Starburst Lab and the Rock Cycle

During the lab the HEAT to change the sedimentary Starburst rock to metamorphic came from . . .

• there was no heat needed

• his hands

• the hot plate

• the sun

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Mark ALL processes that were necessary to change the original Starburst candy into a sedimentary rock.

• Cutting each candy into smaller pieces

• melting the candy

• putting the candy pieces together and compacting them

• cooling the candy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 major rock types?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Lava

• Sedimentary

When he cut the original candy into smaller pieces, those pieces represented ______ in the rock cycle.

• sediment

• lava

• fossils

• magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When he put all the cut-up pieces of candy together, squeezing and pressing them together, it represented . . .

• weathering & erosion

• melting & cooling

• lava & magma

• compaction & cementation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The hotplate that melted the candy represented heat from the . . .

• sun

• core of the earth

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Check ALL the boxes below that are processes in the rock cycle that turn one kind of rock into another.

• melting & cooling

• heat & pressure

• weathering & erosion

• compacting & cementing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Once the candy "rock" is fully melted on the hotplate it represents . . .

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• magma

• igneous rock

After the candy was melted on the hotplate and then allowed to cool it became . . .

• a metamorphic rock

• a sedimentary rock

• an igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the correct order of processes needed to turn any rock into a sedimentary rock?

• Weathering & Erosion then Compacting & Cementing

• Melting & Cooling then Compacting & Cementing

• Heat & Pressure then Melting & Cooling

• Compacting & Cementing then Weathering & Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1