Across
- 2. a hard, unreactive, colorless compound which occurs as the mineral quartz and as a principal constituent of sandstone and other rocks.
- 5. a body of intrusive igneous rock.
- 6. example: calcite
- 9. soft, finely stratified sedimentary rock that formed from consolidated mud or clay and can be split easily into fragile slabs.
- 10. what comes out of volcano
- 11. the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock.
- 13. Granite and Diorite
- 15. the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.
- 20. turn from liquid into vapor.
- 24. a coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments (> 2 mm) within a matrix of finer grained material.
- 25. how big or small something is
- 27. composed of consolidated sediments formed by the accumulation of fragments derived from preexisting rocks and transported as separate particles to their places of deposition by purely mechanical agents
- 29. the quality of being hot; high temperature.
- 31. do not have aligned mineral crystals
- 32. caused by water, wind, or ice
- 33. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
Down
- 1. metamorphism affecting rocks over an extensive area as a result of the large-scale action of heat and pressure.
- 3. continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
- 4. metamorphism due to contact with or proximity to an igneous intrusion.
- 7. a compound or substance that has been purified or prepared, especially artificially.
- 8. a metamorphic rock with a banded or foliated structure, typically coarse-grained and consisting mainly of feldspar, quartz, and mica.
- 12. a viscous liquid derived from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.
- 13. A volcanic rock with medium silica composition, equally rich in felsic minerals (feldspar) and mafic minerals (amphibole, biotite, pyroxene)
- 14. any rock derived from magma (molten silicate material) that was poured out or ejected at Earth's surface.
- 16. mineral crystals or sediment particles that make up all rocks.
- 17. a rock composed of large angular broken fragments of minerals or rocks cemented together by a fine-grained matrix
- 18. the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice
- 19. a silicate mineral or igneous rock rich in magnesium and iron
- 21. repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks
- 22. a modifier describing igneous rocks that are relatively rich in elements
- 23. train, car, bicycles are all froms of _____________
- 26. honey has high ____________
- 28. the fruits I buy are ___________
- 30. a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism