ROCK CYCLE

Explain how all rocks are

linked by the rock cycle.

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REVIEW QUESTIONS:
1. Which type of rock is produced from magma
or lava?

Igneous

2. Which type of rock forms in layers from

broken rock, shells, plants or other materials?

Sedimentary
3. Which type of rock forms when existing rocks
are heated and squeezed?

Metamorphic

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Heat and
Pressure

With heat and

pressure an
igneous rock or a
sedimentary rock
is changed into a
metamorphic
rock.

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Melting

Under extreme
heat, rock can
turn back into
magma.

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Cooling

When magma cools

it forms igneous rock.
What type of igneous
rock cools on Earths
surface? extrusiv

e
Below Earths
surface? intrusive

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Weathering
and Erosion

the breaking down

of rocks when
wind, water, ice,
and gravity move
pieces of rock and
soil

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Compacting
and Cementing

compacting is
when layers of
rock are squeezed
cementing is when
sediments are
glued together

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Bibliography
Haviland, Richard. The Rock Cycle (Lithification
equals Education). 9 December 2013.
http://questgarden.com/90/08/9/091106105545/
Interactives Rock Cycle. Annenberg Learners. 9
December 2013.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/cha
nge.html