clues. Answers range from 7 to 20 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The top layer is the youngest and the bottom layer is the oldest
The remains of preserved organisms
Determining the relative order without determining their absolute age
A fossil fish of the late Devonian period
They get food by killing and eating other animals
A mountain of hill that pours lava and magma out
A fossil reptile that's extinct
The state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct
The geologic age of a fossil
Any method of determining the age of Earth materials or objects of organic origin
The geologic age of a fossil organism, rock, geologic feature, or event, defined relative to other organisms, rock, etc.
Largest and only permanently populated town of the Svalbard archipelago
A subdivision of geologic time that divides an epoch into smaller parts
A large number of species within a relatively short period of geological time
A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found
A plant that grows naturally in a tropical climate
Name of fossil
Name a fossil
How many years ago did humans evolved
Earth's age
A sedimentary rock composed primarily of the mineral dolomite
A echinoderm of the class crinoidea
A rock that has formed from deposited by water or air
A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence
Index fossils are used to date other fossils