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Rocks Crossword Puzzle

Across
Series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another
Layers found in sedimentary rocks
Rock and mineral fragments compacted and cemented
Breaking down of material by wind, water, ice, sunlight, and gravity
Rock in which minerals have been flattened and pushed into parallel layers
Dissolved minerals act as a natural glue cementing sediments together
"to change form"
Sediment pushed together
Rock in which mineral grains grow and rearrange, but they don't form layers
A structure or arrangement of something
Comes from the Latin word meaning "fire"
Down
the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism
Characteristics of the grain size
Contains remains, fossils of ocean animals
Material made up of minerals
A rock made of rock and other mineral fragments
Sediment deposited in layers- dropped down
Magma hardens beneath Earth's surface- large crystals
Lava erupted onto Earth's surface -small crystals
Movement of sediment