Mountains and Rocks
Across
- 4. A rock that is made of sediments that have been naturally compacted and cemented together.
- 5. Melted rock in Earth's mantle.
- 10. To stick out or swell.
- 11. Mountains generally formed when magma pushes upward into Earth's crust from the mantle and cools into igneous rock underground, causing the crust above it to bulge; usually occur as isolated mountains on otherwise flat plains.
- 16. Earth's outermost layer, featuring a rocky surface.
- 18. A rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies.
- 19. A theory that Earth's crust and the solid top part of the mantle are broken up into sections that fit together but move against each other.
- 20. very steep, almost straight up and down.
Down
- 1. To closely pack or press together.
- 2. A rock that forms when minerals in igneous, sedimentary, or older metamorphic rocks are changed due to extreme heat and pressure.
- 3. Mountains formed when rocks are pushed up into huge folds by moving tectonic plates.
- 6. To crash together with strong force.
- 7. A scientist who studies the makeup of the earth and the forces and processes that shape and change it.
- 8. The average height of the ocean's surface.
- 9. To put or leave something in a particular place.
- 12. A crack in the Earth's crust.
- 13. A large area in the earth that is lower than the area around it.
- 14. Very small.
- 15. Mountains formed when gigantic blocks of rock move up and down along faults.
- 17. Mixed with liquid so no solid pieces are visible anymore.