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Rock Cycle WebQuest
TASKS & PROCESS
Rock Types & Rock Cycle WebQuest Objective: In this lesson you will discover types of rocks
and explore how rocks cycle through the rock cycle. By the end of this lesson, you should be
able to explain how the three types of rocks recycle through different processes on earth over
long periods of time.
Types of Rocks Use the following link to watch the “Rock Types & Rock Cycle” video by
Untamed Science. As you watch, answer the following questions. Rocks and Rock Cycle
video
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1. Igneous rock is where new rock is formed from molten ______________.
2. When lava cools it becomes an _____________ rock.
3. The slower the magma cools the larger the _____________ are on the surface of the rock.
4. Every sedimentary rock came from _______________.
5. Metamorphic rock occurs when you take any other type of rock and put them under
___________ and ___________ , and they twist and meld together. 6. In the rock cycle,
if any type of rock is broken down into little pieces, it changes into _________________ rock.
7. If any type of rock experiences intense heat and cools it changes into _______________
rock.
8. If any type of rock experiences intense heat and pressure, it changes into ______________
rock.
Open Rock and the Rock Cycle. Read and fill in the blanks.
All rock (except for meteorites) that is on Earth today is made of the _________ stuff as the
rocks that dinosaurs and other ancient life forms walked, crawled, and swam over. While the
Rock Cycle Webquest 1
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stuff that rocks are _________ from stays the _____________, the rocks
___________________. Over millions of years, rocks are ______________ into other rocks.
Moving ______________________ help to ____________ and ______ many types of rocks.
Types of Weathering Use the following link to complete the “Rock Cycle” activity by Bitesize
Science. Long URL: https://www.bbc.com/education/guides/zwd2mp3/revision/5 Tiny:
http://tinyurl.com/zo2d2yb Use the arrows above the heading of the article to navigate through
the 5 pages of information. As you read the information, answer the following questions.
Biological Weathering
9. What is weathering? _________________
10. How do animals and people cause weathering? ________________
11. How do plants cause weathering?
Tab 2 – Chemical Weathering
12. What is the weathering of rocks by chemicals called?
13. What occurs when acidic rainfall falls on rock?
14. When coal, oil, and natural gas are used, what two chemicals escape into the air?
15. What is acid rain?
16. What are two ways that acid rain affects the environment?
Tab 3 – Physical Weathering
17. Physical weathering is caused by physical processes such as:
18. What happens when rock gets hot?
19. What happens when rock gets cools?
20. What happens when rock is heated and cooled many times?
21. How do wind, rain, and waves cause weathering?
22. How does Freeze-thaw affect weathering?
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Tab 4 – Erosion and Transport
23. What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Tab 5 – Rock Cycle Summary
24. List the examples of each type of rock below:
a) Igneous:
b) Sedimentary:
c) Metamorphic:
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Evaluation: The Rock Cycle Test
25. Use the following link to take the Rock Cycle Test and answer the questions below.
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1) Which is not an example of physical weathering?
2) Which rock is most likely to be to be damaged by acid rain?
3) Which landscape feature can be caused by chemical weathering?
4) Which term describes the movement of small rocky particles away from their source? e)
What is required to make a metamorphic rock?
Characteristics of Rock Use the following link to complete the “Types of Rocks” activity by
Annenberg Learners website. Long URL: https://learner.org/series/interactive-rock-cycleTiny:
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Rock Cycle Webquest 3
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26. Click Begin with Types of Rocks. Read about the three types of rocks. As you read about
each type, write the physical properties of each type of rock in the table below.
TYPE Physical Characteristics
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
27. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Copy the chart of the key characteristics in the chart below.
Characteristic Crystals Fossils Gas Bubbles Glassy Ribbon Like Sand or
Surface Layers Pebbles
Description
Drawing
28. Click the red link under the key characteristics
Evaluation: Next: Start Your Rock Collection. Build your rock collection.
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How many rocks did you collect of each type?
Click the red link under your collection “Identify Rock Types” Begin the activity. Answer the
questions below as you move through the activity (the questions below are the same as the
questions in the activity).
29 What characteristics do you see in marble? ________ What type of rock is it? ____
30. What characteristics do you see in the conglomerate? __________ What type of rock is it?
__________
31. What characteristic do you see in the obsidian? ____________ What type of rock is it?
___________
32. What characteristic do you see in the gneiss? _____________ What type of rock is it?
___________
33. Click Done or Identify Rock Types. Answer the 10 questions in this section. Write your
score here.
***Click DONE. Scroll Down to the bottom of the screen. Click Rock Cycle Site Map. Then Click The Rock
Cycle Diagram. Explore the diagram by rolling your mouse over the names of the rock types and clicking on
the images to view the animations. Write notes in the table below as you hover over each label of the rock
cycle.
Label of type or process Notes and descriptions of type or process
Compaction and Cementing
Sedimentary rock
Heat and Pressure
Metamorphic Rock
Melting and Cooling
Magma
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Igneous Rock
Weather and Erosion
Conclusion: Rock Cycle Project
Now that you have learned about the different kinds of rocks and about the rock cycle you should
be prepared to do a project. Show what you have learned about the different kinds of rocks or the
rock cycle by creating a project. You can display this by making a video, model, song, poem,
cartoon, illustrated story, etc. Your teacher will give you the due date for this assignment. This
project will be worth 100 points and the distribution of points is below.
Your Project Should Include: Points Possible
All types of rocks 20
Properties of rocks 20
Rock Cycle 20
Creativity and Organization 30
Presentation 10
Total Points Possible 100
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