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Where in the Rock Cycle Am I?
Name_______________________
Introduction: Rock particles travel through Earths crust in the “Rock Cycle”. It is called a cycle
because a rock particle can travel through it over and over again in a circular way or sometimes not.
In this activity you will model the movement of a rock particle through time.
Procedures:
1. Fill out your Rock cycle Diagram on this worksheet.
2. Notice the dice, put the dice at the spot you will move to.
3. Roll the die at the station your game piece is at. After Rolling the Dice move to the station
indicated by the die. READ THE DIE CAREFULLY, some of the stations are similarly named.
4. Each time you visit a station, answer two questions about that spot in the Rock Cycle
5. If you get the two questions correct, make a tally mark in the box for that station and keep your
marker at that spot. Each mark represents approximately 200,000 years in the life of a rock.
5. As you travel from one station to another and correctly answer the questions, draw an arrow from
the station you left to the station you are going to. These arrows represent the transformations that
can occur to rock during the rock cycle.
6. If you stay put, make a tally mark and draw an arrow that loops back on itself.
Diagram A:
Words to use in the
diagram:
extrusive
igneous
increased P & T
intrusive
magma
melting
metamorphic
sediment
sedimentary
transport
weathering
Erosion
__________
Volcanic
Deposition
Plutonic
_____________
Crystallization
____________
Burial
Uplift
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Analysis:
1. Did you get “stuck” in the rock cycle?
Where?
2. Why might rock get “stuck” there?
3. Did others in the class get stuck in the same place?
4. How does this model of the rock cycle differ from one pictured in your textbook?
5. What forces move rock through the rock cycle?
Conclusion:
Individual Tally Mark Sheet and Arrow Sheet
Igneous Rock
To The Surface
Cooling & Hardening
Magma
Weathering & Erosion
Melting
Sediments
Metamorphic Rock
Compaction &
Cementation
High Temp & Pressure
Sedimentary Rocks
Where in the Rock Cycle Am I?
Name____KEY___
Introduction: Rock particles travel through Earths crust in the “Rock Cycle”. It is called a cycle
because a rock particle can travel through it over and over again in a circular way or sometimes not.
In this activity you will model the movement of a rock particle through time.
Procedures:
1. Fill out your Rock cycle Diagram on this worksheet.
2. Notice the dice, put the dice at the spot you will move to.
3. Roll the die at the station your game piece is at. After Rolling the Dice move to the station
indicated by the die. READ THE DIE CAREFULLY, some of the stations are similarly named.
4. Each time you visit a station, answer two questions about that spot in the Rock Cycle
5. If you get the two questions correct, make a tally mark in the box for that station and keep your
marker at that spot. Each mark represents approximately 200,000 years in the life of a rock.
5. As you travel from one station to another and correctly answer the questions, draw an arrow from
the station you left to the station you are going to. These arrows represent the transformations that
can occur to rock during the rock cycle.
6. If you stay put, make a tally mark and draw an arrow that loops back on itself.
** Use your packet on p. 7 to fill in this diagram.
Diagram A:
Words to use in the
diagram:
extrusive
igneous
increased P & T
intrusive
magma
melting
metamorphic
sediment
sedimentary
transport
weathering
Erosion
__________
Volcanic
Deposition
Plutonic
_____________
Crystallization
____________
Burial
Uplift
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Analysis:
1. Did you get “stuck” in the rock cycle?
Where?
A rock gets stuck either as Magma, Metamorphic, or Sedimentary.
2. Why might rock get “stuck” there?
Because these rocks can go through the same process over and over again and might not
move.
3. Did others in the class get stuck in the same place?
Some students, but others got stuck at different spots.
4. How does this model of the rock cycle differ from one pictured in your textbook?
This rock cycle picture is different from the diagram that shows:
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
All rock cycle pictures can be different, they might show the rock cycle differently, but it
teaches the same concept.
5. What forces move rock through the rock cycle?
Plate Tectonics (the fact that plates move on convection currents) definitely moves rocks from
one place to another. Gravity and Weather also have a major role as well.
Conclusion:
Rocks can change form from one rock type to another.
Individual Tally Mark Sheet and Arrow Sheet
Igneous Rock
To The Surface
Cooling & Hardening
Magma
Weathering & Erosion
Melting
Sediments
Metamorphic Rock
Compaction &
Cementation
High Temp & Pressure
Questions for Each Spot in the Rock Cycle Game:
Magma:
1. Where is magma found in the Earth’s layers?
The Mantle
2. How does magma get to the surface?
Through Volcanic Activity
Cooling & Hardening (Crystalization):
1. What kind of cooling happens with Intrusive Rocks?
Slow Cooling
2. What kind of cooling happens with Extrusive Rocks?
Fast Cooling
Igneous Rock:
1. What material is Igneous rock before it cools?
Magma
2. What 2 main kinds of Igneous rock are there?
Intrusive rock and Extrusive rock
To the Surface (Uplift):
1. What process brought this rock up to the surface?
Earthquakes or Uplift
2. What can now happen to this rock now that it is on the Earth’s surface?
It can be subjected to WEATHERING and erosion
Weather & Erosion:
1. What natural events can cause weathering and erosion specifically?
Ice, Rain, Water, Wind, Gravity (rocks falling down)
2. What does Erosion mean?
Rock gets broken down into small pieces.
Sediments:
1. What are sediments?
Small pieces of rock.
2. What does transport mean?
Moving rock around, to a different location
Compaction & Cementation (Deposition)
1. What does transport mean?
The moving or rocks and sediment (to a different location).
2. What does deposition or compaction mean?
When sediments gather together or are put in one spot closely together. Like at the bottom of a
a lake, sea, or ocean.
Sedimentary Rock:
1. How are sediments different than sedimentary rock?
Sediments are small individual rocks and particles while sedimentary rocks are all the particles
stuck together to make a larger rock.
2. What does cementation mean?
When small particles get permanently stuck or cemented together (like sea water depositing
minerals between rocks to cement them together.
Increased Pressure & Heat/Temperature:
1. Where does this process of increased pressure and temperature happen?
Deep in the crust (not in the mantle!)
2. What does this process of increased pressure and temperature do to the rock?
It squishes the rock into distorted layers or blotches. It can make rocks be shiny. It can also
make rocks be tightly compacted with thin lines.
Metamorphic Rock:
1. Where does Metamorphism happen?
In the crust (not in the mantle!)
2. How are metamorphic rocks changed?
By being squished with heat and pressure
Melting:
1. Where does the rock have to be to melt (in what Earth layer?
In The Mantle
2. How does the rock get into the mantle to melt?
Through Earthquakes that push the crust back down into the crust.
COMPACTION &
SEDIMENTATION
Go to
Sedimentary
Rocks
COMPACTION &
SEDIMENTATION
Stay Put!
COMPACTION &
SEDIMENTATION
Go to
Sedimentary
Rocks
COMPACTION &
SEDIMENTATION
Go to
Sedimentary
Rocks
COMPACTION &
SEDIMENTATION
Stay Put!
COMPACTION &
SEDIMENTATION
Stay Put!
HIGH
TEMPERATURE &
PRESSURE
Go to
Metamorphic
Rocks
HIGH
TEMPERATURE &
PRESSURE
Stay Put!
HIGH
TEMPERATURE &
PRESSURE
Go to
Metamorphic
Rocks
HIGH
TEMPERATURE &
PRESSURE
Go to
Metamorphic
Rocks
HIGH
TEMPERATURE &
PRESSURE
Stay Put!
HIGH
TEMPERATURE &
PRESSURE
Stay Put!
SEDIMENTS
Go to
Compaction &
Cementation
SEDIMENTS
Stay Put!
SEDIMENTS
Go to
Compaction &
Cementation
SEDIMENTS
SEDIMENTS
Stay Put!
Stay Put!
SEDIMENTS
Stay Put!
IGNEOUS ROCKS
Go to
The Surface
IGNEOUS ROCKS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
Go to
High
Temperature &
Pressure
Go to
Weathering &
Erosion
IGNEOUS ROCKS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
Go to
High
Temperature &
Pressure
IGNEOUS ROCKS
Go to
Melting
Go to
Melting
TO THE SURFACE
Go to
Weathering &
Erosion
TO THE SURFACE
Stay Put!
TO THE SURFACE
Go to
Weathering &
Erosion
TO THE SURFACE
Go to
Weathering &
Erosion
TO THE SURFACE
Go to
Weathering &
Erosion
TO THE SURFACE
Stay Put!
METAMORPHIC
ROCKS
Go to Melting
METAMORPHIC
ROCKS
Go to High
Temperature &
Pressure
METAMORPHIC
ROCKS
Go To The Surface
METAMORPHIC
ROCKS
Go to Melting
METAMORPHIC
ROCKS
Go To The Surface
METAMORPHIC
ROCKS
Go to High
Temperature &
Pressure
SEDIMENTARY
ROCKS
Go to High
Temperature &
Pressure
SEDIMENTARY
ROCKS
Go to Weathering &
Erosion
SEDIMENTARY
ROCKS
Go to Melting
SEDIMENTARY
ROCKS
Go to High
Temperature &
Pressure
SEDIMENTARY
ROCKS
Go to Melting
SEDIMENTARY
ROCKS
Go to Weathering &
Erosion
MELTING
Go to Magma
MELTING
Stay Put!
MELTING
Go to Magma
MELTING
Go to Magma
MELTING
Stay Put!
MELTING
Stay Put!
1.
COOLING &
HARDENING
Stay Put!
COOLING &
HARDENING
Stay Put!
COOLING &
HARDENING
Stay Put!
COOLING &
HARDENING
Go to Igneous Rocks
COOLING &
HARDENING
Go to Igneous Rocks
COOLING &
HARDENING
Go to Igneous Rocks
MAGMA
Go to Cooling &
Hardening
MAGMA
MAGMA
Stay Put!
Stay Put!
MAGMA
Go to Cooling &
Hardening
MAGMA
Stay Put!
MAGMA
Stay Put!
WEATHERING &
EROSION
Go to Sediments
WEATHERING &
EROSION
Go to Sediments
WEATHERING &
EROSION
Go to Sediments
WEATHERING &
EROSION
Stay Put!
WEATHERING &
EROSION
Stay Put!
WEATHERING &
EROSION
Stay Put!