Rock Transformation Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like
- 5. the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
- 7. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
- 8. small pieces of rock
- 10. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
- 11. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
- 13. a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type
- 15. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
- 18. rock the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
- 20. the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
Down
- 1. the process of sediment being glued together
- 2. anything that has mass and takes up space
- 3. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- 6. the place where two plates meet
- 9. one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks
- 12. the ability to make things move or change
- 14. the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock
- 16. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
- 17. everything made of rock: magma, sediment, and all rock types
- 19. hot liquid rock below surface of the Earth