Geology Word Search Puzzles

Geology Word Searches

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Title	Instructions / Description	Puzzle Words	Difficulty	Word Direction
Crystals	FInd the word and circle it	COLOR, CRYSTAL, DIAMOND, DISSOLVE, EVAPORATION, FAST, GEMSTONES, MEXICO, PATTERN, SALT, SATURATION, SHAPE, SLOWLY, SOLUTION, SUGAR, TEMPERATURE	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Diamonds		APPLICATION, ARRANGEMENT, ATOM, BILLION, BLUE, BROWN, CARBON, CHEMICAL, COLOR, CRYSTAL, CUBIC, DEEP, DEPOSITED, DEPTH, DIAMOND, DISPERSION, EARTH, ELEMENT, ERUPTION, EXPOSURE, FLUID, FORM, GRAPHITE, GREEN, HARDNESS, HIGH, HYDROCARBON, LATTICE, LIGHT, MATERIAL, MEASUREMENT, MILLION, MINERAL, NATURAL, NUMBER, ORANGE, PRESSURE, PURPLE, RADIATION, ROCK, SMALL, SOLID, STABLE, STRUCTURE, SUBJECT, SURFACE, SYNTHETIC, TEMPERATURE, VOLCANIC, YELLOW	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Diamonds		ARRANGEMENT, ATOM, BILLION, BLUE, BORON, BROWN, CARBON, CELL, CHEMICAL, COLOR, CRYSTAL, CUBIC, DEEP, DEPTH, DIAMOND, EARTH, ELEMENT, ERUPTION, EXPOSURE, FLUID, FORM, GAS, GRAPHITE, GREEN, HARDNESS, HIGH, HYDROCARBON, LATTICE, LIGHT, MADE, MATERIAL, MILLION, MINERAL, NATURAL, NUMBER, ORANGE, PRESSURE, PURPLE, RADIATION, RED, ROCK, ROOM, SMALL, SOLID, STRUCTURE, SUBJECT, SURFACE, TEMPERATURE, VOLCANIC, YELLOW	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
First 20 Elements		ALUMINUM, ARGON, BERYLLIUM, BORON, CALCIUM, CARBON, CHLORINE, FLUORINE, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, LITHIUM, MAGNESIUM, NEON, NITROGEN, OXYGEN, PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM, SILICON, SODIUM, SULFUR	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Gems		AGAT, ALEXANDRITE, AMBER, AMETHYST, ANDALUSIT, AQUAMARINE, BERYL, BLOODSTONE, CARNELIAN, CATSEYE, CHRYSOLITE, CITRINE, CORAL, DIAMOND, DUMORTIERITE, EMERALD, GARNET, HYACINTH, IOLITE, JADE, JASPER, KUNZITE, KYANITE, LAPISLAZULI, LODESTONE, MALACHITE, MOONSTONE, ONYX, OPAL, ORTHOCLASE, PEARL, PERIDOT, QUARTZ, RHODOLIT, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, SARDONYX, SPESSARTITE, SPHENE, SPINEL, SUNSTONE, TANZANITE, THULITE, TOPAZ, TOURMALINE, TURQUOISE, UVOROVITE, VARISCITE, ZIRCON, ZOISITE	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Gems		AMAZONITE, AMETHYST, APATITE, AQUAMARINE, CARNELIAN, CHALCEDONY, CHRYSOPRASE, CITRINE, EMERALD, GARNET, IOLITE, JADE, KYANITE, LAPIS, MOONSTONE, OPAL, PEARL, PERIDOT, QUARTZ, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, TOPAZ, TOURMALINE, TURQUOISE	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Gemstones		AGATE, AMETHYST, AQUAMARINE, BERYL, CAT S EYE, DIAMOND, EMERALD, FLUORITE, GARNET, GOLD, JADE, JET, MALACHITE, OBSIDIAN, OPAL, PEARL, PLATINUM, QUARTZ, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, SARDONYX, SHELL, SILVER, SOAPSTONE, TURQUOISE	Hard	Forward Only
Geological Time Scale		CAMBRIAN, CASTING, CORRELATION, CROSS CUTTIN, DEVONIAN, EON, EPOCH, ERA, FOSSIL, GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE, HALF LIFE, INDEX FOSSIL, LAW OF SUPERPOSITION, MISSISSIPPIAN, MOLDING, MUMMIFICATION, ORDOVICIAN, ORIGINAL HOR, PENNSYLVANIAN, PERIOD, PERMIAN, PETRIFICATION, RADIOACTIVITY, RADIOCARBON DATING, RADIOMETRIC DATING, RELATIVE DATING, SILURIAN, TRACE FOSSIL, UNCONFORMITY, UNIFORMITARIANISM	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Hard As Rock		AGATE, ALEXANDRITE, AMBER, AMETHYST, AQUAMARINE, AXINITE, BERYL, BIXBITE, BONE, CITRINE, CORAL, DIAMOND, EMERALD, FELDSPAR, GARNET, GLASS, HEMATITE, IOLITE, IVORY, JADE, JASPER, MINING, MOONSTONE, NACRE, OBSIDIAN, ONYX, OPAL, PEARL, PYRITE, QUARTZ, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, SPINEL, SUGILITE, TANZANITE, TOPAZ, TOURNALINE, TURQUOISE, VARISCITE, ZIRCON	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Igneous Rocks		ANIMALS, BOND, CHEMICAL, CONDUCTOR, CRYSTALS, DEAD, DEBRIS, EXTRUSIVE, FLOWS, GRANITE, HEAT, IGNEOUS, INTRUSIVE, IONS, LAVA, MAGMA, MINERALS, MOLTON, NATURALLY, OCEANS, PARTICLES, PLANTS, ROCKS, SOIL, SOLIDIFICATION, SUBSTANCE, TEMPERATURE, UNDERGROUND, VISIBLE, VOLCANO	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Igneous Rocks		ASTHENOSPHERE, ATOM, CLEAVAGE, COLOUR, COOLING, CORE, CRUST, CRYSTAL, CYCLE, EROSION, EXTRUSIVE, HARDNESS, IGNEOUS, INTRUSIVE, LAVA, LITHOSPHERE, LOWER, LUSTRE, MAGMA, MANTLE, MINERAL, OCEANIC, RATE, ROCK, SAFETY, STREAK, TRANSPARENCY, UPPER, VOLCANO, WEATHERING	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Landforms		CANYON, CAVES, CLIFF, DELTA, DESERT, ERODE, GLACIER, HILL, ISLAND, MESA, MOUNTAIN, PENINSULA, PLAIN, PLATEAU, VALLEY, VOLCANO	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Minerals		BASALT, BAUXITE, CACO, CALCITE, CLEAVAGE, COLOR, COOLING, COOLSOLUTIONS, CRYSTALLIZATION, DENSITY, EVAPORATION, FELDSPAR, FRACTURE, GEMSTONE, GEOLOGIST, HARDNESS, HEMATITE, HOTSOLUTIONS, INORGANIC, IRON, LAVA, LUSTER, MAGMA, MAGNETITE, METALLIC, MICA, MINERALOLOGIST, MINERALS, NONMETALLIC, ORE, PLATINUM, QUARTZ, SILICATE, STONE, STREAK, SULFITE, TALC	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Minerals		ATOM, CHEMICALREACTION, CLEAVAGE, COLOR, COMPOUND, COOLINGMAGMA, DENSITY, ELEMENT, EVAPORATES, FLUORESCENCE, FRACTURE, HARDNESS, HYDROTHERMAL, LUSTER, MAGNETISM, MINERAL, MOHSHARDNESSSCALE, NATIVEELEMENT, OPTICALPROPERTIES, RADIOACTIVITY, ROCK, STREAK, TASTE	Jumbo	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Mountain Highs!		ALPINE, ALPS, APPALACHIAN, ASCEND, AVALANCHE, BASIN, BLACKHILLS, BOULDER, CANYON, CAVE, CLIFFS, CLIM, CLIMB, DONNERPASS, ELEVATION, FOOTHILLS, GLACIER, HIGH, HILL, HIMALAYAS, ICELAND, MAGMA, MOUNT, MOUNTAINEER, MOUNTAINOUS, MOUNTAINPEAK, MOUNTAINRANGE, MOUNTAINSIDE, MOUNTEVEREST, MOUNTMCKINLEY, MOUNTRUSHMORE, PEAK, PLATEAU, RANGE, RIDGE, ROCKFALL, ROCKY, SEAMOUNT, SLOPE, SNOWTOP, SUGARLOAF, SUMMIT, TATRAMOUNTAINS, TOPOGRAPHICAL, TRAIL, UPHILL, VOLCANO, WATERFALL	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Nature of Magnetism		ALUMINUM, ATOMIC MAGNETS, COBALT, COPPER, ELECTRIC CHARGES, FERROMAGNETICS, GIANT MAGNET, IRON, IRON FILINGS, LODESTONES, MAGNETIC DOMAIN, MAGNETIC FIELD, MAGNETIC POLES, MAGNETITE, MAGNETS, NICKEL, NONMAGNETIC, NORTH POLE, ONMETALS, OPPOSITE POLES, SOUTH POLE, STEEL, TIN, UNMAGNETIZED MATERIALS, ZINC	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Plate Tectonics		BOUNDARY, CONTINENTAL, CONVERGENT, DIVERGENT, DRIFT, ISOCHRON, MAGNETIC, MAGNETOMETER, PALEOMAGNETISM, PANGAEA, PLATE, PULL, PUSH, REVERSAL, RIDGE, RIFT, SEAFLOOR, SLAB, SPREADING, SUBDUCTION, TECHTONIC, TRANSFORM, VALLEY	Adult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Precious & SemiPrecious Gems		AFGHANITE, AGATE, ALMADINEGARNET, AMAZONITE, AMBER, AMETHYST, AMETRINE, ANDALUSITE, AQUAMARINE, AZURITE, BERYL, BOLEITE, BRAZILIANITE, CALCITE, CARNELIAN, CITRINE, COBALTITE, CORAL, DIAMOND, DRUZY, EMERALD, EUCLASE, FELDSPAR, GYPSUM, HELIODOR, JADE, JASPER, LAPISLAZULI, MEXICANFIREOPAL, MOONSTONE, OBSIDIAN, ONYX, OPAL, PEARL, PERIDOT, QUARTZ, ROSEQUARTZ, RUBY, SAPPHIRE, SAPPHIRINE, SERPENTINE, SUNSTONE, TANZANITE, TIGERSEYE, TOPAZ, TOURMALINE, TURQUOISE, ZIRCON	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rock		BASALT, BRECCIA, CEMENTATION, CLASTIC, COMPACTION, COMPOSITION, COMPRESSED, CONGLOMERATE, CONTACT METAMORPHISM, DOLOMITE, EROSION, EXTRUSIVE, FOLIATED, FOSSILIFEROUS, GNEISS, GRAIN, GRANITE, GYPSUM, IGNEOUS, INTRUSIVE ROCK, LAVA, LIMESTONE, MAGMA, MARBLE, METAMORPHIC ROCK, NONFOLIATED, PRESSURE, REGIONAL METAMORPHISM, ROCKS, SANDSTONE, SEDIMENT, SHALE, STALACTITES, STALAGMITES, TEXTURE	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rock Cycle		CEMENTED, COMPACTED, COOLING, CYCLE, DEPOSIT, DEPOSITION, ERODE, EROSION, HEAT, IGNEOUS, LAVA, LAYERS, MAGMA, MELTING, METAMORPHIC, MINERAL, MOLTEN, PRESSURE, PROCESS, ROCK, SEDIMENTARY, SEDIMENTS, SOLIDIFY, VOLCANO, WEATHERING	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rock Cycle		BASALT, EXTRUSIVE, GNEISS, GRANITE, IGNEOUS ROCK, INTRUSIVE, LAVA, LIMESTONE, MAGMA, MARBLE, METAMORPHIC ROCK, SANDSTONE, SEDIMENTARY ROCK, WEATHERING	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rock Groups		ABBA, ACDC, AEROSMITH, AIRSUPPLY, BADCOMPANY, BAYCITYROLLERS, BEATLES, BEEGEES, BLUEOYSTERCULT, BOSTON, BTO, CARLEYSIMON, CARPENTERS, CHEAPTRICK, CULTURECLUB, DEEPPURPLE, DEFLEAPORD, DOORS, DRIFTERS, DURANDURAN, EAGLES, FASTERPUSSYCATS, FOGHAT, FORIENGER, GREATWHITE, GUNSNROSES, INXES, JOANJETT, JOEWALSH, JOURNEY, KANSAS, LEDZEPLIN, LITTLEBIGTOWN, LYNYRDSKYNYRD, NAZARITH, PINKFLOYD, POISON, QUEEN, RATT, REOSPEEDWAGON, ROLLINGSTONES, RUSH, SABATASH, STYX, TEDNUGENT, TESLA, VANHALEN, WHITELION, WHO, ZZTOP	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rock Types		BASALT, CEMENTATION, CHEMICAL ROCK, CLASTIC ROCK, CONGLOMERATE, CRYSTALS, EXTRUSIVE, FOLIATED, GRANITE, HEAT, IGNEOUS, INSTRUSIVE, LAVA, LAYERS, MAGMA, MARBLE, METAMORPHIC, MINERALS, NON FOLIATED, OBSIDIAN, ORGANIC ROCK, PRESSURE, ROCK CYCLE, ROCKS, SANDSTONE, SEDIMENTARY, SHALE, TEXTURE, VOLCANOES	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rocking the Rock Cycle		CEMENTING, COMPACTING, DEPOSITION, EROSION, HEAT, IGNEOUS, MAGMA, MELTING, METAMORPHIC, PRESSURE, ROCK, ROCK CYCLE, ROCKS, SEDIMENT, SEDIMENTARY, WEATHERING	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rocks	Find Words Relating to Rocks	AGGREGATE, CHEMICAL, COOLS, CRYSTALLIZES, EARTHS CRUST, FRAGMENTAL EJECTA, GEOLOGY, IGNEOUS, LAVA, METAMORPHIC, MINERALS, MOLTEN MAGMA, NATURAL, PETROLOGY, PLUTONIC ROCK, SCIENTIFIC STUDY, SEDIMENTARY, SIZE, SOLID, STONE, TEXTURE, VOLCANIC	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rocks and Fossils		DEVILSTOENAIL, FOSSIL, GRANITE, IGNEOUS, LIMESTONE, MARBEL, METAMORPHIC, OMANYTE, SEDIMENTARY	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rocks and Minerals		ANDESITE, BASALT, CRYSTAL, DIAMOND, DOLOMITE, GABBRO, GNEISS, GRANITE, GRANODIORITE, IGNEOUS, LIMESTONE, MARBLE, METAMORPHIC, MINERAL, MINING, OBSIDIAN, PEGMATITE, PERIDOTITE, PUMICE, PYROXENITE, QUARTZITE, ROCK, SAND, SANDSTONE, SCHIST, SEDIMENTARY, SHALE, SLATE, VOLCANIC	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rocks and Minerals		ATHENOSPHERE, CEMENTATION, CHEMICAL, CLASTIC, CLEAVAGE, COMPACTIONS, CONVECTION, CRUST, CRYSTALS, DENSITY, DEPOSITION, DIAMONDS, EROSION, EXTRUSIVE, FRACTURE, IGNEOUS, INNER CORE, INORGANIC, INTRUSIVE, LIMESTONE, LITHOSPHERE, LUSTER, MANTLE, METAMORPHIC, MINERALS, MOHS, ORGANIC, OUTER CORE, ROCK CYCLE, SEDIMENTARY, STREAK, TALC	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rocks and Minerals		CHANGE, CRUST, CYCLE, DIAMOND, EROSION, HEAT, HETEROGENOUS, IGNEOUS, LAVA, LIMESTONE, MAGMA, MARBLE, METAMORPHIC, MINERAL, PEBBLES, PURE, ROCK, SEDIMENT, SEDIMENTARY, SLATE, SURFACE	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Rocks and Soil		ACIDRAIN, BACTERIA, CEMENTING, CHEMICAL, CLAY, COOLANDHARDEN, DECOMPOSE, EARTHWORM, EROSION, FOSSIL, GLACIER, GRAVEL, HUMUS, ICE, IGNEOUS, MAGMA, METAMORPHIC, MINERALS, MOLE, ORGANIC, OXIDATION, PRESSURE, ROCKCYCLE, ROCKS, ROOTS, RUST, SAND, SEDIMENT, SEDIMENTARY, SILT, SOIL, VOLCANO, WATER, WEATHERING, WIND	Big	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Sedimentary Rocks		BASALT, BLOCKY CRYSTALS, BRECCIA, CARBON, CAVERN, CEMENTATION, CHERT, CLASTIC, COAL, COLOR BANDS, COMPACTION, COMPOSITION, COMPRESSED, CONGLOMERATE, CONTACT METAMORPHISM, CONTINENTAL CRUST, DOLOMITE, EROSION, EXTRUSIVE, FELDSPAR, FOLIATED, FOSSILIFEROUS, GNEISS, GRAIN, GRANITE, GYPSUM, HELIUM, IGNEOUS, INTRUSIVE ROCK, LAVA, LIMESTONE, MAGMA, MARBLE, METAMORPHIC ROCK, MICA, NONFOLIATED, PHYLITE, PRESSURE, QUARTZITE, RADIOMETRIC, REGIONAL METAMORPHISM, ROCKS, SANDSTONE, SEDIMENT, SHALE, SLATE, STALACTITES, STALAGMITES, TEXTURE, TOPOGRAPHY	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Shifting Continents		AFRICA, ANTARTICA, ATLANTIC, AUSTRALIA, CONTINENT, CRUST, DRIFTING, FOSSILS, GEOLOGIST, GLOBE, JIGSAW, MAGMA, PANGAEA, SUPERCONTINENT, WEGENER	Older Children	Forward Only
Stones and Birthstones		AMAZONITE, AQUAMARINE, BLOODSTONE, BLUE LACE AGATE, CELESTITE, CHALCEDNEY, CHALCEDONY GEODE, CHRYSANTHEMUM STONE, COPPER ORE, DIAMOND, EMERALD, FOSSIL, GARNET, GOLD, GRAVEL, HEMIMORPHITE, HOPE DIAMOND, JADE, LABRADORITE, MALACHITE, MARBLE, MOTHER OF PEARL, OPAL, PEARL, PERIDOT, RHODOCHROSITE, RUBY, SANDSTONE, SAPPHIRE, SEA GLASS, SELENITE, SLIVER, STALACTITE, TOPAZ, TURQUOISE, VERICTE	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
The Earth		CORE, CRUST, ENERGY, EVIDENCE, LAVA, MAGMA, MANTLE, MT ST HELEN, PLATE BOUNDARY, PLATES, RING OF FIRE, SHOCKWAVE, TSUNAMI, WARNING, WAVES	Young Kids	Forward and Backward
The Ground		DIRT, MUD, ROCK, SAND, WATER	Simple	Forward Only
The Rock Cycle		ARCHCOLOGIST, BASALT, GRAIN, GRANITE, IGNEOUS, IGNEOUS ROCK, MAGMA, METAMORPHIC, METAMORPHIC ROCK, ROCK CYCLE, ROCK FORMING MINERAL, SEDIMENTARY, SEDIMENTARY ROCK, SEDIMENTS, TEXTURE	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
The Rock Cycle		ARCHCOLOGIST, BASALT, CYCLE, FORMING, GRAIN, GRANITE, IGNEOUS, MAGMA, METAMORPHIC, MINERAL, ROCK, SEDIMENT, TEXTURE	Older Children	Forward Only
Types of Diamonds		BLACK, BLUE, BOTTOM, BRILLIANCE, BROWN, CAUSING, COLOR, COMBINATION, COMMON, CUT, DARK, DEEP, DETERMINE, DIAMOND, DIFFERENCE, DULL, EFFECT, EXPENSIVE, EYE, FORM, GOOD, GRADE, GREEN, GROW, INTENSE, LIGHT, LOSE, NAKED, NATURAL, OCCURRING, ORANGE, PINK, POLISH, POPULAR, PRICE, PROPORTION, RAINBOW, RARE, RED, SELL, SHADE, SIDE, SUBTLE, TINT, TONE, TYPE, VISIBLE, WHITE, YELLOW	Hard	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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