( Markus B) Rock Cycle Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carry away fragments of rock.
  2. 4. Rock Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface.
  3. 5. Rock Sedimentary rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in thick layers.
  4. 6. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it.
  5. 8. texture An igneous rock texture in which large crystals are scattered on a background of much smaller crystals.
  6. 12. A ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals.
  7. 13. The ___ is a particle of mineral or other rock that gives a rock a texture.
  8. 14. Small, solid pieces of material that comes from rock or organisms.
  9. 16. The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
  10. 17. Cycle A series of processes on the surface and inside the earth slowly slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
Down
  1. 1. Rock Sedimentary Rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
  2. 3. A ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat.
  3. 7. Term used to describe metamorphic rock whose grains are arranged in parallel layers or bands.
  4. 9. An ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
  5. 10. The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
  6. 11. Rock Igneous Rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earths surface.
  7. 15. The ___ is the look and of a rock's surface.
  8. 16. Rock Sedimentary Rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.