Ch 4 Earth Space
Across
- 5. Sedimentary rock that forms from the hardening of sediments by compaction or cementation.
- 7. Igneous rock that is dense and dark.
- 9. Melted rock inside the Earth.
- 13. Rocks formed when magma or lava cools.
- 15. The way light reflects off of a mineral.
- 16. Rocks formed when sediments are compacted and cemented together.
- 17. Tendency of a mineral to break along certain planes.
- 19. Scientist who studies minerals.
Down
- 1. Not made by living organisms.
- 2. Sulfur and oxygen bonded together. ie, gypsum.
- 3. Solid, inorganic material that forms by a natural procecss.
- 4. Naturally formed inorganic material made from minerals.
- 6. Cycle in which rocks change into other types.
- 7. Rocks that form when an existing rock is changed by heat or pressure.
- 8. Chemical or physical breakdown of rocks, soil, or minerals at the Earth's surface.
- 10. Igneous rock made of light material.
- 11. Salts.
- 12. Transport of weathered material by water, wind, or ice.
- 14. The color of the powder of a mineral.
- 18. Magma that has reached the Earth's surface.