Rocks

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Across
  1. 7. the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together.
  2. 8. light-colored rock that has a high silica content.
  3. 9. rock that forms when minerals that are dissolved in a solution, crystallize.
  4. 10. the romoval of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
  5. 12. rock that forms from the cooling of molten material underground.
  6. 14. rock that forms from the cooling of lava/magma.
  7. 15. sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
Down
  1. 1. small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks and other remains of living things.
  2. 2. dark-colored rock that has low silica content.
  3. 3. particles of minerals or other rocks.
  4. 4. the process by which sediment settles out of water or wind carrying it.
  5. 5. the process that presses sediments together
  6. 6. rock that forms when lava is erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  7. 11. rock that forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers.
  8. 13. a material formed from oxygen and silicon.
  9. 16. the look and feel of the rock's surface.