Across
- 1. The particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture.
- 3. The look and feel of a rock's surface, determined by the size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grains.
- 6. The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
- 7. The destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carries away fragments of rock.
- 9. The force exerted on a surface divided by the area over which the force is exerted.
- 10. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.
- 11. A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
- 12. Sedimentary that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.
- 14. A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
- 15. A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust.
- 16. Term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
- 20. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.
Down
- 2. A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another.
- 4. Igneous rock that forms from lava on the Earth's surface.
- 5. One of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's crust.
- 8. The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
- 13. Sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers.
- 17. Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
- 18. Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface.
- 19. A usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in continental.
- 21. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it.
- 22. A solid mixture of minerals and other materials.
