Download Chapter 2 - Minerals and Rocks Extra Credit

Chapter 2 - Minerals and Rocks Extra Credit Crossword
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5. The process by which water, ice, wind, or
gravity moves weathered particles of rock and
soil.
7. The process by which sediments are
pressed together under their own weight.
9. A series of processes on the surface and
inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from
one kind to another.
13. A mixture containing a solvent and at least
one solute that has the same properties
throughout a mixture in which one substance
is dissolved in another.
15. The chemical and physical processes that
break down rock and other substances.
17. Small, solid pieces of material that come
from rocks or the remains of organisms; earth
materials deposited by erosion.
19. Sedimentary rock that forms when rock
fragments are squeezed together under high
pressure.
20. The process by which atoms are arranged
to form a material with a crystal structure.
22. Any of the common minerals that make up
most of the rocks of Earth’s crust.
23. The narrow deposit of a mineral that is
sharply different from the surrounding rock.
25. Process in which sediment is laid down in
new locations.
27. The particles of minerals or other rocks
that five a rock its texture.
28. Igneous rock that forms when magma
hardens beneath Earth’s surface.
1. The way a mineral reflects light from its
surface.
2. A scale ranking ten minerals from softest to
hardest’ used in testing the hardness of
minerals.
3. The way a mineral looks when it breaks
apart in an irregular way.
4. A type of rock that forms from an existing
rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or
chemical reactions.
6. The process by which dissolved minerals
crystallize and glue particles of sediment
together into one mass.
8. Sedimentary rock that forms from remains
of organisms deposited in thick layers.
10. A type of rock that forms from the cooling
of molten rock at or below the surface.
11. Igneous rock that forms from lava on
Earth’s surface.
12. A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine
texture, found in oceanic crust.
14. A solid in which the atoms are arranged in
a pattern that repeats again and again.
16. A type of rock that forms when particle
from other rocks or the remains of plants and
animals are pressed and cemented together.
18. The look and feel of a rock’s surface,
determined by the size, shape, and pattern of a
rock’s grains.
21. A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that
has a crystal structure and a definite chemical
composition.
30. Term used to describe metamorphic rocks
that have grains arranged in parallel layers or
bands.
31. A usually light-colored igneous rock that
is found in continental crust.
32. The color of a mineral’s powder.
24. A hollow rock inside which mineral
crystals have grown.
26. Not formed from living things or the
remains of living things.
29. A mineral’s ability to split easily along
flat surfaces.