Final Exam 253
Across
- 2. Process where magma or lava cools and hardens into solid rock
- 3. Reverse fault with an almost horizontal fault plane
- 6. Sedimentary rock composed of large angular rock fragments
- 10. Type of bedding characterized by thin and fine layers
- 14. Hazard associated with slope instability caused by weathering and rainfall
- 16. Rock alteration through chemical reactions such as dissolution
- 18. Feldspar-rich igneous rock with little or no quartz used as decorative stone
- 19. Surface processes that break down and reshape landforms
- 20. Movement of sediments by wind, water, rivers, or gravity
Down
- 1. Study of crystal structure, symmetry, and atomic arrangement
- 4. Process where rocks melt due to high temperature and form magma
- 5. Engineering method used to remove groundwater and improve construction conditions
- 7. Internal Earth-driven processes responsible for building landforms
- 8. Type of metamorphism caused mainly by heat from nearby magma
- 9. Crystal system with unequal axes intersecting at non-right angles
- 11. Modulus of elasticity determined using wave velocity and seismic vibration
- 12. Ability of a rock to absorb energy before breaking
- 13. Angle measured on a surface not perpendicular to strike
- 15. Process where water penetrates soil and rock layers
- 17. Property where material characteristics vary depending on direction