Geology Word Search — Easy
Play a free online Geology word search puzzle. Difficulty: Easy. Find all 12 hidden words on the 10×10 grid below.
Words to find
- BATHOLITH
- CALCIUM
- AVALANCHE
- CIRQUE
- CAVERN
- CARVE
- CHANGE
- CAVITIES
Plus 4 hidden bonus words.
Geology word list, defined
- BATHOLITH /ˈbæθəlɪθ/ · noun
- A very large mass of intrusive igneous rock, typically granite, that formed deep beneath the Earth's surface from cooled magma and may extend over thousands of square kilometres. Related: pluton, plutonic mass, intrusion.
- CALCIUM /ˈkælsiəm/ · noun
- A chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20; a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal that is essential to living organisms, where it occurs chiefly as a constituent of bones, teeth, and shells.
- AVALANCHE /ˈævəlæntʃ/ · noun
- A large mass of snow, ice, and debris that slides rapidly down a mountainside. By extension, a sudden overwhelming quantity or influx of something. Related: landslide, snowslide, deluge, flood.
- CIRQUE /sɜːrk/ · noun
- A steep-walled, bowl-shaped hollow or amphitheater at the head of a mountain valley, formed by glacial erosion; also, in older usage borrowed from French, a circular arena such as that of a Roman circus. Related: corrie, cwm, amphitheater, hollow.
- CAVERN /ˈkævərn/ · noun
- A large, deep cave, or a spacious chamber within a cave; more broadly, any vast, cavernous enclosed space resembling one. Related: grotto, cave, chamber, hollow.
- CARVE /kɑːrv/ · verb
- To cut a hard material such as wood or stone into a shape or design, or to cut slices of meat from a cooked joint. Related: sculpt, engrave, whittle, chisel.
- CHANGE /tʃeɪndʒ/ · noun, verb
- The act or process of becoming different; an alteration or modification. As a verb: to make or become different. Related: alteration, modification, transformation, adjustment.
- CAVITIES /ˈkævɪtiz/ · noun
- Plural of cavity: hollow spaces or openings within a solid body or structure, especially decayed areas in teeth. Related: hollows, holes, voids, pockets.
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