Rocks and Rock Cycle Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fine : grains require a magnifying glass to see
• weathering : wearing away or breaking down of rocks by wind, water, sand and chemicals
• extrusive : type of igneous rock formed outside earth's surface
• basalt : example of extrusive igneous rock
• magma : hot, fluid material below earth's surface
• sandstone : example of sedimentary rock
• metamorphic : formed when rocks undergo heat and pressure
• coarse : grains can be seen with the naked eye
• rock : a solid mass of minerals and mineral-like material that naturally occurs
• deposition : sediments are dropped off in a new location
• rapidly : extrusive igneous rocks cool _ above earth's surface
• fossils : clastic sedimentary rocks usually contain these
• rock cycle : continuous process by which rocks are created, exchanged or destroyed
• texture : mineralogy and this determine the rocks appearance
• lithified : compacted and cemented together
• sedimentary : rock formed when sediments are compacted and cemented together
• intrusive : igneous rock that is formed below earth's surface
• erosion : movement of sediments produced after weathering
• sediments : small pieces of rock
• lava : hot, fluid material erupted from a volcano
• igneous : rock formed from the cooling and crystallization of magma and lava
• granite : example of intrusive igneous rock
• slowly : intrusive igneous rocks cool _ below earth's surface
• marble : example of metamorphic rock