Rocks and Minerals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
o s n
Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
2.
a c i n
Time off from school or work for fun and travel
3.
o l y
Special day of celebration or time off
4.
t u r e
Breaking of hard tissue such as bone
5.
s o
Frozen flakes that fall in winter
6.
h i n g
Buying things at stores
7.
a n e s
The property of being rigid and resistant to pressure
8.
w y r
The calendar ___ just begun
9.
i l i p
10.
i g u
Produced under conditions involving intense heat
11.
o w n
A figure of a person made of packed snow
12.
m n l
Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
13.
c c s
14.
c k c l
15.
w e t h r
The breakdown or alteration of rock at or near the surface of the Earth.
16.
e d i m
Matter that has been deposited by some natural process (plural)
17.
d e i a
18.
e a k
A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
19.
l i t d