Rock Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 5. how metamorphic rocks are formed
- 8. there are three main types
- 9. Creates Intrusive Igneous rocks
- 10. Characteristics include:glassy surface, air bubbles, and large crystals
- 12. The first step of the rock cycle
- 14. Igneous rocks are formed by melting and ________
- 16. Creates Extrusive Igneous rocks
- 17. Characteristics include: bands of different colors and small crystals
- 18. Process that turns Metamorphic rocks into magma
- 19. extremely hot, molten rock under the surface of the Earth
- 20. The cycle of processes undergone by rocks on the Earth's crust, describe the rocks transitions through geological time
Down
- 1. Characteristics include: layers, fossils, chunks/ pieces of rocks, and grainy texture
- 2. how most Extrusive Igneous rocks are formed
- 3. Step when sediments collect
- 4. where most sedimentary rocks found
- 6. Intrusive Igneous rock, typically used for counter-tops
- 7. the study of Earth's physical structure, history, and rocks
- 11. Black Extrusive Igneous rock
- 13. name of weathered and eroded rock
- 15. Last step in the formation of Sedimentary rocks
- 19. metamorphic rock used in counter-tops
- 21. A combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock,used for power generation