Earth's Layers, Minerals, Rocks, & The Rock Cycle
Across
- 2. igneous rock that forms from cooling magma inside the Earth's crust
- 5. the least reliable mineral property
- 7. pieces of rock, pebbles, sand grains, clay
- 8. the outermost layer of the Earth
- 9. the sphere with all living things on Earth
- 10. protects Earth from charged particles and solar flares coming from the sun
- 11. the sphere with all surface water on Earth
Down
- 1. the way a mineral reflects light
- 3. layered appearance in metamorphic rocks
- 4. this layer of the Earth is describe as "flowing, plastic-like"
- 5. the most dense layer of the Earth
- 6. the breaking down of rocks
- 7. the color of a mineral's powder left on a porcelain plate
- 8. the innermost layer of the Earth