Rock Project Crossword

Breaking down of rock,soil,and minerals
sediment is decreased as a result of its mineral grains being squeezed together by the weight of overlying sediment or by mechanical means.
an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust.
the binding together of particles or other things by cement.
one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.
Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water.
type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressure.
hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited.
relating to or denoting rock that has been extruded at the earth's surface as lava or other volcanic deposit.
a dark gray to black dense to fine-grained igneous rock that consists of basic plagioclase, augite, and usually magnetite.
A usually light-colored, coarse-grained igneous rock consisting mostly of quartz, orthoclase feldspar, sodium-rich plagioclase feldspar, and micas.
Formed around igneous intrusions where the temperatures are high but the pressures are relatively low and equal in all directions.
Each layer may be as thin as a sheet of paper, or over a meter in thickness.
to change from a liquid or solid state into vaporor pass off in vapor.