Earth's Systems and Resources

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Across
  1. 4. Rocks that form from the compaction and/or cementation of rock pieces, mineral grains, or shell fragments called sediments
  2. 8. Minerals need to have a _______ structure
  3. 11. Two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  4. 12. The depositing of rocks or minerals
  5. 13. if cooling of rocks happens _____ the ground, it cools quickly
  6. 14. When cooling happens _____ ground, it takes longer to cool
  7. 15. Rock that forms when rocks are changed into different kind of rocks by heat and pressure
Down
  1. 1. The process of rock cooling above ground is called _________ igneous rock
  2. 2. Breaking down of rocks
  3. 3. One kind of chemical property is the ability to ___________ (3 words)
  4. 5. the process of rocks cooling underground is called _________ igneous rock
  5. 6. The movement of broken rocks or minerals
  6. 7. Rock that forms when molten rock cools and hardens
  7. 9. A physical property that shows how easily a mineral scratches materials
  8. 10. Minerals need to be _________ occurring, inorganic, solid, and have a fixed chemical formula
  9. 11. The hardest mineral