ROCK CYCLE AND WEATHERING
Across
- 1. This element comprises about half the mass of all rock
- 3. A process by which a rock is broken down into smaller parts
- 5. This type of rock is formed by the deposition, compaction and cementation of tiny rock particles
- 6. A type of rock only produced by volcanoes
- 7. The process by which sediments and fragments of rock are added to a landform
- 9. A type of rock produce by heating or applying pressure to a rock
- 12. Another word for aeolian abrasion, or weathering by tiny particles of rock
Down
- 2. A process by which pieces of weathered rock are transported from place to place
- 4. The process of weathering rock with small pieces of rock
- 8. Ice wedging is characterised as a particular type of weathering. Which is it?
- 10. In order for sedimentary rock to transform into igneous rock it must first become _ _ _ _ _
- 11. This landform is produced by the corrosion of limestone (calcium carbonate)