Rock Transformation Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 7. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
  2. 8. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
  3. 10. the place where two plates meet
  4. 12. the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
  5. 13. the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock
  6. 15. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
  7. 16. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  8. 17. a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like
  9. 18. the process of sediment being glued together
  10. 19. one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks
  11. 20. the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
Down
  1. 1. the ability to make things move or change
  2. 2. a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type
  3. 3. the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
  4. 4. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  5. 5. anything that has mass and takes up space
  6. 6. small pieces of rock
  7. 9. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
  8. 11. everything made of rock: magma, sediment, and all rock types
  9. 14. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like