Chapter 5

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Across
  1. 2. A sedimentary rock composed principally of the remains of plants and animals.
  2. 3. Igneous volcanic rock formation in which hot magma from inside the Earth flows out onto the surface; contains small crystals.
  3. 4. When the plates move apart.
  4. 6. Type of rock formed from he breaking down and unification of sediments broken down by wind or water.
  5. 7. Molten liquid found underneath Earth's crust.
  6. 9. Process leading to the formation of sedimentary rock by the pressing weight of overlying layers of sediment.
  7. 11. The supercontinent that once connected all of Earth's land masses.
  8. 13. Igneous rock formed from magma forced into older rocks within the Earth's crust, then solidifying; contains large crystals.
  9. 15. A type of sedimentary rock comprising material deposited directly by precipitation from solution.
Down
  1. 1. When two plates come together and hit each other.
  2. 5. Type of rock formed from heat and pressure.
  3. 8. Type of rock formed from the cooling and hardening of lava and magma.
  4. 10. Land formation formed from the converging plates.
  5. 12. When two plates separate.
  6. 14. Molten liquid that explodes from volcanoes and lands on Earth's surface.