Rock Transformations Vocabulary

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