Rocks!!
Across
- 1. molten rock that is located beneath the earths surface
- 3. a layer of sediment or sedimentary rock
- 5. loose particles of rock or mineral that range in size from 0.0625 - 2.0 millimetre's in diameter
- 8. a combination of 2 or more minerals which have been joined either by heat, temperature, pressure, or chemical changes
- 9. the process of breaking up rocks into smaller fine pieces that sink to the bottom of rivers, lakes and seas
- 11. igneous rock that forms when magma cold on the earths surface
- 12. the process in which igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are changed over time
- 13. a scientist who studies the identification properties and distribution of minerals
Down
- 1. a scaled used to measure the hardness of a mineral
- 2. the breaking of rocks by water, snow, ice, wind, chemical;s, gravity or plant roots
- 4. igneous rock that forms when magma cools below the Earth's surface
- 6. rock formed from rock types that have weathered, cemented, and/or squeezed together
- 7. fine grained materials surrounding larger grains in a sedimentary rock
- 10. sedimentary rock made of rounded pebbles held in together with a matrix
- 13. melted