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