Types of Rock
Across
- 3. small,solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
- 6. sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together
- 9. running water,wind,or ice loosen & carry away fragments of rock
- 11. in cementation the particle of sediment _ together
- 12. rock formed from other rocks that are changed by heat & pressure
- 13. most common extrusive rock
- 14. igneous rock formed when magma hardened beneath Earth's surface
- 16. type of rock formed when magma or lava cools & hardens
Down
- 1. heat & _ can change any rock into metamorphic rock
- 2. igneous rock formed from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface
- 4. most abundant intrusive rock
- 5. sedimentary rock that forms when the remains of plants & animals are deposited in thick layers
- 7. sedimentary rocks are formed when pieces of rock are pressed and _ together
- 8. the process that presses sediments together
- 10. process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it
- 15. ignis is a Latin word that means _