Standards:
S6E5b. Investigate the contribution of minerals to
rock composition.
S6E5c. Classify rocks by their process of formation.
S6E5d. Describe processes that change rocks and the
surface of the earth.
Minerals
Rock fragments (smaller
pieces of other rocks)
Organic matter (remains of
organisms and their wastes)
Other natural materials
Shows the three types of rock
and the processes that form
and change them
How do
Igneous
Rock form?
How do
Metamorphic
Rock form?
How do
Sedimentary
Rock form?
How would
an Igneous
Rock change
to magma?
How would
an Igneous
Rock change
to sediment?
Melting
How would a
Metamorphic
Rock change
to magma?
How would a
Metamorphic
Rock change
to sediment?
How would
Sedimentary
Rock change
to sediment?
Melting
Rock Cycle Animation from Prentice Hall
Rock Cycle
Song