SUMMARY OF ROCK CYCLE NOTES GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
Three types of rocks
Igneous
Sedimentary
Formed by _____________ and
___________________
Intrusive
Extrusive
cooling of
_______
cooling of
________
creates
_______
crystals
creates
________
crystals
Formed by ________________ of rock.
______________ moves the sediments and
_____________ them, creating a ______________
____________. The four agents of erosion are _______,
____________, ______________, and ________________.
Once the sediments are _____________, _________________
occurs due to the weight of the top layers pushing down on the
sediments. _______________ “glues” the sediments together to
form a sedimentary rock.
Metamorphic
Formed by high ______ and
_______________.
Two types of texture
_______________
Forms wavy bands/
layers
____________
No bands/
layers
Word Bank: foliated, cementation, heat, cooling, weathering, nonfoliated, glacial, pressure, crystallization, magma, lithification, wind, lava, water, erosion,
bedding effect, large, gravity, deposits, small, buried.