Unit 3 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like
- 3. small pieces of rock
- 7. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- 8. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
- 10. the process of sediment being glued together
- 12. a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type
- 14. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
- 15. anything that has mass and takes up space
- 17. one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks
- 18. the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock
- 19. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
- 20. the ability to make things move or change
Down
- 1. the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
- 4. the place where two plates meet
- 5. everything made of rock: magma, sediment, and all rock types
- 6. the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
- 9. the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
- 11. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- 13. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
- 16. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer