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This 34-word geology word search covers rock types, geological processes, and Earth history for Grades 9–12. Hidden words include Jurassic, Cretaceous, Precambrian, tectonics, sedimentation, and subduction, spanning mineral formation and plate boundaries. Use it as a review for a unit on Earth science, a sub-plan activity, or edit it as a template for other geology topics.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Geology
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated March 2023

Word List

  • GEOLOGY
  • ERA
  • EROSION
  • ANTRHOPOCENE
  • AQUIFER
  • BIOZONE
  • CORE
  • CRETACEOUS
  • EON
  • EPOCH
  • FOLIATION
  • LODE
  • JURASSIC
  • HENGE
  • INTERBED
  • CRUSTAL
  • DEPOSITION
  • CEMENTATION
  • COMPACTION
  • TRIASSIC
  • TECTONICS
  • SUBDUCTION
  • STONE
  • SHEAR
  • SEDIMENTATION
  • SANDY
  • ROCK
  • PLEISTOCENE
  • PRECAMBRIAN
  • PERMIAN
  • OUTGAS
  • PALEOCENE
  • MESOZOIC
  • MIOCENE

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