Across
- 5. Feature younger than layers it cuts
- 6. Law stating older layers are on bottom
- 9. Exact numeric age of rock
- 10. Age compared to other rocks
- 12. Layers of sedimentary rock
- 14. Layers are originally flat
- 16. Fossil used to determine age of rock layers
- 17. Small pieces of rock material
Down
- 1. Process where sediments settle in layers
- 2. The arrangement or stacking of rock layers
- 3. Force that presses sediments together
- 4. Break in Earth’s crust (caused by earthquakes)
- 7. Rock formed from compacted sediment
- 8. Breaking down of rock by natural forces
- 11. Process where sediments become solid rock
- 13. Preserved remains of organisms
- 15. Material worn away and transported