Across
- 5. The natural process of breaking down rocks and minerals at the Earth's surface into smaller pieces
- 8. Happens when rock is heated up by an intrusion of hot magma
- 10. Forms from the compaction and heating of organic rich materials
- 12. The amount of force applied
- 19. A fine-grained, foliated metamorphic rock that exhibits slaty cleavage
- 23. The process that occurs over broad areas in the lithosphere, leading to the formation of metamorphic rocks with a flaky texture
- 26. The individual mineral or rock particles that make up the rock
- 27. Any substance that has a defined composition
- 29. Refers to igneous rocks that have a silica content between 52% and 65%
- 30. How big something is
- 31. The source of material for igneous rocks
- 32. Refers to igneous rocks rich in Silica
- 33. A metamorphic rock, characterized by its distinct banding or foliation
Down
- 1. The movement of sediments (rock fragments) from one location to another by agents like water, wind, ice, or gravity, following weathering and erosion
- 2. Turns liquid into vapor
- 3. A texture where mineral grains lack a preferred orientation or alignment, resulting in a rock that doesn't exhibit a banded or layered appearance
- 4. The arrangement of mineral grains in a layered or banded pattern within a rock, typically a metamorphic rock
- 6. Igneous rocks that form when molten rock (magma) erupts and cools on the Earth's surface rapidly
- 7. Transporting weathered rock and soil, ultimately contributing to the formation of sedimentary rocks and shaping landscapes like canyons
- 9. The resistance of a rock or magma to deformation
- 11. A rock type characterized by angular or subangular fragments cemented together
- 13. Defined as being composed of consolidated sediments formed by the accumulation of fragments derived from preexisting rocks
- 14. A large body of intrusive igneous rock that has solidified deep within the Earth's crust
- 15. The process where sediments, soil, and rocks are dropped or laid down in a new location after being transported by wind, water, ice, or gravity
- 16. A salt of carbonic acid
- 17. Relating to or derived from living matter.
- 18. Make or become hot or warm
- 20. A coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments within a matrix of finer grained material.
- 21. The geological process where loose sediment transforms into solid sedimentary rock through compaction, cementation, and occasionally recrystallization
- 22. Erupts from a volcano
- 24. A kind of igneous rock or even magma that is relatively high in magnesium and iron content
- 25. Igneous rocks that form when magma cools and solidifies beneath the Earth's surface
- 28. A key factor in the formation and properties of rocks, especially igneous rocks