Inside the Earth Crossword

A substance made of two or more elements that have been chemically, joined or bonded.
Minerals that contain a combination of these two elements.
Mineral that do not contain a combination of the elements silicon and oxygen form a group.
The continual process by which new rocks forms from old rock material.
Grains of sediment are compacted and cemented together.
Intense heat and pressure heat and squeeze the sedimentary rock to change into.
Hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts.
The magma cools and solidifies to become.
Uplift and erosion expose the igneous rock , then weathers and wear away into grains of sand and clay, these grains are then transported and deposited elsewhere, and the cycle starts again.
Chemical makeup of a rock, describes the mineral or other materials in the rock.
Texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands.
Naturally formed, inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure.
Pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means.
The way a surface reflects light.
The color of a mineral in powdered form.
The tendency of some minerals to break along smooth, flat surface.
The tendency of some minerals to break unevenly along curved or irregular surfaces.
A mineral's resistance to being scratched.
The measure of how much matter is in the given amount of space
The process of returning land to its original condition after mining is completed.