Across
- 2. a type of sedimentary rock that forms when plants and animals decay and compress into a rock
- 5. a type of metamorphic rock that forms when there is low pressure close to the surface
- 8. a type of rock that forms when hot molten rock crystallizes and solidifies
- 9. how much space an object takes up
- 10. a person who studies rocks
- 12. the form of an object
- 15. a type of rock that forms from deposits of pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms that accumulate on the Earth's surface
Down
- 1. when light reflects off of an object and it creates ________
- 3. a type of sedimentary rock that forms when preexisting rocks deposit and then harden creating a new rock
- 4. a type of sedimentary rock that forms when chemical precipitation and water flows through the rock and dissolves it
- 6. a type of rock that forms when rocks are subjected to high heat and pressure
- 7. a type of igneous rock that forms when when magma cools and forms within the earth's crust
- 11. how big something is
- 13. a type of igneous rock when lava/magma cools on or very close to the surface
- 14. a type of metamorphic rock that forms when there is high pressure farther below the surface
