Rocks and Minerals

2. and cementation the process of sediments being packed down and sticking together
6. Rock forms from melting and cooling of molten rock
7. not made of living matter
11. a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence
13. what a substance is made of
14. characteristics used to describe an object Including color, luster, hardness and texture
17. chemical and physical processes that break down rocks at earth’s surface
18. loose materials such as rock fragments, mineral grains and bits of shell that have been moved by wind, water, ice or gravity

1. forms when magma rises up and cools inside the earth
3. Rock forms from heat and pressure
4. process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
5. a mineral's resistance to being scratched
8. made of living matter
9. forms when lava cools on the earth’s surface
10. a person who studies rocks and minerals
12. Cycle series of processes that changes rock from one type into another
15. process by which rock are broken down and carried away
16. rock forms when particles from other rocks or plant/ animal remains that are pressed and cemented together