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Semester One Crossword Puzzle
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3. The tendency of some minerals to break along smooth, flat surfaces
5. Layers of rock
7. The texture of a metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
8. A rock with fine crystals because of where it formed
10. An inorganic solid with a crystalline structure
12. The quality of a rock that is based on the size, shapes, and positions of the rock's grain
13. A rock with coarse crystals because of where it formed
16. The process by which rocks are recycled and turned into other rocks
17. The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location
to another
18. A rock made of molten rock
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1. A rock who was made from other rocks by heat and pressure
2. A substance made of two or more elements bonded together
4. A pure substance that cannot be broken down
5. Sediments compacted and cemented together to form a rock
6. A rock whose grains are not arranged in any order
9. The manner in which a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surfaces
11. The process in which sediment is laid down
14. The ratio of mass to volume (hint: floating/sinking)
15. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
Semester One Word Search
1. The outermost layer of the Earth _______________________
2. The hypothesis that the continents once formed a single landmass,
broke up and moved to their current location
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3. A piece of evidence for continental drift that show how the poles of
the Earth reversed over time ___________________________
4. The center of the Earth that is solid _____________________
5. A natural disaster that usually happens at transform and convergent
boundaries ___________________
6. The grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces though the grinding
and wearing away of rock surfaces though the mechanical action of
other rock or sand particles __________________
7. The second inner most layer made of molten metal
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8. The supper continent once hypothesized to occupy the Earth
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9. The breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces by physical means
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10. The second layer of the Earth, both solid and liquid where
convection currents occur _____________
11. The broken up pieces of the lithosphere
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12. The breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces by chemical means
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13. Liquid mantle where convection currents occur
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14. The reaction between oxygen and another elements, example: rust
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15. The collection of sand in one area near the coast
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16. The removal of fine sediment by wind _______________________
17. The process in which new crust is created when plates move apart
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18. Creating stair like land on steep hills to allow for farming
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19. A boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other
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20. The crust and the upper mantel divided into tectonic plates
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21. A boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other
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22. The movement of sand or other sediment by short jumps and bounces
that is caused by wind or water ___________________
23. A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
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24. Planting crops across a hill to help prevent erosion by slowing
water flow _____________________
25. Planting different crops each year to slow nutrient loss from the
soil _________________________
26. The climate where weathering happens the easiest
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27. Weathering away of a rock at different rates
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28. The solid part of the mantle ________________
29. Leaving old stalks on the ground to prevent erosion
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30. Scooped out pieces of land from wind and sediment
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31. Ice that covers most of a continent ______________________
32. Unsorted sediment left behind from a glacier __________
33. Crops that are planted between harvests to replace nutrients
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34. Extremely slow movement of land downhill ________________
35. Rapid movement of rocks, mud and land downhill
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Igneous A rock made of molten rock
Mineral An inorganic solid with a crystalline structure
Element A pure substance that cannot be broken down
Compound A substance made of two or more elements bonded together
Cleavage The tendency of some minerals to break along smooth, flat surfaces
Deposition The process in which sediment is laid down
Rock A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
Texture The quality of a rock that is based on the size, shapes, and positions of the rock's grain
Fracture The manner in which a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surfaces
Intrusive A rock with coarse crystals because of where it formed
Extrusive A rock with fine crystals because of where it formed
Density The ratio of mass to volume (hint: floating/sinking)
Strata Layers of rock
Erosion The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
Sedimentary Sediments compacted and cemented together to form a rock
Foliated The texture of a metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
Nonfoliated A rock who's grains are not arranged in any order
Metamorphic A rock who was made from other rocks by heat and pressure
Rockcycle The process by which rocks are recycled and turned into other rocks
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3. The tendency of some minerals to break along smooth, flat surfaces cleavage
5. Layers of rock strata
7. The texture of a metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
foliated
8. A rock with fine crystals because of where it formed extrusive
10. An inorganic solid with a crystalline structure mineral
12. The quality of a rock that is based on the size, shapes, and positions of the rock's grain
texture
13. A rock with coarse crystals because of where it formed intrusive
16. The process by which rocks are recycled and turned into other rocks rock cycle
17. The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location
to another erosion
18. A rock made of molten rock igneous
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1. A rock who was made from other rocks by heat and pressure metamorphic
2. A substance made of two or more elements bonded together compound
4. A pure substance that cannot be broken down element
5. Sediments compacted and cemented together to form a rock sedimentary
6. A rock whose grains are not arranged in any order nonfoliated
9. The manner in which a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surfaces fracture
11. The process in which sediment is laid down deposition
14. The ratio of mass to volume (hint: floating/sinking) density
15. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter rock
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magnetic reversals
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abrasion
outer core
Pangaea
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sandbar
deflation
seafloor spreading
terracing
transform
lithosphere
convergent
saltation
divergent
contour plowing
crop rotation
warm moist
differential
mesosphere
no till farming
deflation hollows
continental glacier
till
cover crops
creep
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