The Rock Cycle

1. When limestone is exposed to high heat and pressure, it can become ____________.
3. What type of scientist is particularly interested in sedimentary rocks?
5. Sedimentary rocks are the only type of rock that contain ___________.
9. Which plate is Tennessee located on?
11. This is the name of the cycling process that creates and transforms the three types of rocks.
13. When plates collide, they push together and rise into this type of landform.
14. This type of igneous rock forms within Earth.
16. Magma and lava are both made of _________ (melted) rock.
17. When magma leaves the inside of the planet, it is called _______.
18. Intrusive rocks cool so ___________ that they form crystals.

2. Both weathering and ___________ can break rocks apart.
4. This type of igneous rock forms on Earth’s surface.
6. When granite goes under extreme heat and pressure, it can become ___________.
7. Although they move very slowly, the Earth’s plates are always ________.
8. What vocabulary word means to adapt?
10. What is the last step in the process of creating sedimentary rocks?
12. Even _________ under extreme heat and pressure can transform into metamorphic rocks.
15. Some metamorphic rocks can develop ______ layers during their formation.