ROCKS

R

100

Liquid magma that reaches earth's surface

Lava

200

The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil

Erosion

300

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks, or the remains of planets and animals, are pressed and cemented together

Sedimentary

400

I am a liquid metal often used when melting down gold

Mercury

500

The chemical and physical processes that break down rocks exposed to air, moisture, and organic matter at Earth's surface

Weathering

O

100

A type of rock that forms from cooling and hardening magma or lava

Igneous rock

200

The transformation by heat and pressure

Metamorphic

300

The hardest rock known is

Diamond

400

The thick layer of hot, dense, rocky matter found below the Earth's crust and surrounding the Earth's core

Mantle

500

I am famous for my back beat, usually in 4/4

Rock music

C

100

The molten material beneath or within the Earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed

Magma

200

The most common rock type in Vermont

Metamorphic

300

A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rock from one kind to another

Rock cycle

400

They say if you if you find this you will find gold, but you will not always find it if you find gold first

Quartz

500

I refer to the purity of gold

Karat

K

100

A break or crack in the Earth's crust along which rocks move

Fault

200

The company that will shut you down if you are not following proper regulations while mining

MSHAW

300

I am used to separate gold and gravel

Sluice

400

The section of the Earth's crust that are slowly moving - about as fast as your fingernails grow

Tectonic plate

500

The process by which the collision of two plates in Earth's crust results in one plate being drawn back down into the mantle

Subduction

S

100

The thin layer of solid rock that forms Earth's outer surface mantle

Crust

200

These are constantly being pushed up and forming, but also being worn down

Mountains

300

This process is one of the easiest ways to extract gold

Gold panning

400

The process of which these are formed and driven by plate tectonics

The rock cycle

500

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson