Vocabulary Practice

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Across
  1. 6. the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
  2. 7. a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type
  3. 12. the ability to make things move or change
  4. 13. the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
  5. 14. a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like
  6. 15. the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
Down
  1. 1. the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
  2. 2. the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
  3. 3. anything that has mass and takes up space
  4. 4. the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
  5. 5. small pieces of rock
  6. 8. the process of sediment being glued together
  7. 9. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  8. 10. the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing
  9. 11. the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing