Mountains Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- mountains: steep areas of land with a height of 600m or more
- weathering: the breakdown of rocks by chemical, biological or physical processes.
- frostshattering: wehn water becomes trapped in a rock and freezes/melts eventually breaking apart the rock.
- mantle: the second layer of the earth that is semi-solid.
- core: the centre of the earth with temperatures up to 5,500°c
- crust: the top layer of the earth made of solid rock. this is the part that we live on.
- magma: the name for molten rock that is still below the earth's surface.
- lava: the name for molten rock that is above the earth's surface.
- igneous: rocks formed from cooled magma that has minerals arranged in crystals.
- metamorphic: rock formed from existing rock that have been exposed to heat and pressure.
- sedimentary: a type of rock formed from layers of sediment and that can contain fossils.
