Rock Transformations Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. small pieces of rock
  2. 8. anything that has mass and takes up space
  3. 9. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
  4. 10. rock the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
  5. 11. the process of sediment being glued together
  6. 12. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
  7. 13. formation a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type
Down
  1. 1. rock the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock
  2. 2. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
  3. 3. a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like
  4. 4. rock the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
  5. 5. the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
  6. 6. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  7. 7. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
  8. 12. the ability to make things move or change