Rock Cycle

3. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
4. Parent material is the underlying geological material in which soil horizons form. Soils typically inherit a great deal of structure and minerals from their parent material
5. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
8. the layer of unconsolidated rocky material covering bedrock.
9. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment
11. solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.
13. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials
15. the binding together of particles or other things by cement; process of altering a metal by heating it in contact with a powdered solid
16. rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\
17. rock altered by pressure and heat
18. hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust
20. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
21. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
22. an increase in the density of something

1. rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
2. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
6. is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock
7. the action of depositing something.
10. hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure
12. the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
14. a geological state that may lead to widespread damage or risk.
19. a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks