Don't take anything for granite (unless it's an intrusive igneous rock with feldspar, quartz, mica, and amphibole minerals)
Across
- 4. molten rock material above the surface
- 6. small pieces of rock
- 8. (2 words, plural) a common characteristic used to identify igneous rocks
- 10. the process of rock broken into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
- 12. the rock type formed near water (past or present)
- 13. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
- 14. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
- 16. the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
- 17. (2 words) William single handedly powers this network of processes
- 18. a black mineral often used in jewelry when it is polished to be quite shiny
- 19. not only does this deliver important cement minerals, but it also helps compact sediment
- 20. (2 words) everything made of rock: sediment, magma, lava, and all rock types
Down
- 1. the student that makes rocks with holes in them
- 2. the result of heating rock materials to extreme temperatures
- 3. the process of sediment being glued together
- 5. the rock type that almost never has fossils
- 6. the worst type of mint candy to eat (spelled with 1 e and 2 i's)
- 7. the rock type that almost never has large crystals
- 9. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
- 11. the rock type that can form above OR below ground
- 13. (2 words) the substance that holds sedimentary rocks together
- 15. a 463 lbs, 28′ 10″ long rock behemoth (a huge or monstrous creature)
