Rock Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. The process that moves larger bodies of Earth's materials to higher elevations.
  2. 7. this rock is formed by heat and pressure.
  3. 8. Process that turns rock into magma
  4. 11. Any process that breaks down rock into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry.
  5. 12. Magma that reaches Earth's surface.
  6. 14. the process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports and sediments move from one location to another.
  7. 15. this rock is formed when magma or lava cools and hardens.
  8. 16. the process that forms a sedimentary rock.
  9. 17. this rock is formed by compacting and cementing.
Down
  1. 1. The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.
  2. 2. Process that makes one rock into another rock.
  3. 3. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on Earth's surface.
  4. 5. Small solid pieces of material that comes from rocks or living things.
  5. 6. process creating igneous rock formations.
  6. 9. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
  7. 10. Process in which sediments is laid down in new locations.
  8. 13. Two forces that work together to transform rocks deep inside Earth's crust into metamorphic rocks.