Geology & Earth Science Crossword Puzzles

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

you can find this type of rock in south dakota national park, you can find this rock at the great salt lake in utah, this is not a rock but a fossil, …

slime, is a slippery liquid, a current day shelled mollusk with tentacles, small aquatic snails with a shell that is broadly conical in shape and a …

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 …

the process of wearing or the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces through physical, chemical, or organic means, the process of moving weathered …

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

rock salt, ductile bond, soft sulphate, ca-plagioclase, pb-sulphide, fluorescent mineral, oldest mineral, softest mineral, strong bond, hard oxide, …

a thick ice sheet that slowly flows under its own weight, vast sheets of glacial ice that cover immense areas of relatively flat land, "rivers of …

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 …

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

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 …

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

the layer of gases surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity, the thin, solid, outermost layer of earth, rock formed when particles of …

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

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, …

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 …

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, …

ability or resistance to flow, an opening where magma, ash, and gases exit, a depression at the top of a volcano where the main vent is located, a …

type of earthquake wave that passes through the earth, secondary earthquake, series of shock waves traveling through earth, an earthquake above 9.0 …

this happens when some minerals melt, and others remain solid, it forms from the partial melting of mantle rocks approximately the same temperature, …

loose material made of sediment, the remains of organisms, water, air, and living things, place which the roof of a cave collapses, process in which …

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

an effect that happens as a direct result of a hazard, a shaking of the earths crust by tectonic movement, a rupture of the earths crust, a force that …

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

a water less, often sandy, desolate area of land with little vegetation, a large area covered mainly with trees, a natural hollowed-out underground …

split into two regions; center of earth, theory, most widely held by scientists, of how earth's magnetic field is generated, uppermost layer of …