Across
- 2. physical and chemical processes that transforms sediments into sedimentary rock
- 4. lava cooling quickly on Earth’s surface with smaller crystal formation
- 9. mineral growth glues sediment grains together
- 11. metamorphic rock without banding but with blocky crystal shapes
- 13. high-temperature fromations caused by magma intrusions
- 15. magma that flows out onto Earth’s surface
- 17. percentage of open spaces between grains in rock
- 19. large well-defined crystals surrounded by fine-grained crystals in a rock
- 20. horizontal layering that is the primary feature of sedimentary rock
Down
- 1. most common type of sedimentary rock, formed from abundant loose sediments
- 3. magma cooling slowly below Earth’s surface allowing larger crystals to form
- 5. temperature and pressure affect large regions of Earth’s crust
- 6. melted minerals cyrstallizing in a predictable pattern
- 7. spongy texture caused by air trapped in rock
- 8. continuous changing and remaking of rocks
- 9. broken
- 10. mineral crystals precipitating out of solution and settling to the bottom of bodies of water
- 12. forms when lava or magma cools and crystallizes
- 14. layers or banding of minerals in metamorphic rock
- 16. small pieces of rock that are moved and deposited by water, wind, and gravity
- 18. process where some minerals melt but others remain solid