Rocks and Their Properties Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• luster : the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock or mineral
• crystal : a solid material who's constituents are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure
• sedimentary : one of three main rock groups formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of mineral or organic particles
• metamorphic : transformation of existing rock types, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form"
• texture : the relationship between the materials of which a rock is composed
• crystallization : process by which a chemical is converted from a liquid solution into a solid crystalline state
• mineral : a solid chemical compound that occurs naturally in pure form
• deposition : the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a land form or land mass
• erosion : the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the earth's crust, and then transports it to another location
• granite : very hard granular crystalline igneous rock
• inorganic : not consisting of or deriving from living matter
• igneous rock : formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
• basalt : fine grained volcanic rock
• streak : color a mineral displays in finely powdered form
• rock cycle : a process undergone by rocks in the earth's crust
• hardness : measured by the resistance,which a smooth surface offers to abrasion