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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
COOL  33e
EROSION  812nw
HEAT  55e
IGNEOUS  44e
LAVA  1315w
MAGMA  99n
MELT  912s
METAMORPHIC  88nw
MINERAL  912nw
PRESSURE  115e
ROCK  412nw
ROCKCYCLE  23se
SEDIMENTARY  1212w
SEDIMENTS  1312n
VOLCANO  51e
WEATHERING  1212n