rocks mineral and soil
Across
- 1. large granular size,does not hold water well,light in color
- 3. formed by melting and cooling rock
- 6. orange in colorfrom minerals,holds a lot of water,because of the tiny grain size
- 9. a material that was once living or formed by living things
- 10. process in which the earths surface is carried away
- 12. a solid object that is formed in nature and have never been alive
- 15. size,shape,texture,color,luster,hardness,streak
- 16. tool used to measure the hardness of mineral
- 19. sometimes the streak of the mineral is the same colors the mineral
- 20. a naturally formed solid made of grains of one or more mineral
- 21. process that breaks down earths surface
Down
- 1. test: helps determine the color of mineral
- 2. a mixture of small rocks,sand,minerals and sand
- 4. rocks formed by sediments that formed layers and become cemented together by pressure,most likely contains fossils
- 5. how light reflects of a mineral
- 7. a kind of soil with clay,humus,silt and sand,great for growing plants,dark color
- 8. how something feels
- 11. layer of soil below the topsoil
- 13. contains a lot of humus and minerals,topsoil
- 14. rocks formed by heat and pressure,does not contain fossils often because of heat and pressure
- 17. how difficult ii is for a mineral to be scratched
- 18. bottom layer of soil,solid rock