Geosphere Project Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 10 clues. Answers range from 5 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

Description

An idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust
Wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air
Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment
The look and feel, determined by the size and type of particles that make up the soil
The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
Involves the transfer of slope-forming materials from higher to lower grounds due to self weight
Plates slide sideways past each other
A fault in which rock strata are displaced mainly in a horizontal direction, parallel to the line of the fault.

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