Across
- 4. energy that comes from the sun to provide renewable power to homes and businesses.
- 5. nonrenewable resources like coal, oil, and natural gas.(2 words)
- 7. a property used to describe the surfaces as they break apart.
- 9. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another.
- 12. a solid material with its own properties, formed in or on Earth's crust.
- 13. a rock formed from extreme heat and pressure
- 15. resources that the Earth can replace quickly.
- 17. a Florida resource that is used in road construction and building materials
Down
- 1. determined by a minerals resistance to being scratched.
- 2. deposits from Florida that are used to make fertilizer.
- 3. a rock formed from layers of sediment, shells, and fossilized organisms.
- 6. a rock formed from the cooling of magma or lava.
- 8. the breaking down of rocks and minerals by wind, rain, snow, etc.
- 10. resources that are being used up faster than they can be replaced.
- 11. the color of powder of a mineral when it is rubbed on a streak plate.
- 14. a property of minerals that is not very useful
- 16. a property describing a minerals appearance when it reflects light