Lesson 1
Rocks and the Rock Cycle
Scan Lesson 1. Read the lesson titles and bold words. Look at the pictures. Identify three facts
you discovered about the rock cycle. Record your facts in your Science Journal.
Organize information about rocks.
Rocks
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Grains identified
according to:
Particles made of:
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Rocks
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Definition:
Classified
according to:
Can also include:
• remains of
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• volcanic
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Point out two observations scientists use to classify rocks.
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Three Major Rock Types
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Identify the 3 major groups of rocks.
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1.
2.
3.
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Sequence how igneous rocks form.
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, cools.
Mineral
The crystals become the
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Rocks
form.
in an
rock.
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Lesson 1 | Rocks and the Rock Cycle (continued)
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Point to four forces that cause rocks on Earth’s surface to break
down.
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3.
4.
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Explain sediment.
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Sediment:
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Identify the building blocks of sedimentary rocks.
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Analyze the cause-and-effect relationships that cause
metamorphic rocks to form.
Cause
Effect
Preexisting rock exposed to:
Rock changes:
a.
a.
b.
b.
c.
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Define rock cycle.
Rocks
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Lesson 1 | Rocks and the Rock Cycle (continued)
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Label the rock cycle. Identify and label the missing
processes.
Sediments
Sedimentary
rocks
Uplift
Uplift
Uplift
Igneous
rocks
Metamorphic
rocks
Rocks are constantly undergoing processes that change them from
one kind of rock into another. Explain, in your own words, how a metamorphic rock
can change into an igneous or sedimentary rock.
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Rocks
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Magma