Alex Geology test
Across
- 3. rocks Rocks that have changed from a sedimentary or igneous rock to a metamorphic rock
- 8. the study of rocks
- 9. the tendency of minerals to break along smooth planes
- 10. igneous rocks rocks that are formed by slowly cooling magma under the earth’s surface
- 14. how hot or cold something is
- 16. how shiny a mineral is
- 18. layers that form in a rock through uneven temperatures
- 20. large, round rocks shaped in the process of onion-skin weathering
- 21. a sedimentary rocks that contains many rounded rock fragments contained within a smaller, fine-grained matrix of sediments
Down
- 1. A minerals resistance to being scratched
- 2. a person studying rocks
- 4. the physical forces applied from the air pressure in a confined space
- 5. gas gases that are trapped in the earth’s atmosphere that absorb heart (typically carbon, water vapor, and methane)
- 6. compacted sediments of the earth
- 7. A solid mineral forming part of the surface of the earth
- 11. rocks made from volcanic activity
- 12. the colour a mineral when in the form of a powder
- 13. How compact a mineral or thing is
- 15. semi liquid rock below the earth’s surface
- 17. A solid, inorganic, and naturally occurring substance
- 19. molten rocks that comes to the surface from volcanic activity