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