9.3 “The Rock Cycle” Notes Guide
1. Remember rocks go through a “cycle”, meaning rocks are always ____________. In this process
_________ rocks continually form from ________ rocks and old rocks get __________. We call
this process the “_______ _________”.
2. Certain geological processes ________ and ________ rock. These processes also influence
the_____________________ that is found in certain areas.
3. Four “Geological Processes”that shape the Earth Include:
a) _________________________
c) ___________________________
b) _________________________
d) ___________________________
“Weathering, Erosion, and Depostion”
4. The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock is called
“____________________”.Weathering is important because ____________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
5. Wind, water, ice, and gravity then transports __________ and ________________ from one
location to another through a process called “_______________”. As the process continues
sediments are later moved again by __________________ and eventually _______________
__________________________ in a process called “ _______________________”.
6. As rock particles and _________ _____________ are eroded to a place of deposition and are
covered by additional particles, eventually the weight from above will start the remaining processes
of:
A) __________________ --squeezes out the fluids and space that exist between the particles.
B) ____________________--- results when the fluids that are squeezed out are replaced with minerals
that were in the fluids.
“From Sedimentary Rock to Metamorphic Rock:”
7.
Temperature and pressure are important. If the ___________ and __________ are high enough, the
rock can change into ______________________ rock.
8.
If the rock gets hot enough to melt, this creates the magma that eventually cools to
form _________________ rock.
“How the Cycle continues……..”
9. Rock that is buried beneath the earth’s crust is eventually pushed up to the surface thanks to
movements within the Earth . This process is called “________________”.
10. As _____________ continues to chip away at the Earth’s surface , the rock that has been uplifted
will eventually be exposed to the Earth’s _____________.
When uplifted rock reaches the Earth’s _______________, weathering, erosion, and deposition
begin to help the cycle begin all over again.
11. Explain what happens to older rock in the Rock Cycle Process in the space below:
___________________________________________
________________________________________.
*** Complete the illustration of the Rock Cycle below*****
(use page 287 in your textbook to help you)