The Rock Cycle Word Search and Scramble Activity

Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock formation, erosion and plate tectonics supply the 25 terms in a rock cycle review that moves from finding words to unscrambling and defining them.
Year levels
Years 6–11
Pages
7
File type
Multiple File Types
Answer key
Included

Updated Sep 26, 2026

Subject
Earth Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Science
Topic
Word Search, Word Scramble
Resource types
Word Searches
Answer key
Included

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About this resource

Your students will love this engaging science review activity. Everyone loves word searches and scrambles and they make for a great review activity that is fun and competitive.

This interactive game reinforces key scientific concepts and theories, ensuring curriculum relevance and accuracy.

The game package includes 25 common Rock Cycle terms and concepts.

The first part of this activity is a word search using the common terms while the second part uses the same terms in a word scramble and define where your students need to unscramble the word and define it.

Simply print and go. This is a no-prep activity and can be used to introduce terms, review, or as additional work for those who finish early.

Tailor the experience to the level of your students. You can use one or both parts to help your students learn key concept terms.

Some example terms include:

  1. Rock cycle

  2. IGNEOUS

  3. Sedimentary

  4. Metamorphic

  5. MAGMA

  6. LAVA

  7. EROSION

  8. Weathering

Revisit one part of the rock cycle with this weathering worksheet.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Define rock cycle terms such as compaction and solidification

  • Distinguish igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks by how they form

Skills covered

  • Unscrambling — restoring scrambled terms such as magma and erosion, then writing what each means

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Rock cycle

  • Igneous rock

  • Weathering

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