THE ROCK CYCLE

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Across
  1. 4. Results from materials breaking down by weathering and erosion
  2. 5. Molten rock found at/on the Earth’s surface
  3. 8. When sediments are moved by a fluid (like wind/air, water/ice) or gravity
  4. 9. Set of processes that create and changes rocks in the Earth’s crust (2 words, no space)
  5. 12. AKA water cycle; one of the agents that drives the rock cycle (2 words, no space)
  6. 14. Process that changes the structure or makeup of a rock by heat or pressure
  7. 15. Process that changes sediments into sedimentary rock
  8. 17. Igneous rock that forms due to cooling deep below Earth’s surface
  9. 20. Process that chemically “glues” sediment together
  10. 21. One of the agents that forms metamorphic rock
  11. 22. Type of metamorphism that happens due to rocks being in direct contact with magma
  12. 24. Break down of rock on the Earth’s surface due to the action of wind, water, ice, etc.
  13. 29. Metamorphic rock type that does not have layered or banded appearance
  14. 30. Rock type that forms from deposits of pre-existing rock or organic material
Down
  1. 1. When agents of transportation slow enough that sediments are dropped/no longer able to be carried
  2. 2. Type of matter that results from physically combining 2 or more materials; there is NO chemical change/reaction
  3. 3. Phase change that happens when a solid changes into a liquid
  4. 6. Rock type that forms by the cooling of magma
  5. 7. Happens when a material, like magma or lava cools and hardens
  6. 9. A mixture of 2 or more minerals
  7. 10. Process of forming crystals as magma cools
  8. 11. Process that compresses or “smooshes” sediment together
  9. 13. Happens when buried rocks are pushed to the Earth’s surface
  10. 16. Process that breaks down rocks and minerals on the Earth’s surface
  11. 18. Igneous rock that forms due to cooling at/on the Earth’s surface
  12. 19. One of the agents that drives the rock cycle; also forms metamorphic rock
  13. 22. Happens when a material, like magma or lava, loses heat
  14. 23. Metamorphic rock type that shows layers or banding of minerals
  15. 25. Type of metamorphism that happens over a wide area
  16. 26. Rock type that forms when heat and/or pressure changes igneous or sedimentary rock into another type of rock
  17. 27. Layer of the Earth that gives off heat due to radioactive breakdown of elements
  18. 28. Molten rock found beneath the Earth’s surface