Across
- 2. The process by which sediment is laid down in a new location
- 6. Molten rock that has reached Earth's surface
- 8. Rock that forms when lava cools on Earth's surface
- 11. The preserved remains from an organism that lived in the past
- 13. The process by which natural forces wear down the rock on the Earth's surface
- 14. The process by which sediment is picked up and moved from one place to another
- 15. The process that presses sediments together
- 16. The process by which dissolved minerals glue sediments together
- 18. A naturally formed solid that is usually made of one or more minerals
- 19. Molten rock that is below Earth's surface
- 21. A series of processes that slowly change rocks from one type to another
Down
- 1. Metamorphic rocks that don't have minerals arranged in parallel layers or bands
- 3. A type of rock that forms when sediments are pressed and glued together
- 4. Rock that forms when magma cools beneath Earth's surface
- 5. Process in which bonds between atoms in minerals break and reform in new ways during metamorphism
- 7. A type of rock that forms under extreme heat and/or pressure
- 9. Metamorphic rocks that have minerals arranged in parallel layers or bands
- 10. Original type of rock that forms metamorphic rock
- 12. A type of rock that forms when molten rock cools and becomes a solid
- 17. Process in which one rock changes to a metamorphic rock
- 20. Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
