Geology & Earth Science Crossword Puzzles

volcanic rock, dark, looks shiny, volcanic rock, very dusty, has some layers, made from different materials, has many colors morphed together, often …

(also called plutonic rock) igneous rock that forms when magma cools and hardens while still underground, (also called volcanic rock) rock that is …

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, …

a solid collection of minerals, formed when molten material from within the earth, called magma cools down, formed when sediments are carried by …

infrastructure builder or designer, who studies earth, a feature's linear direction, a feature's slope, a rock type coming from latin …

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

exchange of oxygen between other systems found on earth, explains how water is transformed and transported across the globe, exchange of nitrogen …

any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter occurring naturally as part of our planet, molten material that forms deep beneath the earth’s …

where warmer parts rise and cooler parts sink, stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks, a section of lithosphere that slowly moves over the …

low-density surface layer of a planet, wearing down or building up of geological features, dense central region of a planet that has undergone …

the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock or mineral, a solid material who's constituents are arranged in a highly ordered …

includes all crystalline structured, inorganic elements typically formed by geologic processes, a form of surface mining that removes whole seams of …

all of the present-day continents were once part of a single supercontinent called, reflects the changing intensity of the vibrations by responding to …

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 …

the outer layer of the earth (5), what the molten rock in the mantle is called (5), a mountain formed by the eruption of lava, ash, and rock, a sudden …

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

the process in which sediments are pressed together under pressure, reducing space between particles, the continuous process of rock formation and …

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

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

a texture of igneous rocks that have cooled slowly in the earth, can see visible crystals, a texture of igneous rocks that have cooled fairly fast but …

_ 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, _ …

the branch of science that deals with the study of earthquakes, the large sections of the earth's lithosphere that move over time, the …

mass/volume, building blocks of rocks, the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another, …

the outermost layer of earth where we live, very thin compared to other layers, the thickest layer of earth, composed of semi-solid rock that moves …

this type of rock forms from cooled magma or lava, this type of rock is formed from the accumulation of sediment, these rocks are formed through heat …

crust that is less dense but thicker, crust that is denser and thinner, known as the "plastic" layer, layer that is broken up into tectonic …

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 …

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

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

molten rock; found in the mantle, part of the rock cycle; squeezing of sediment together to form solid rocks by means of pressure, the color of a …