Science Vocabulary Crossword

A type of rock created from the particles, fragments, and weathered pieces of rocks or other minerals/solid substances that are cemented and compacted.
Rocks that are formed from heat and pressure underneath Earth's surface. There are two main types of these rocks, dealing with how they are pressed together.
Rocks that are formed when volcanoes erupt and the magma inside of the chambers cools, either above or below the surface.
Molten rock that often lays in chambers under the Earth's surface and is called lava when it reaches the surface. When lava or magma cools, it creates _________ rocks.
Molten rock that reaches the Earth's surface.
a description of a rock or any object that is equal to the particle's mass divided by its volume.
A natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains.
rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water as minerals erode.
The series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.
This type of rock is formed from magma that cools beneath the earth's surface; note, these rocks normally have large crystals.
This type of rock is formed from lava that cools at the Earth's surface; note, these rocks normally have small crystals.
This happens to a rock as a result of heat and pressure.
This results from the process when liquids or other materials can seep through the particles in a rock, gluing them together.
A type of (blank) rock that is formed from fragments or pieces of other rocks or organic material.
A type of (blank) rock that consists of deposits that either are directly or indirectly mostly formed from activities or processes of living organisms.
A solitary fragment, shard, sediment, or grain that results from weathering or the breaking off of pieces from a once larger source.
the process that occurs as a result of heat and pressure or other processes that occur under the Earth's surface that physically change a rock's texture, structure, or composition.
A metamorphic rock that's texture/composition is altered when different rocks compact neatly on top of each-other, forming "layers" or "bands".
A rock that's heat and pressure has caused it to blend all of the other different types of rocks, forming a solid color when compared to the opposite of it's kind.