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The Rock Cycle Crossword Support

The document is a crossword puzzle focused on the rock cycle, featuring clues related to geological processes and types of rocks. Each clue provides a description and hints at the number of letters in the answer. Participants are required to fill in the crossword grid based on these clues.

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The Rock Cycle Crossword Support

The document is a crossword puzzle focused on the rock cycle, featuring clues related to geological processes and types of rocks. Each clue provides a description and hints at the number of letters in the answer. Participants are required to fill in the crossword grid based on these clues.

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The Rock Cycle Crossword

Solve the clues relating to the rock cycle and write them in the correct place in the
crossword grid. The number at the end of each clue tells you how many letters there are in
each answer. At the end of each clue, you will see the start and end letters of each answer.

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The Rock Cycle Crossword
Across
2. The change in temperature required to cause lava or magma to solidify. (past tense) (6)
c ___ ___ ___ ___ d

5. The process of rock particles being compressed and squeezed together under extreme
pressure. (10) c ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ n

6. The type of rock formed by cooling lava or magma. (7) i ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ s

7. Molten rock within the Earth. (5) m ___ ___ ___ a

8. The process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces through mechanisms such as abrasion
and attrition. (7) e ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ n

9. The force, often accompanied by heat, that is exerted on rocks beneath the surface of the
Earth. (8) p ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ e

Down
1. The name given to the thin bands of sediment that settle on top of each other at the
bottom of lakes, seas and oceans. (6) l ___ ___ ___ ___ s

2. The name given to the hardening and welding together of rock particles. (11)
c ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ n

3. The type of rock made by applying continued heat and pressure to other types of rock
and changing into something new e.g. limestone turning into marble. (11)
m ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ c

4. The type of rock made by the compaction and cementation of layers of small rocks and
debris underneath lakes, seas and oceans. (11) s ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ y

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