Rock Cycle
Across
- 3. is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock formed by high temperature and pressure
- 7. relating to or derived from living matter.
- 8. repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks.
- 10. continuous physical force exerted on or against an object
- 12. light-colored minerals including feldspar, feldspathoids, quartz, and muscovite.
- 13. complex process whereby freshly deposited loose grains of sediment are converted into rock.
- 17. rocks are composed of fragments, or clasts
- 18. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano
- 20. form from molten material that flows and solidifies underground.
- 23. is the diameter of individual grains of sediment
- 24. hot fluid or semifluid material below the earth’s surface
- 25. the quality of being hot
- 26. containing a group of dark-colored, mainly ferromagnesian minerals such as pyroxene and olivine.
- 30. metamorphism affecting rocks over an extensive area as a result of the large-scale action of heat and pressure.
- 32. are roughly even mixtures of felsic minerals and mafic minerals
Down
- 1. rock consisting of angular fragments cemented together.
- 2. composed primarily of carbonate minerals.
- 4. a hard, unreactive, colorless compound which occurs as the mineral quartz
- 5. composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts.
- 6. Not layered metamorphic rocks
- 9. the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency
- 11. the gradual destruction by wind or water
- 14. refers to the processes by which the sediment is moved along
- 15. metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat pieces.
- 16. magma from inside the Earth flows out onto the surface as lava or explodes violently into the atmosphere
- 19. the mineralogy and texture of a body of rock are changed by exposure to the pressure and extreme temperature associated with a body of intruding magma.
- 21. the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.
- 22. turn from liquid into vapor.
- 27. relating to chemistry
- 28. is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landmass.
- 29. an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock
- 31. a body of intrusive igneous rock.