Across
- 1. use a shovel for it
- 7. when a material can only be used once, and doesn't naturally replenish itself
- 9. type of mining where you take away small layers of earth
- 11. type of mining that uses tunnels
- 13. a precious metal in the earth that can be extracted
- 14. the basic material that make up a product
- 16. a shaft that goes down into the earth
- 17. a material used to make jewellry
- 18. substances naturally formed in the earth
- 20. a material that is shiny when polished
Down
- 2. a precious stone
- 3. study of the earth
- 4. type of mining where it becomes a big pit
- 5. used to make a fire
- 6. weathering, erosion and deposition are
- 8. when one mineral is very highly concentrated in one area
- 10. not made of living matter
- 12. the substance of the land surface
- 15. studies rocks
- 19. what is dug up while mining
