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that will simulatehow the Rock
Youare aboutto conductan investigation
Cycleworks. Youwill needthe followingmaterials:
Handlens,candle,labtongs,foil pan,sugarcubes(2),wood block,plasticbag.
the sugarcubewith the handlens.
1. Examine
2. Explainhow the sugarcubeis likea sedimentaryrock.
(fyi...itis not
rockcalledSugar-rock.
Wewill pretendthatthissugaris a sedimentary
reallya rock@).
cubesintothe plasticbag.
3. Placethe Sugar-rock
untilit is a power.Whatpartof the rock
4. Usingthe woodenblockcrushsugar-rock
or
cycledoesthisrepresent?
5. Next,movethe powerandpourit intothe waxpaper.Whatstepin the formationof
rockdoesthisrepresent?
Sedimentary
6. Next,add1 ml of water,foldthe waxpaperandapplypressure.Doesthe power
the formingof whattypeof
form backintoa solidof sorts?Thiswouldrepresent
rock?
to the newrockyoujust made,
7. Nowpretendyoucouldapplybothheatandpressure
youwouldhavethenformedanothertypeof rock.lt thenmightbecomea
rock.
fromthe waxpaperintothe foil pan. Haveyoursuperfun O
8. Nowplacethe contents
holdyourSugarteacherlightyourcandle.Usingthe labtongsto gripthe container,
rockpoweroverthe flameuntilit isall melted
on the pad.Thisliquid
9. Onceit is melted,blowout the candleandplacethe container
what materialin the RockCycle?
materialmay be considered
powerafterit meltsandhardens
wouldthenforma newrocktype
10.Thesugar-rock
rock. Afteraboutfiveminutes,
andthe liquidhas
whichis called
usecoloredpencils
to drawwhatyousee.
cooledandhardened,
11.Nowbreakit apart.Whatpartof the rockcycledoesthisrepresent
again?
or
12.Namethreevisiblesigns,(therearemore)that a chemical
changehastakenplace.
(Yes,
youwill needto thinkbackallthe wayto Octoberfor this.)
13.Cleanout yourfoil container
andreturnyourmaterials.
14.Summarize
howthe labyoujustcompleted
is comparable
to the realrockcycle.