Basic Geology

3. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
6. Any feature that cuts across a rock or body of sediment must be younger than the rock or sediment that it cuts across
11. fossils of widely distributed organisms that lived during only one short period
12. a scientist who studies rocks to tell how they formed and to predict when an earthquake may occur
13. the rock of red rocks
14. science dealing with the earth's history as recorded in rocks
15. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

1. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
2. A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
4. the ordering of sedimentary layers of rock with the oldest on the bottom and the youngest on top
5. your science teacher
7. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
8. The mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth; extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.
9. a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
10. A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past.