Rock Transformations Vocab

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