Minerals and Rocks-Topic 5

3. facts or information to help determine if something is valid or true
6. small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms; earth minerals deposited by erosion
8. the layer of hot solid material between Earth’s crust and core
9. a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
11. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
12. a naturally occurring solid that has a crystal structure
13. the layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface
14. cycle that is a series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another

1. a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
2. a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions (coal into diamond)
4. more than one hundred substances that cannot be broken down further
5. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
7. a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
10. a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats