Sedimentary Rock Puzzle

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.

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.