Name ________________________________ Date _______ Core ________
Rock Cycle Lab Reflection
Complete the following Lab Reflection questions. You may have to wait until you have finished your
research of the Rock Cycle Processes before you can fully answer some of the questions.
Staple the finished questions to your Lab Procedure sheet and your Observation sheet.
1. What did scraping the crayons to get “sediments” off your crayons represent?
2. Describe the finished Sedimentary crayon-rock.
3. What did the partial melting of the crayon-rock represent when you were making your Metamorphic
crayon-rock?
4. Describe the finished Metamorphic crayon-rock.
5. What did the full melting of the crayon-rock represent when you were making your Igneous crayonrock?
6. Describe the finished Igneous crayon-rock.
7. Identify the action taken in the lab that represented each process:
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Compaction:
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Melting:
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Weathering/Erosion:
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Sedimentation:
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Crystallization:
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Deformation:
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