Rock Cycle

2. salt of carbonic acid
4. process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere
5. organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock
6. substances as studied in chemistry
9. average diameter of individual grains
10. organic matter is broken down into carbon dioxide and the mineral forms of nutrients like nitrogen
14. hot
15. produced when magma exits and cools above the Earth's surface
17. a body of intrusive igneous rock
18. cars from one place to another
20. between beginner and expert
22. generated by folding, faulting, magmatic intrusions, and similar forces
23. high in magnesium and iron content
24. a common distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes
26. Metamorphism produced by intrusion of magma
27. oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO₂
28. formed when magma penetrates existing rock, crystallizes, and solidifies underground
30. molten rock that has been expelled from the interior of a volcano
31. composed of consolidated sediments formed by the accumulation of fragments

1. a fine-grained metamorphic rock that forms when shale undergoes metamorphosis
2. pebbles that have been naturally cemented together
3. high in light-colored minerals, including feldspar and quartz
7. force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth
8. repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks
11. process that changes liquid water to gaseous water
12. Metamorphism affecting rocks over an extensive area as a result of the large-scale action of heat and pressure
13. complex process whereby freshly deposited loose grains of sediment are converted into rock
16. action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location then transports it to another location
19. material is ________ if it contains carbon bound to other atoms by covalence
21. molten natural material
25. do not have lineations, foliations, or other alignments of mineral grains
29. a fluid's resistance to flowing