Rock Crossword
Across
- 2. cycle Series of processes that occur on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
- 4. minerals dissolved in water and crystallized
- 7. Forms under surface
- 8. rock fragments carried away because of erosion
- 10. Look & feel of a rock based on size, shape, and pattern of grains
- 12. minerals crystallize sediments together
- 15. Grains arranged randomly
- 17. Type of Sedimentary, rock fragments squeezed together
- 18. Solid pieces of materials from living things
- 19. Type of rock formed by lava/magma being cooled
Down
- 1. process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken rock
- 3. Pressing sediments together
- 5. Where they form
- 6. Rock fragments packed together
- 9. Forms on Earth's surface
- 11. Formed by other rocks through heat and pressure
- 12. Type of minerals in the rock
- 13. Remains of plants and animals pressed together
- 14. rocks with thin layering
- 16. Sediment settles out of wind/water