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The Rock Cycle
Sedimentary Rocks
Small pieces of weathered rock are called ……………….. and ………………...
They are ………………….…….. by ……………….. or wind from the place where they are
made.
If they are ………………………… in a lake or the ……………….., they form a ………………..
that slowly turns to ……………….. as they are ………………...
Rock made in this way is called ………………………… rock.
layer
clay
sand
water
deposited
sea
rock
transported
buried
sedimentary
Igneous Rocks
Igneous rock starts as molten rock.
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How does rock get hot enough to melt?
What is this molten rock called?
When the molten rock cools, what happens?
Crystals are made when the rock cools.
Will the crystals be big or small if the rock cools quickly?
5. Why are there never fossils in igneous rocks?
What do you think
that lithification
means?
Intrusive igneous
rocks cool deep
underground. Will
they have big
crystals or small
crystals?
What does
extrusive mean?
Why are fossils in
metamorphic rocks
often squashed
and distorted?