PuzzleFast

Rock Cycle Crossword

a crossword puzzle by
PuzzleFast Instant Puzzle Maker

Puzzle URL

https://www.puzzlefast.com/en/puzzles/20131209592692

I love crosswords and word searches, but
I also need ONLINE MATH PRACTICE!

Make everything smaller

Make everything bigger

Puzzle:

Make the puzzle smaller

Make the puzzle bigger

Clues:

Make the clues smaller

Make the clues bigger

Print

Plain Puzzle

Leave a tip?

Rock Cycle Crossword

1	2
																					3
																					E

																							4

																					E
																5
	6				U		7								8	O
																R

						9										H			10					11
				12														13				U
		14					15					E
							I

	16 F										17		G
		S
																			P

							K

				C
									18							R

Across:

1.	The destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carry away fragments of rock.
6.	Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface.
8.	The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
9.	The ___ is a particle of mineral or other rock that gives a rock a texture.
13.	The ___ is the look and of a rock's surface.

15.	A ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals.
16.	Term used to describe metamorphic rock whose grains are arranged in parallel layers or bands.
17.	Sedimentary rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in thick layers.
18.	Sedimentary Rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.

Down:

2.	A series of processes on the surface and inside the earth slowly slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
3.	Small, solid pieces of material that comes from rock or organisms.
4.	An ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
5.	An igneous rock texture in which large crystals are scattered on a background of much smaller crystals.
7.	Igneous Rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earths surface.

10.	A ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat.
11.	The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
12.	Sedimentary Rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
14.	The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it.

© 2013 PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only

Rock Cycle Crossword

1

E

2

R

O

S

I

O

N

O

3

S

C

E

K

D

C

I

4

I

Y

M

G

C

E

N

L

5

P

N

E

6

E

X

T

R

U

S

7

I

V

E

R

O

C

K

8

C

O

M

P

A

C

T

I

O

N

N

R

U

T

P

S

9

G

R

A

I

N

H

10

M

11

C

12

C

U

Y

13

T

E

X

T

U

R

E

14

D

H

15

S

E

D

I

M

E

N

T

A

R

Y

T

M

E

E

I

I

A

E

P

M

V

T

M

N

16

F

O

L

I

A

T

E

D

17

O

R

G

A

N

I

C

R

O

C

K

T

S

C

R

C

R

A

I

A

O

T

P

T

T

L

C

E

H

I

I

R

K

X

I

O

O

O

T

C

N

N

C

U

K

18

C

L

A

S

T

I

C

R

O

C

K

E

Across:

1.	The destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carry away fragments of rock.
6.	Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface.
8.	The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
9.	The ___ is a particle of mineral or other rock that gives a rock a texture.
13.	The ___ is the look and of a rock's surface.

15.	A ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals.
16.	Term used to describe metamorphic rock whose grains are arranged in parallel layers or bands.
17.	Sedimentary rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in thick layers.
18.	Sedimentary Rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.

Down:

2.	A series of processes on the surface and inside the earth slowly slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
3.	Small, solid pieces of material that comes from rock or organisms.
4.	An ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
5.	An igneous rock texture in which large crystals are scattered on a background of much smaller crystals.
7.	Igneous Rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earths surface.

10.	A ___ Rock is a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat.
11.	The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
12.	Sedimentary Rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
14.	The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it.

© 2013 PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only