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1 The process by which sediments become compacted and cemented together into a sedimentary rock
2 Type of crust that is rich of oxygen, silicon and aluminum
3 Marble
4 Rock where Diamonds can be found
5 Erosion
6 Physical/mechanical and chemical breakdown of rocks at or near the surface
7 A process of breaking down silicates to form clay by water
8 Interrelationships between three types of rocks
9 Geological structure from erruptions
10 The repetition of planar surfaces or layers in a metamorphic rock
11 Soil derived from in-situ weathering
12 Red soil, high iron and aluminum, low silica, formed in tropics
13 The tendency of a mineral to break along a plane of weakness in the crystal lattice
14 Rock-forming minerals that dominate the earth's crust
15 Transported soil by water as an agent
16 Earthquake wave
17 A science or study about solid earth
18 Rock from solidification of magma
19 Mobilization of particles by weathering, most commonly by rainfall and gravity
20 The origin of all present continents
21 Mineral that has a salty taste
22 Pluton that is less than 100 km2 in surface exposure
23 Dark color igneous rocks
24 The boundary between crust and mantle
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