Earth Science--Our Earth

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Across
  1. 2. Rock that behaves like something between a liquid and a solid
  2. 6. Rock that forms when moleten rock called magma cools
  3. 7. Powder left on a plate by a mineral
  4. 8. Evaporation of water from plants
  5. 9. The tendency of a mineral to break along a regular, well-defined plane
  6. 11. Rock that forms when sedimentary or igneous rock is changed as a result of temperature and pressure
  7. 15. Any process that breaks down rocks and creates sediment
  8. 18. A simple visual way to identify minerals
  9. 19. The process by which water is continuously exchanged between Earth's various water sources
  10. 21. Water falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
  11. 23. Evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixture's individual components
  12. 24. Describes how the surface of a mineral reflects light
  13. 25. The section of the earth that is made up of super-hot rock that is forced into solid form under pressure
Down
  1. 1. A series of processes in which forces within Earth and at the surface cause rocks to continuously change from one type to another
  2. 3. When rocks are broken down by chemical reactions in the rock
  3. 4. Small, solid fragments of rock-like gravel
  4. 5. The sum of all water on a planet
  5. 10. The section of the earth that is made up of liquid rock (magma)
  6. 12. When the atoms in a mineral are arranged in a specific geometric shape
  7. 13. The physical process of breaking rock into smaller fragments
  8. 14. The ability of a mineral to break apart
  9. 16. A minerals ability to resist being scratched
  10. 17. The process that moves sediments
  11. 18. The Section of the earth that is visible, studyable, and on the surface of the earth
  12. 20. naturally-occurring, inorganic, substances that have a definite chemical composition and a crystalline structure
  13. 22. rocks formed when pressure and chemical reactions cement sediment together