Across
- 1. The process of wind, rain, ice and other factors breaking large rocks into smaller pieces called sediments.
- 3. a process during which one type of rock changes into another type of rock through geologic processes.
- 5. A naturally occurring substance that takes a solid, crystal form and is made of only a single type of compound
- 7. rock that formed when magma or lava cooled and crystallized on or below Earth's surface.
- 9. Hot, molten rock inside Earth
- 11. Rock formed from other rock that has been exposed over a long time to heat and pressure and has changed into different rock.
- 12. The movement of soil, rock, or rock fragments, often created by weathering, from one place to another by water or wind.
Down
- 2. A piece of Earth's crust that according to plate tectonics, is pushed by movement in the asthenosphere.
- 4. The process by which heat is transferred directly from one material to another.
- 6. Naturally forming material that is usually made of up to two or more distinct
- 8. Rock that forms over time as sediments become compacted and cemented together.
- 10. Tiny pieces of broken rocks that have been weathered by rain, wind, snow, plant roots, or other environmental agents.