The rock cycle

Digital Learning with

Ms. Thomas
Guess that rock!

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Metamorphic
rocks
Metamorphic rocks are formed from HEAT and
PRESSURE.
The more heat and pressure you add determines
the type of metamorphic rock you form.

**These rocks are also pushed back

into the earth’s crust only to
resurface as igneous rocks. We call
this INTRUSIVE pressure**
Sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary rocks are formed from
WEATHERING and EROSION.
• Weathering: After long exposure to air or
water, the rocks start to break down into
SEDIMENTS (small pieces of rock)
• Erosion: After being blown away (moved)
by air or water, the sediment is then
compacted and cemented together
(squeezed back together to make a rock)
Igneous rocks
Igneous rocks are formed
from the cooling down of
magma (lava).
When new rock is created,
it starts off as igneous rock
and it changes into
another type of rock
If a igneouson
depending rock goes
what
under
happens extreme
to it. heat and
pressure, what type of
rock does it become?
If a igneous rock goes
These 3 rocks form what we call the “rock cycle”
As we know, a cycle is when something repeats over and over again. Lets take a look
at this cycle of rocks
Fill in the
numbers
with “what it
takes” to
make each
rock.
1. The cooling down of Magma
2. Weathering and Erosion
3. Compacted and cemented
4. Heat and Pressure
5. Intrusive Pressure
Tomorrow,
your
assignment
will be to
make your
own rock
cycleThe
map.End.
** Please
make it look