Rock Cycle Terms

3. Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
5. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
6. Rock formed when magma or lava cools and hardens. (Crystallization takes place)
10. The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
12. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
13. rock that has been changed by heat and pressure
14. small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
15. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

1. These two forces work together to transform rocks deep inside Earth's crust into metamorphic rock
2. two processes creating igneous rock formations
4. process that turns rock to magma
7. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment MOVES from one location to another
8. Magma that reaches Earth's surface
9. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water
11. These are the processes that form sedimentary rock.