The Rock Cycle Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- erosion : the process of moving the broken pieces of rock.
- metamorphic : type of rock formed by heat and pressure.
- sedimentary : type of rock formed from sediment, or broken-down rocks, minerals, sand, and mud.
- magma : hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
- cycle : a never ending process. the rock cycle shows how rocks change from one type to another.
- weathering : the process of wearing down rocks into broken pieces
- rocks : mixtures of two or more minerals
- sediment : broken pieces of rock
- lava : hot molten or semi fluid rock erupted from a volcano
- igneous : type of rock formed from magma or lava.
