Across
- 1. consists of silt,sand, or clay
- 4. when molten rock scoops and solidifies
- 5. formed by the accumulation or deposition of small particles
- 6. created in elements of high pressure or heat
- 9. the process of magma going through chemical change
- 10. Unconsolidated particles created by the weathering and erosion of rock
- 11. cooled deep beneath Earth’s surface
- 12. metamorphic rock with a foliated or banded structure
- 15. formed through cooling of lava.
- 17. is the pressure on rock or soil by overlying material
- 18. a green, gray, or blue rock separated into a fragile, flat, and smooth pieces.
- 19. a dark volcanic rock that is formed upright
- 20. is of felsic composition
- 23. the splitting of rocks
- 24. a terrestrial sedimentary rock linked by precipitation of carbonate minerals
- 28. have a massive granular composition
- 30. forms from the gases and water being released from a volcano
- 31. Fontaine’s many holes inside and out
- 32. volcanic glass formed as extensive igneous rock
- 35. fragile rock usually formed by clay or mud
- 36. ancient rock impressions forming around bone
- 38. rock formed by magma which cools beneath the Earth’s surface
- 39. forms into a hydrocrystalline mass
- 40. sediments are glued together by minerals.
- 41. hot fluid material
- 45. metamorphic rock made up of re crystallize de carbonate minerals
- 51. form from transported solid material
- 54. loose grains of sediment are formed into rock
- 55. made up of sand grains and organic minerals.
- 56. rocks created through organic processes
- 57. shiny and reflective
- 58. a study of natural rocks put together by Norman L. Bowen
Down
- 2. contains high amounts of iron and magnesium
- 3. have a aphanitic or porphyritic texture
- 4. layers of sediment are squished together and any water is forced out
- 7. contains ferromagnesian and andesine minerals
- 8. rough with fragments
- 13. a type of felsic intrusive igneous rock
- 14. the feel and appearance of a rock.
- 16. when magma hits an existing form of rock
- 20. when rocks get buried deep beneath the Earth’s crust
- 21. limestone composed of broken shells
- 22. the process of creating rock through heat and pressure
- 25. when mineral constituents become supersaturated
- 26. a carbonate sedimentary rock that is usually composed in marine life
- 27. large crystals in a finer-grained or glassy groundmass.
- 29. cooled near Earth’s surface
- 33. by grains of mudstone and sandstone
- 34. contains high amounts in silicon and feldspar
- 37. hot molten rock
- 42. nonfoliated metamorphic rock formed by sandstone metamorphism
- 43. made of metamorphosed slate
- 44. the difference between the highest and lowest stress on a rock
- 46. rock created when magma probes existing rock
- 47. generally take place is marine basins
- 48. consists of angular fragments put together
- 49. a crystal engrained a porphyritic rock
- 50. contains sulphuric, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
- 52. coarse-grained metamorphic rock which consists of a variety of mineral layers
- 53. a layer of sedimentary rock or soil formed at the Earth’s surface