THE ROCK CYCLE
How are all rocks interconnected?
Learning Targets
Be able to read and follow the rock cycle
• Be able to fill in and describe the rock
cycle diagram
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Lets start with magma
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What happens when magma/ lava cools?
◦ Forms igneous rocks
Now lets break the rock down
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What is this process called
◦ Weathering
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What are pieces of broken rock called?
◦ Sediments
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What is the process of making
sedimentary rocks called?
◦ Lithification
Lets bury the rock
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What type of rock will form if great heat
and pressure are applied?
◦ Metamorphic
Lets get back to magma
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How do we get back?
◦ Melt the rock
How can we simplify this?
We use a simple diagram called the
ROCK CYCLE
 What do you think of when you hear the
word “CYCLE”?
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◦ Bi/ Tricycle?
◦ Water Cycle?
◦ Circles!?
Igneous
Sediments
Weathering and erosion
Magma/lava
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Learning Targets
Be able to read and follow the rock
cycle
• Be able to fill in and describe the rock
cycle diagram
•
What forces cause igneous rocks to
become metamorphic?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Lithification
Melting
Heat and Pressure
Sedimentary rocks
What must happen to a
sedimentary rock to get back to an
igneous rock?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Melting
Melting then Cooling
Heat and Pressure
Weathering, erosion,
lithification
Weathering and erosion of which
type of rock will form sediments?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
All of the above
Homework, based on your score
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0 wrong = Rock Cycle Worksheet
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1 wrong = Rock Cycle Worksheet & Half
Sheet questions
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2-3 wrong = Rock Cycle Worksheet &
Textbook Worksheet