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    The document summarizes the rock cycle by describing the three main types of rock - sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. It explains how they are related and can transform into one another. Sedimentary rocks form near the surface from compacted sediments. Metamorphic rocks form deep underground from changes in chemistry and pressure/heat. Igneous rocks form from melted rock (magma or lava), with intrusive igneous rocks like granite forming underground and extrusive rocks like basalt forming above ground. All three rock types form in the earth's crust.

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    The document summarizes the rock cycle by describing the three main types of rock - sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. It explains how they are related and can transform into one another. Sedimentary rocks form near the surface from compacted sediments. Metamorphic rocks form deep underground from changes in chemistry and pressure/heat. Igneous rocks form from melted rock (magma or lava), with intrusive igneous rocks like granite forming underground and extrusive rocks like basalt forming above ground. All three rock types form in the earth's crust.

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    The document summarizes the rock cycle by describing the three main types of rock - sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. It explains how they are related and can transform into one another. Sedimentary rocks form near the surface from compacted sediments. Metamorphic rocks form deep underground from changes in chemistry and pressure/heat. Igneous rocks form from melted rock (magma or lava), with intrusive igneous rocks like granite forming underground and extrusive rocks like basalt forming above ground. All three rock types form in the earth's crust.

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    The Rock Cycle A learn-along activity sheet to accompany the

    Gillespie Museum’s ROCK CYCLE video/resources

    The Rock Cycle is a geological concept that illustrates how the three
    main types of rock—sedimentary, metamorphic, & igneous—are related,
    by describing the conditions required to transform one type into another.
    Use the word bank below, and the rock cycle diagram from page-2, to fill in the
    blanks in the following section on the three rock types and the rock cycle.
    Sedimentary Rocks
    When rocks and minerals are worn and broken down into small pieces by water, wind, or ice, the resulting
    particles are called ____________________. The movement of these eroded particles to a new location
    is called deposition, which often results in distinct ___________________ of sediments building up in a
    particular area. Sedimentary rocks form near the ___________________ of the earth. It can take a lot
    of _______________, but eventually, if sediments become compacted by ___________________ from
    the weight of water or overtopping earth, they can solidify into rocks like limestone, sandstone, and shale.

    Metamorphic Rocks
    When a rock becomes buried deep ____________________ by natural geological processes, conditions
    can arise that will __________________ the rock’s chemistry, and turn it into a completely different kind
    of rock. Over much time, if enough __________________ and __________________ build up around
    the old rock, it will eventually transform into a new, metamorphic rock, like marble, quartzite, or slate.

    Igneous Rocks
    When rocks underground become exposed to the ___________________ heat resulting from geological
    processes occurring in the earth’s interior, they can actually melt. Melted, or molten rock located below
    the ground level is called _____________________, but if melted rock becomes exposed on the earth’s
    surface through volcanic activity it is called ____________________. When magma is able to cool and
    solidify underground, it forms ________________________ igneous rocks, like granite. When lava
    cools above ground, ___________________ igneous rocks, like basalt, obsidian, and pumice, are formed.
    Complete this section about the earth
    and the matter which makes it up.
    Correctly label the diagram with the layers of the
    earth (crust, mantle, inner core, outer core).
    All three types of rock form in which earth layer?
    _____________________________________

    Matter is anything that has mass (similar to weight) and takes up space (has volume).
    What are the three states of matter? _________________ _________________ _________________
    Matter can change physically and chemically. Label the two definitions below as physical or chemical change.
    A reversible change, where appearance is altered, but the composition stays the same is ____________________.
    An irreversible change that alters the chemical makeup of a substance is ______________________________.
    Is the melting of ice into liquid water a physical or chemical change? ______________________________
    What is involved in any change in matter? __________________________________

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