Geology & Earth Science Crossword Puzzles

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

approximate age given to a rock layer based on it's position, the process by which wind, water, ice, gravity, or other natural forces move sediment …

elevated landforms with steep sides that are higher than hills and often formed by tectonic forces, low-lying areas between mountains or hills, often …

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, …

fossils can show evidence of climate _ , hardened tree sap is called _ , the _ eon is the most recent eon in the earth's history, scientists have used …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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, …

_ scale is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake, a device used by the ancient chinese to detect the direction of the earthquake, a person …

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 …

the partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere, the tendency of minerals to break along irregular surfaces, the tendency of minerals …

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

a compound that reacts with materials by breaking it away, changing or adjusting to an environment, a calcium based mineral found in limestone. cave …

a deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for profit, a solid that has a crystal structure, a vent in earth's crust, the color of a …

an _ , or dead volcano is a volcano that is unlikely to ever erupt again, volcanic _ can be quiet or explosive, _ is a material found in magma that …

hard, precious gem often mined from deep within the earth, valuable metal often extracted alongside other minerals, large hole dug for mining or …

the shaking of the earth due to the movement of the crustal plates, this is where the earthquake originates, the area directly above the focus, this …

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

a fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found, it is the longest of the phanerozoic eras, lasting from 540 to 250 …

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 …

a rock made of marine animals, the process of water turning into gas, rock made from enough heat and pressure under ground, a rock cooling inside the …

fire rocks, rock formed in layers, changed from igneous or sedimentary, an igneous rock with large crystals, a metamorphic rock, a extrusive igneous …

weathering , erosion, deposition process, wearing away and breaking down of rocks by natural agents, breaking of rocks by wind ,air,water, breaking …

_ sink, areas of vegetation, the ocean or the soil which absorb or store carbon, movement of rock by water, ice or wind, layers of sedimentary rock, _ …

mostly found around volcanoes, forms when magma intrudes, formed when lava erupts, forms with water usually seawater evaporates, made with lava and …

earth's layers can be divided into layers based on their _ composition, this part of the core is solid, part of crust that makes up ocean floors, …