Science rock vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Process in which bonds between atoms in minerals break and reform in new ways during metamorphism
  2. 7. The solid, outermost layer of the Earth
  3. 8. The preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past
  4. 10. Process in which one type of rock changes into a metamorphic rock
  5. 13. Original type of rock that forms a metamorphic rock
  6. 15. Process in which sediment is picked up and moved from one place to another
  7. 17. Molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface
  8. 19. Process in which sediment is laid down in a new location
Down
  1. 1. The process by which natural forces wear down rocks
  2. 2. type of rock that forms as lava cools on Earth's surface
  3. 4. Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
  4. 5. Metamorphic rocks that have minerals arrranged in parallel layers
  5. 6. A naturally-formed solid that is usually made of one of more minerals
  6. 9. A type of rock that forms as molten rock, cools, and becomes solid
  7. 10. Type of rock that forms with intense heat and pressure
  8. 11. A series of processes that slowly change rocks from one type to another
  9. 12. Molten rock below Earth's surface
  10. 14. The process in which dissolved minerals glue sediments together
  11. 16. A rock that contains enough of a valuable mineral to be mined for a profit
  12. 18. Type of rock that forms as magma cools beneath earth's surface