Rock Cycle Lesson

Repeated temperature changes can cause a rock to break down into smaller pieces. Which part of the rock cycle is this an example of?

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• subsidence

The diagram shows an incomplete rock cycle.

Which rock types belong in circles 1, 2, and 3?

• 1. igneous

  2. sedimentary

  3. metamorphic

• 1. metamorphic

  2. igneous

  3. sedimentary

• 1. sedimentary
  2. igneous
  3. metamorphic
• 1. sedimentary
  2. metamorphic
  3. igneous

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How does an igneous rock becomes a sedimentary rock? Use the rock cycle diagram.

• weathering, erosion, sediment, compaction & cementation

• heat and pressure

• melting, magma, cooling

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How could a grain of sand that washes up on a beach end up someday as lava pouring from a volcano.

• heat and pressure, melting, magma

• erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, heat & pressure, melting, magma, uplift

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Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents SEDIMENT.

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Label the process that creates sedimentary rock?

d

Compaction and cementation

Erosion

Cooling

Weathering

Melting

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Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents an IGNEOUS ROCK.

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Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents a SEDIMENTARY ROCK.

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The diagram above shows the sequence of the process that turn solid rock into sandstone. Which two processes best complete this diagram? (5.7A) (a)  

• Melting and cooling

• Erosion and compaction

• Compaction and cementation

• Evaporation and dissolving

Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents a MAGMA.

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