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Note Taking Worksheet: Earth Science
Rock Cycle
SC-06-2.3.2 Students will explain cause and effect relationships in the Rock cycle.
Materials found in the lithosphere and mantle are changed in a continuous process called the rock cycle, which
can be investigated using a variety of models. Cause and effect relationships should be explored in order to
draw conclusions and make evidence-based predictions of the continually changing materials. DOK 2
Introduction: The whole _____________________ is made of ____________and
___________________.
A mineral is a ________ substance-it is _________________
all the way through. That means that a mineral is either an ________________or a
_________________________. All rocks are made of two or more _________________.
_________________ are minerals that have had enough room to develop into the shape
they were meant to be. The chemicals that make up a mineral determine the ____________
of the _____________________ it forms.
Earth Cross-Section
Crust: Earth’s _________________ is made up of rocks and minerals. Much of the crust is
covered by ________________, ______________, ____________ and __________. If
you dig deep enough, you will always hit rocks. The crust includes all the soil
_________________. The crust is less than _______ of the total mass of Earth.
Mantle: The ___________ casing of the Earth. The mantle makes up about _______ of
Earth’s mass. ______________________ comes from the _______________________.
Core: ___________________ is _____________, ______________ is ____________.
______________________ comes from the _______________________. Made mainly of
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___________ and _______________. Makes up about _______ of Earth’s mass.
Rock Cycle: Constant ___________________ of material in ______________________
1.______________________ rocks - molten rock that cools and solidifies.
2.____________________________ rocks - layers of rock fragments that were
compressed and cemented together. They often contain _____________________.
3._______________________ rocks – igneous or sedimentary rocks that have been
compressed and heated _____________________ _______________________.
Igneous Rocks form when hot ______________ rock cools and changes into a __________.
This __________________ rock is called ____________________. There are ________
main types of igneous rock, depending on ______________________________________.
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___________________ igneous rocks: ______________ cools somewhere inside
Earth’s ___________. This kind of rock cools off very _____________.
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___________________ igneous rocks: magma _______________ from a
_________________ and cools __________________ on the ___________________.
Igneous rocks contain __________________. Crystals are ____________ if the magma
cooled _______________. They are __________ if the magma cooled ______________.
Because of the high heat, igneous rocks ________________ contain ______________.
Sedimentary Rocks form when eroded bits of existing rocks combine with decomposing
organic matter. This mixture is called _____________________. Sediments are carried
into bodies of water and pile up on top of each other over millions of years. This process is
called ____________________. Their own weight plus the weight of the water above them
causes _________________ to build up. The ___________________squeezes out the
water and compresses the sediments together. This process is called _________________.
Sometimes, the organic matter forms _________________. The sediments bond together
into sedimentary rock. This process is called _____________________. Sedimentary rock
is usually built up in ______________ which are visible when you examine a rock sample.
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Sedimentary rocks are sometimes formed from only ___________________________.
These special kinds of sedimentary rocks do not contain ________________. __________
is an example of this type of rock.
Metamorphic Rocks form when __________________ or _________________________
rocks are _______________________ by _________________ and ____________ but
_______________ _______________. An existing rock may heat up if it comes near
_________________. A rock may also get heat and pressure if a section of Earth’s crust
moves over it. These sections of crust are called ________________________________.
Metamorphic rocks usually contain _________________ and may be ______________ and
____________. They sometimes _________________ into _________________. They
have the same ________________________________ as the rocks they were made from.
Sources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/chemistry/changestoearthandatmosphere/0rocksrev1.shtml
www.rocksforkids.com
COMMON USES OF ROCKS
Rock Type
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
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