Rock, Weathering, and Erosion Crossword

Weathering breaks rocks into ___________________
What type of rock is formed due to extreme heat and pressure?
Fossils are usually found in what type of rock?
Frost _________________ is a type of weathering that occurs when water freezes in the cracks of rock and breaks it apart
Layers of rocks fall off during _______________ (type of weathering)
Oxidation is a type of _______________ weathering
Planting different crops in different fields each year to conserve soil nutrition is crop ________________
Layers built in the sides of a slope to prevent soil erosion are
The portion of Earth that includes geological processes and formations is the _______________
Water is pat of Earths _______________
The process of sediments being transported by wind, water, glaciers, and gravity is _______________
A __________, cool climate type of climate best reduces weathering?
Pressure and ________________ both contribute to the formation of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
________________ is the process that breaks down rocks in the environment near the Earths surface
Extreme _______________ causes foliated metamorphic rock to have bands.
For magma to form igneous rock it must go through the processes of cooling and _____________________
Igneous rock forms when ___________ or lava cools and hardens
_________________ weathering is the physical breakdown of rocks
Hot and _________ climate conditions promote chemical weathering
________ and wet climate conditions promote physical weathering