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Rocks: Mineral Mixtures Vocabulary Review
Worksheet
Please complete the crossword puzzle below
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rock cycle
rock
igneous rock
fissures
weathering
magma
lava plateau
erosion
composition
strata
deposition
texture
stratification
uplift
felsic rocks
metamorphism
sedimentary rock
mafic rocks
metamorphic rock
intrusive igneous
deformation
extrusive igneous
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Across:
Down:
1. a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or
more minerals and organic matter
2. the continual process by which new rock
forms from old rock material
3. the process in which sedimentary rocks are
arranged in layers
4. the chemical makeup of a rock
5. layers of rock
8. the process in which sediment moved by
erosion is dropped and comes to rest
6. the process of change in the form and
9. long cracks in the Earth's crust
structure of rocks by the means of heat, water,
and pressure
11. movement within the Earth that causes
rocks inside the Earth to be moved to the
7. light-colored igneous rocks rich in elements Earth's surface
such as aluminum, potassium, silicon, and
sodium
13. when a large amount of lava flows out of
fissures onto land, the lava can cover a large
10. the size, shape, and positions of the grains area and form a plain
that make up a rock
14. the hot liquid that forms when rock partially
12. rock made from the grains of sediment that or completely melts
are compacted and cemented together
15. dark-colored igneous rocks rich in calcium,
17. igneous rocks that forms from magma that iron, and magnesium and poor in silicon
erupts onto the Earth's surface
16. rock made when sedimentary rock is
18. a change in the shape of a rock caused by a exposed to great depths and intense heat and
force placed on it
pressure, and heated and squeezed
21. the process in which water, wind, ice and
heat break down rock
19. rocks made from the cooling and
solidification of magma
22. when magma pushes into surrounding rock 20. the process by which sediment is removed
below the Earth's surface and cools
from its source