Rocks and Caves
Across
- 2. scientist who studies caves
- 5. igneous rocks that are formed when lava cools
- 7. grains are arranged randomly, not in bands
- 10. prefix having to do with caves
- 14. rocks that form when other rocks go through heat and pressure
- 16. grains are arranged in parallel bands
- 18. when crushed sediment is cemented or glued together
- 19. rocks that form when magma or lava cool
- 21. wind carved caves usually in deserts
- 22. "cave guests" can live in caves by must leave
- 24. cave formations
Down
- 1. "loves caves" are able to leave but can stay in caves
- 2. form by wave action
- 3. when sediment settles out or is deposited
- 4. when layers of sediment are crushed and squish together
- 6. most common and complex type of cave, mostly limestone
- 8. form between fallen boulders
- 9. "cave dwellers" unable to leave caves
- 11. rocks that form when rock particles, animal and plant remains cement together
- 12. igneous rocks that are formed when magma cools
- 13. small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
- 15. form at the same time as the surrounding rock
- 17. movement of sediment by water, wind, or ice
- 20. form near the snouts of glaciers
- 23. the look and feel of a rock based on the size and shape of the crystals