Rocks and Rock Cycle Crossword Puzzle

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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