Rock Transformations
Across
- 1. the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
- 5. the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock
- 6. the ability to make things move or change
- 9. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
- 10. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
- 11. the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
- 12. convergent or divergent
- 13. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
- 15. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
Down
- 2. a view into the inside of something by cutting through it
- 3. a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like
- 4. a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type
- 7. the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
- 8. the process of sediment being glued together
- 14. made of hard, solid rock within the lithosphere