Across
- 2. tectonics: The concept that explains the movement of the Earth’s crustal plates, and seafloor spreading at the Earth’s surface.
- 3. Fossilized prints or marks made by a living thing. Leaf prints, skin prints and footprints are good examples.
- 6. fossil: Evidence left by organisms, such as burrows, imprints, coprolites, or footprints.
- 8. Not containing carbon. Not from living things. Ex., mineral
- 9. The hollow impression of an organism left behind in the rock.
- 10. The process that causes part of the Earth’s crust to rise above surrounding areas. This can cause layers of rock to become exposed at the surface.
- 11. Cycle: The process through which one type of rock (igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic) is converted into another.
Down
- 1. The process whereby living material is replaced with minerals.
- 4. Rock: Rock produced when any type of rock is changed by heat, pressure, and chemical activity in the Earth.
- 5. Rock: Rock that is formed when layers of small particles (sediment) are compressed and cemented together.
- 7. Rock: Type of rock produced when molten magma (lava) cools and solidifies.