This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Rocks & Minerals has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 14 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
It is a naturally occurring chemical compound, usually of crystalline form and not produced by life processes
It is a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.
It is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.
It is a soft limestone material which is mined from areas with calcium-carbonate soils and limestone bedrock.
It is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.
accumulated debris at the base of a slope
occurs as the upper layer of permafrost thaws during the summer and moves down slope under the influence of gravity on top of the frozen soil
the actual weathering and removal of the weathered products
the moving downstream of the weathered products (sand jumping: saltation. bed load moves by rolling, sliding, and saltation)
the weathered products get dumped somewhere
a hole in earth's crust, near volcanic areas where smoke and gases escape, in absence of water
Hot acidic groundwater mixes with minerals from adjacent rock to form thick, bubbling mineral springs
Glacial ice can depress the land, but when it melts the land will rebound
Thin, solid, outer most layer
Most of Earth's mass (67%) Contains more Mg & Fe Between the core and crust
Made mainly of Fe and Ni (the denser elements) Almost no Si, O, Al, or Mg Outer liquid core and a solid inner core
Solid Tectonic Plates 2 parts (Rocky crust and Rigid, outermost mantle)
Waves are measured using an instrument that records the waves
print out of the waves (p, then s)