Rocks and the Rock Cycle

COOL
EROSION
HEAT
IGNEOUS
LAVA
MAGMA
MELT
METAMORPHIC
MINERAL
PRESSURE
ROCK
ROCKCYCLE
SEDIMENTARY
SEDIMENTS
VOLCANO
WEATHERING

Now you know about the different kinds of rocks, how each one is formed, and what happens during the rock cycle. Your job is to hunt for the new words and terms you just learned about. How many words can you find from the list on the left? Ready, set, go!

Try to find all 16 words on this board.

Y Y P R E S S U R E C E V K P
E L C Y C K C O R P P S B V J
R A L Y Q E L O P R D L C V T
O V H R N O A N K V T I O P J
S A X A D H R A C Y H G O K L
I O W T F R E C O P E N L A Y
O L A N L L N L R H A E M S D
N L O E S E I O R W T O T I H
T B A M G A M V X W P U B T L
M E D I S A X R A B Z S U Y V
R J R D T T P G M D M A W R T
H W W E A T H E R I N G W Z R
O W M S E D I M E N T S P X I
T F X U Z S N F G B P C T X R
K X J U I D L Y L E D O O G K
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Answer Key for Rocks and the Rock Cycle

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2E L C Y C K C O R # # # # # #
3R A # Y # # L O # # # # C # #
4O V # R # # A N K # # I O # #
5S A # A # # R A C # H G O # #
6I # # T # # E C O P E N L # #
7O # # N L # N L R # A E # # #
8N # # E # E I O # # T O # # #
9# # A M G A M V # # # U # # #
10# # # I # A # # # # # S # # #
11# # # D T # # # # # # # # # #
12# # W E A T H E R I N G # # #
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Word X Y Direction
COOL  133s
EROSION  12s
HEAT  115s
IGNEOUS  124s
LAVA  22s
MAGMA  79w
MELT  79nw
METAMORPHIC  88ne
MINERAL  79n
PRESSURE  31e
ROCK  97n
ROCKCYCLE  92w
SEDIMENTARY  412n
SEDIMENTS  413e
VOLCANO  88n
WEATHERING  412e