Hatfield Marine Science Center

Pre-Visit Activity Guide

Sand Sleuth Crossword Puzzle

Print this puzzle and complete it using the Sand Sleuth vocabulary.

crossword puzzle

ACROSS

2 Bright mineral found as clear, glassy crystals
4 Regularly shaped pieces into which many substances are formed when they become solids
6 People who study rock and minerals
7 Hard, dark rock found when lava cools and hardens
8 Hard, stony substance made of skeletons of tiny sea animals
10 Seasoned, dried, or bleached by exposure to the weather or open air

DOWN

1 Sometimes called "lodestone"
3 Any piece of iron, steel, or lodestone that has the natural power to draw iron or steel to it
5 Of or from a volcano
9 Ridge of sand or coral found near water's surface

 

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