Rocks and Minerals Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- geologist : person who studies rocks and minerals
- color : most minerals are only one _
- lava : melted rock that flows onto earth's surface
- rock : nonliving material made of one or more minerals
- igneous : rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens
- hardness : how easily a mineral can be scratched
- sedimentary : rock that forms from layers of sediment that pile up
- luster : how shiny or dull a mineral is
- metamorphic : rock that has been changed by heating and squeezing
- minerals : solid nonliving substances found in nature
- geology : study of rocks and minerals
- streak : the color of the powder left when a mineral is rubbed on a white tile
- magma : melted rock deep inside the earth
- sediment : tiny bits of weathered rock or once living animals or plants
