Rocks Vocabulary Quiz Copy Crossword
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
 
Down: 1) When sand, silt, clay, and/or small rocks are pressed together over time so that the space between the pieces gets smaller.2) Rock formed as a result of an erupting volcano. Formed on the surface of Earth. 5) Grain/crystal size. 6) The original rock from which younger rock or soil is formed.7) A rock's chemical and mineral make-up.8) To turn into stone or rock. 9) A type of metamorphism in which the mineralogy and texture of rocks are changed over a wide area by deep burial and heating associated with the large-scale forces of plate tectonics.11) Relating to crystals that can bee seen with a naked eye. . 12) Repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks.13) Rocks high in light-colored minerals, including feldspar and quartz.14) Containing gas pockets.15) Rock that contains organic material. 18) Any rock that forms as a result of clasts being cemented and compacted together. 20) Mountain Building22) A geological structure characterized by an arrangement of different minerals in layers that appear as bands in cross section (as in a fissure vein) or of different colors or textures in layers in a rock consisting of one mineral (as in onyx marble).23) Molten rock inside Earth.25) Coarse crystals in fine matrix. 26) Molten rock on the surface of Earth. Across: 3) To turn from liquid to solid. 4) Relating to or denoting igneous rock formed by solidification at considerable depth beneath the earth's surface.10) A rock that forms from lava or magma solidifying. 16) Rocks high in dark-colored minerals composed mainly of magnesium and iron.17) A rock that contains fossils. 19) Relating to crystals that are microscopic.21) To glue clasts together with clay.24) Lava or magma interacting with and/or penetrating an existing rock. Not much pressure involved. 27) Change of the composition or structure of a rock by heat and pressure.28) Grain/crystal size. 29) A bunch of minerals stuck together. 30) Rock made of pieces.
 

 

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