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