The Rock Cycle Crossword

"The first effects of (BLANK) begin with weathering, a mechanism which defines how rocks get broken down into smaller pieces like dirt and sand by the weather."
"The process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc."
"Noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have been forced out in a molten or plastic condition upon the surface of the earth."
"Forced between preexisting rocks or rock layers while in a molten or plastic condition."
"The molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent."
"The process or processes by which unconsolidated materials are converted into coherent solid rock, as by compaction or cementation."
"Molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed."
"Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat, pressure, or some other agent without passing through a liquid phase."
"A continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another, destroyed, and then formed again."
"The ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops."
"Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water (rivers, lakes, and oceans), ice ( glaciers ), and wind."
"Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water (rivers, lakes, and oceans), ice ( glaciers ), and wind."
The various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose."