Across
- 7. the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together.
- 8. light-colored rock that has a high silica content.
- 9. rock that forms when minerals that are dissolved in a solution, crystallize.
- 10. the romoval of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
- 12. rock that forms from the cooling of molten material underground.
- 14. rock that forms from the cooling of lava/magma.
- 15. sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
Down
- 1. small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks and other remains of living things.
- 2. dark-colored rock that has low silica content.
- 3. particles of minerals or other rocks.
- 4. the process by which sediment settles out of water or wind carrying it.
- 5. the process that presses sediments together
- 6. rock that forms when lava is erupted onto the Earth's surface.
- 11. rock that forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers.
- 13. a material formed from oxygen and silicon.
- 16. the look and feel of the rock's surface.
