The Rocks
Across
- 2. when heat and pressure squeeze a sedimentary rock to change into...
- 6. some metamorphic minerals form only at certain temperatures and pressures
- 11. when animal remains become cemented together to form
- 15. new rock forms from old rock material
- 18. when phyllite is exposed to heat and pressure it can change into...
- 19. when magma cools and solidifies
- 20. when ice, water, heat, or wind break down rock
- 21. hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts
Down
- 1. form when fine-grained sediments at the bottom of a shallow body of water are exposed to the air and dry out
- 3. rock that forms from the remains of once-living plants and animals
- 4. movement within the Earth that causes rocks inside Earth to rise up to Earth's surface
- 5. is a change in the shape of a rock caused by a force placed on it
- 7. rock formed when magma cools and solidifies beneath the Earth's surface
- 8. quality of a rock basing on size, shapes, and positions of the rock's grains
- 9. chemical makeup of a rock
- 10. occurs near igneous intrusions
- 12. rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity
- 13. process when material is laid down
- 14. a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter
- 16. process when sediment is removed from its source
- 17. layers of rock