Geology & Earth Science Crossword Puzzles

Test your knowledge about the geology, the scientific study of the Earth's structure, composition, processes, and history including rocks, minerals and how earth is formed. So get your thinking caps on and start solving some geology related crossword puzzles today!

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Rocks and Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Rocks and Rock Cycle

grains require a magnifying glass to see, wearing away or breaking down of rocks by wind, water, sand and chemicals, type of igneous rock formed …

Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Rock Cycle

the process of eroding by wind, what is formed by deposition, what is a rock that transform by heat or pressure, what are the metamorphic process, …

Geological Time crossword puzzle
Geological Time

one of the units of geologic time into which geologist divide eras, known as the "age of reptiles", invertebrate with shell during cambian …

Geology is Fun crossword puzzle
Geology is Fun

what is under the earth that keeps the ground together, gases surrounding the earth is called, the layer under mountains and oceans, the layer below …

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Plate Tectonics

_ convection - what is the slow creeping motion of earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the …

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Earthquakes

An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

Earths Layers crossword puzzle
Earth's Layers

waves of energy caused by earthquakes and other rock movement, the outer layer is similar to the skin of an _ , the solid layer made of iron and …

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Plate Techtonics

solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle just below the lithosphere, what type of plate boundary collides with the other to create mountains?, …

Volcanoes and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Volcanoes and Earthquakes

a boundary where two plates move away from each other, a volcano that is unlikely to erupt ever again, lava that is low in viscosity and high in …

Structure of the Earth crossword puzzle
Structure of the Earth

the approx temperature of the inner core (degrees), the average thickness of the earth's crust (km), the layer of hot, solid rock between earth's …

Hydrosphere crossword puzzle
Hydrosphere

the property of water that allows objects to sink even big ships, the water that contains salts and minerals, the water that can be found in glaciers …

Earths Interior crossword puzzle
Earth's Interior

made of hot flowing rock, uppermost mantle and contains the crust, holds the lithosphere and the asthenosphere, the thickest layer, as the layers go …

Rocks and Minerals crossword puzzle
Rocks and Minerals

person who studies rocks and minerals, most minerals are only one _ , melted rock that flows onto earth's surface, nonliving material made of one or …

Rock Cycle and Earth Layers crossword puzzle
Rock Cycle and Earth Layers

when sediments are placed down to remain by the elements, outermost layer of the earth, _ sedimentary rock is formed by sediments of rocks, _ igneous …

Landforms crossword puzzle
Landforms

a large underground chamber formed when rainwater follows the cracks in a rock and begins to dissolve the rock, a type of valley formed by a glacier …

The Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
The Rock Cycle

the process of moving the broken pieces of rock, type of rock formed by heat and pressure, type of rock formed from sediment, or broken-down rocks, …

Earth Science - Ecosystems crossword puzzle
Earth Science - Ecosystems

each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web, an organism that cannot make its own food, must always be recycled in the ecosystem, …

Rocks crossword puzzle
Rocks

what igneous rock is great for climbing?, what type of sedimentary rock forms under water?, metamorphic rocks that are made of thin layers of minerals …

Mother Earth crossword puzzle
Mother Earth

the sea that surrounds the north pole, lying within the arctic circle, the second-largest ocean in the world, the ocean to the south of india, the …

Water Safety and Drowning Prevention crossword puzzle
Water Safety and Drowning Prevention

teach children to always ask before going near any water (source: american red cross), enclosing pools with fencing, supervising children when around …

Common Rocks crossword puzzle
Common Rocks

igneous, intrusive rock with large crystals, used in counter tops, igneous, extrusive, volcanic glass, metamorphic, foliated, made from granite, …

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Tectonic Plates

a vibration that travels through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake, the slow moving-moving lava that hardens to form rough …

Geological Time Scale crossword puzzle
Geological Time Scale

dinosaurs died out, the longest unit of time of the geological time scale is the, an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or …

Rock Types crossword puzzle
Rock Types

hottest part of the earth, rock containing metals, rock laid down in layers, commonest minerals in rocks, rock changed from another type, breaking …

Climate of Earth and Earths Interior crossword puzzle
Climate of Earth and Earth's Interior

the outer part of the magnetic field that interacts with these particles, in this layer, the effects of temperature outweigh the effects of pressure, …

Earths Water crossword puzzle
Earth's Water

where the tide meets the stream, an area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all …

Planet Earth: Caves crossword puzzle
Planet Earth: Caves

what are the things that look like stalactite-like formations known as?, the water in the villa luz cave is white because it contains _ , the cave of …

Rock and Minerals crossword puzzle
Rock and Minerals

the process in which sediment or particles get moved away and broken down, what is formed by deposition, what is a rock that transform by heat or …

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Continental Drift

250 _ : alfred wegener hypothesized that pangaea began to break apart about how many years ago?, the process that creates new sea floor as plates move …

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Earth Science

most abundant element in the universe, high silica lava, where tectonic plates meet, largest layer of the earth, crust and upper mantle, separating …

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