Rock Cycle Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. the part of the earth between the core and the the crust
  2. 3. Time- is a system of chronological dating that relates
  3. 5. decay-spontaneous breakdown of an atomic nucleus resulting in the release of energy and matter
  4. 8. is the outermost layer of a planet.
  5. 14. theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history
  6. 16. density- or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density
  7. 17. refers to the mode of igneous volcanic rock formation
  8. 19. A large mass of ice moving very slowly through a valley or spreading outward from a center
  9. 20. that has formed through the deposition and solidification
  10. 22. action of arranging something
  11. 23. chain-a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line
  12. 24. a measure of mass per unit of volume.
  13. 25. surface of contact between two groups of unconformable strata.
  14. 26. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks
Down
  1. 1. by extreme heat and pressure
  2. 2. Record- which has been analyzed and arranged chronologically and in taxonomic order.
  3. 4. called plutonic rock
  4. 6. Fossil- hardened remains or imprints of plant or animal life
  5. 7. layering in metamorphic rocks
  6. 9. geology, vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural causes.
  7. 10. The principle that in a group of stratified sedimentary rocks
  8. 11. tectonics-the earth is divided into a small number of
  9. 12. Composition- the arrangement, type, and ratio of atoms in molecules Core-The central or innermost portion of the Earth
  10. 13. very harmful or disastrous.
  11. 15. Strata- layers of rock, or sometimes soil
  12. 18. fossil-is one of the three main rock types
  13. 21. is one of the three main rock types