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Chapter 2 - Minerals and Rocks Extra Credit Crossword 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 15 11 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Across Down 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.