Sedimentary rock Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The physical and chemical breakdown of rocks at or near the surface
  2. 5. The Material will end up being transported by those minerals
  3. 6. Is the wearing away of soil or rock by water, wind, or ice
  4. 7. The process of "gluing" the compacted minerals together by minerals that filter down through the sediment
  5. 9. occurs when water combines with carbon dioxide in the air to form carbonic acid
  6. 12. Occurs when oxygen from the air combines with iron-rich minerals of the rock
  7. 13. The mechanical or physical breakdown of rock into smaller pieces, without a change in the mineral's chemical composition
  8. 14. These sedimentary rocks are formed when water dissolves minerals and deposits them elsewhere
  9. 16. water combines with minerals such as mica and feldspar found in granite, to form clay, the rock weakens and crumbles apart
  10. 18. The process of removing empty spaces between minerals by the weight of overlying sediment
Down
  1. 1. They are rocks produced by mechanical weathering and are classified by grain size, sorting and angularity
  2. 3. pieces of rock collide with eachmother due to transportation by wind, ice, water and gravity
  3. 4. layers of rock peel off the main body of the rock
  4. 8. As sediment is transported from its source to where it is deposited, the particles collide with each other and with other objects in there path
  5. 10. rocks are formed by the action of organisms as they build shells and other body parts by extracting chemical components from the water
  6. 11. a change in the minerals composition, happens fastest in a hot moist climate
  7. 15. is the process by which chemicals break down minerals
  8. 17. The tendencies for currents of air or water to separate sediments according to size