Rock Crossword Puzzle

5. A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
6. Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface.
8. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it, and is deposited in a new location.
9. The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
11. A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
16. Small, solid particles of material from rocks or organisms which are moved by water or wind, resulting in erosion and deposition.
18. The look and feel of a rock's surface determined by size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grain.
19. A ring-shaped coral island found far from land.
20. Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.

1. The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil.
2. The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
3. Sedimentary rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in layers.
4. Term used to describe metamorphic rocks whose grains are arranged in parallel layers or bands.
7. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.
10. A structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.
12. Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface.
13. An igneous rock texture in which large crystals are scattered on a background of much smaller crystals.
14. A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
15. Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
17. A particle of a mineral or other rock that gives a rock its texture.