Across
- 3. a fissile rock that is formed by the consolidation of clay
- 4. rocks occur where rocks are altered by high temperatures
- 6. weight of the overlying material
- 7. rock that contains significant amounts of organic carbon
- 9. mass of igneous rock that has solidified below the surface of the earth.
- 16. lava at the surface
- 18. rocks composed mostly of minerals produced by evaporation of saline solutions
- 19. The process that converts sediments into solid rock by compaction or cementation.
- 20. do not have a platy or sheet-like structure
- 22. metamorphic rock that forms from other rocks
- 24. temperature to melt rocks
- 27. rock that is dark in color
- 28. the laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, or ice
- 30. striped and layered formation
- 32. big rocks in a rock close together
Down
- 1. a rock formed from angular gravel and boulder-sized clasts cemented together in a matrix.
- 2. a type of sedimentary rock that is composed of large, rounded rock fragments contained within a smaller, fine-grained matrix of sediments
- 5. the processes by which the sediment is moved along
- 8. rocks form when rocks are heated to high temperatures
- 10. rocks that form outside the earth
- 11. the movement of fragments of rock by the erosion processes
- 12. size the diameter of individual grains of sediment, or the lithified particles in clastic rocks
- 13. composed of consolidated sediments
- 14. influence magma's behavior
- 15. what is CaCo3 stand for?
- 17. rock that is light in color
- 21. rock the begins as a sediment then cemented together
- 23. Melted rock from a volcano
- 25. The flow of a liquid
- 26. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth
- 29. has been subjected to higher temperatures and pressures than schist
- 31. rocks that are formed in the earth