Across
- 1. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
- 3. the relative size of things
- 7. a noticeably different form or state of the same substance
- 9. the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
- 10. a group of atoms joined together in a particular way
- 13. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
- 14. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- 15. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
- 16. one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks
Down
- 2. the ability to make things move or change
- 3. a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like
- 4. to provide evidence that goes against a claim
- 5. a measure of how hot or cold something is
- 6. anything that has mass and takes up space
- 8. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
- 11. small pieces of rock
- 12. the process of sediment being glued together
