Advanced Rock Cycle Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. the relationship between plate tectonics and the processes involved in the formation of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock
  2. 4. an igneous rock formed when magma cooled slowly inside the Earth and has large mineral crystals
  3. 5. the process when molten rocks begin to change from liquid to solid and the minerals inside form into crystals
  4. 7. the process of transported sediments being placed on the ground or sinking to the bottom of a body of water
  5. 9. the physical and chemical processes that change sediments into sedimentary rocks
  6. 10. a rock texture where minerals form blocky crystal shapes when exposed to high heat AND pressure
  7. 12. a rock texture where minerals form layers and bands when exposed to high pressure
  8. 14. a set of physical and chemical processes that breaks rock into smaller pieces
  9. 15. a description of a sediment's size caused by the amount of energy involved during transport
  10. 16. the continuous changing and remaking of rocks
  11. 17. transfer of heat from a warm substance to the cooler atmosphere
  12. 18. when heat and pressure affect a large area of Earth's crust creating large areas of metamorphic rock
  13. 23. the process of removing and transporting sediments
  14. 24. a slushy mix of molten rock, dissolved gases, and mineral crystals
Down
  1. 1. convergent and divergent plate boundaries create conditions that form and reform rocks on Earth
  2. 2. the physical and chemical processes that create, transport, and deposit sediments to form sedimentary rocks
  3. 6. the type of rocks formed from the sediments of other rocks which have been glued together by dissolved minerals
  4. 8. the type of rocks formed when lava or magma cools and minerals crystallize
  5. 11. when heat from an igneous intrusion contacts any type of solid rock and the heat changes the solid rock into a metamorphic rock
  6. 13. the type of rocks that have been changed from either igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary due to high heat and/or pressure
  7. 19. a description of a sediment's shape caused by the duration of transport
  8. 20. rocks change form
  9. 21. an igneous rock formed when magma cooled quickly outside the Earth and has small mineral crystals
  10. 22. the melted, liquid mixture of minerals