Rock Cycle Crossword

The action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc. wearing away the earth's surface
Chemical process that causes rocks to decompose
Being closely pressed and joining together
A rock that has been changed by heat and pressure
Magma that has been cooled over time to form a solid rock
Sediments that have been compacted and cemented together to form a rock
The remains or imprints of an animal or plant most commonly in sedimentary rock
Originally pure quartz sandstone that is now a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock
A black, extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of iron-rich and magnesium-rich lava
A sedimentary rock that is often composed of the skeletal fragments of marine organisms
A continuous geological process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another, destroyed and formed again.
An important part of the rock cycle that changes the shape of the rock or changes it from a solid to a liquid
Influences the rocks; changes their form by pressing them down with force and often heat
A vent; in the shape of a mountain or hill, in the earth's crust through which lets ash and lava flow from it
Plates below the earth's surface that are constantly moving, exerting huge forces in the Earth's crust
When a region is lifted upwards as the crust is squeezed by tectonic forces or following the melting of ice-sheets
The science that looks at the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks on it, and the physical, biological, and chemical changes that the earth has undergone or is undergoing now
Cracks in a rock caused by shrinkage or sometimes the release of pressure as rocks above are eroded away