Sedimentary Rock
Across
- 3. Coarse-grained sedimentary rock consisting almost entirely of quartz.
- 6. The transformation of loose sediment into solid rock through compaction and cementation.
- 7. Coarse sedimentary rock consisting of angular fragments; or rock broken into angular fragments by faulting.
- 9. Very fine-grained sedimentary rock that breaks into thin sheets.
- 11. Very fine-grained sedimentary rock that will not easily split into sheets.
Down
- 1. A wedge of sediment formed at a river mouth when the running water of the stream enters standing water, the current slows, the stream loses competence, and sediment settles out.
- 2. Very coarse-grained sedimentary rock consisting of rounded clasts.
- 4. The grinding away and removal of Earth's surface materials by moving water, air, or ice.
- 5. Sediment that has undergone changes at the surface of the Earth, including reaction with rainwater and the addition of organic material.
- 8. A fragment or grain produced by the physical or chemical weathering of a pre-existing rock.
- 10. The process by which sediment settles out of a transporting medium.