Rocks and Minerals Word Search
A mineral is a natural solid with a set chemical makeup, while a rock is a mixture of minerals. Geologists group rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic by how they formed.
Rocks and Minerals word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- chalk
- clay
- coal
- granite
- iron
- marble
- quartz
- rock
- salt
- sand
Rocks and Minerals word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- basalt
- chalk
- clay
- coal
- copper
- granite
- gypsum
- iron
- marble
- mica
- quartz
- rock
- salt
- sand
- slate
Rocks and Minerals word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- basalt
- calcite
- chalk
- clay
- coal
- copper
- fossil
- granite
- gypsum
- iron
- marble
- mica
- obsidian
- pumice
- quartz
- rock
- salt
- sand
- shale
- slate
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Words in the Rocks and Minerals word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- rock
- Natural solid made of one or more minerals
- sand
- Loose grains worn down from larger rocks
- clay
- Fine sticky soil mineral used for pottery and brick
- salt
- Mineral halite, mined from rock or dried from seawater
- iron
- Common metal drawn from ores like hematite
- quartz
- Hard, glassy mineral found in sand and granite
- coal
- Black rock formed from ancient buried plant matter
- chalk
- Soft white limestone made of tiny sea shells
- marble
- Limestone changed by heat and pressure, used for statues
- granite
- Hard speckled igneous rock from slowly cooled magma
- slate
- Flat gray metamorphic rock that splits into sheets
- basalt
- Dark volcanic rock covering much of the ocean floor
- copper
- Reddish metal, one of the first ever used by people
- gypsum
- Soft mineral ground up to make plaster and drywall
- mica
- Mineral that peels into thin shiny transparent sheets
- shale
- Layered rock formed from hardened mud
- pumice
- Frothy volcanic rock so light it can float on water
- obsidian
- Black volcanic glass that breaks with sharp edges
- fossil
- Preserved trace of ancient life inside rock
- calcite
- Common mineral that fizzes in weak acid
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