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The outermost, thinnest and most solid layer of earth What is the crust? The outermost, thinnest and most solid layer of earth Row 1, Col 1

The three main types of rocks What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary? The three main types of rocks 1,2

What is the rock cycle? The process that causes one type of rock to become another type of rock. 1,3

The preserved remains of an ancient plant or animal What is a fossil? The preserved remains of an ancient plant or animal 1,4

Large continent-sized slabs of earth’s crust and mantle What are plates? Large continent-sized slabs of earth’s crust and mantle 2,1

The type of rock that forms due to pressure and heat What is a metamorphic? The type of rock that forms due to pressure and heat within the earth 2,2

What is erosion? The process of gradual wearing or washing away of soil and rock by water, wind, or glaciers 2,3

What is the age of the earth? 4.6 billion years 2,4

The solid center of the earth. What is the inner core? The solid center of the earth. 3,1

What is sedimentary? A type of rock that forms when tiny particles of older rock become cemented together. 3,2

The process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces What is weathering? The process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces 3,3

What are mountains? This forms when the edges of two plates buckle up at a convergent boundary 3,4

The middle layer of earth, between the crust and the core What is the mantle? The middle layer of earth, between the crust and the core 4,1

What is igneous? A type of rock that forms when magma from a volcano cools and hardens on the earth’s surface. 4,2

Process that produces sediment, clay, sand and rock fragments What is weathering? Process that produces sediment, clay, sand and rock fragments 4,3

Composition, grain size, textural features, color, fossils, hardness What are rock properties? Composition, grain size, textural features, color, fossils, hardness 4,4

The liquid layer of earth between the inner core and the mantle What is the outer core? The liquid layer of earth between the inner core and the mantle 5,1

Most of the rocks in the earth’s outer layer. What is igneous? Most of the rocks in the earth’s outer layer. 5,2

This forms when two plates meet at a fault and rub together What is an earthquake? This forms when two plates meet at a fault and rub together 5,3

A tool used by scientists to help classify rocks What is a composition key? A tool used by scientists to help classify rocks 5,4