Rock Cycle Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. is a dark-colored rock that is low in silica
  2. 3. Sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers.
  3. 7. Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms.
  4. 10. rock forms when an existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
  5. 12. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it.
  6. 13. the look and feel of the rock’s surface.
  7. 14. rocks are made up of particles of minerals or other rocks
  8. 15. rock forms from the cooling of magma or lava
  9. 16. an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion.
  10. 17. The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
Down
  1. 1. The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
  2. 4. Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.
  3. 5. is generally a light-colored rock that has high silica content
  4. 6. Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
  5. 8. rock forms when particles of other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
  6. 9. The destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carries away fragments of rock.
  7. 11. Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth’s surface.