Starburst Lab and the Rock Cycle

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

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

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

The rock cycle is a basic concept in geology that describes transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   ​, and (c)   .

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• minerals

• magma

• sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How would an igneous rock become sedimentary?

• weathering, erosion, deposition then compacting and cementing

• melting then cooling and crystallizing

• heat and pressure

• melting then weathering and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How would a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?

• weathering and erosion

• melting then cooling and crystallizing

• heat and pressure

• compacting and cementing

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

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• magma

• igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

It is possible for any type of rock on Earth to turn into any other type of rock.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1