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Rocks Crossword Puzzle

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