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Rock Cycle

There are three main types of rock: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. Rocks can change from one type to another through processes in the rock cycle as they are exposed to heat, pressure, and other conditions either underground or at the surface. The rock cycle describes how rocks continuously form and change as they move between the three rock types in the earth's crust over long periods of time.

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Rock Cycle

There are three main types of rock: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. Rocks can change from one type to another through processes in the rock cycle as they are exposed to heat, pressure, and other conditions either underground or at the surface. The rock cycle describes how rocks continuously form and change as they move between the three rock types in the earth's crust over long periods of time.

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The Rock

Cycle
The Earth is made up of rock!
There are 3 types of rock,
classified by how they are formed:

•Sedimentary
•Metamorphic
•Igneous
Each of these three types of rock
can turn into any of the other types,
if exposed to the right conditions.
That’s why it’s called
The Rock Cycle!
The formation of the three rock types, through
Rock Cycle processes, happens in the earth’s crust.
Sedimentary
• Sedimentary rocks form from eroded
pieces of minerals, rocks, and fossils.
• These particles, or sediments, build
up in layers through deposition.
• Sedimentary rocks form near the
surface, by time and pressure.
Metamorphic
• Metamorphic rocks form when other
types of rocks change into new ones.
• They form deep underground.
• Metamorphic rocks require a lot of
time, heat and pressure to form.
Igneous
• Igneous rocks are made from molten
rock (magma) from deep underground.
• Magma that cools underground forms
intrusive rocks; when it cools on the
surface (as lava), extrusive rocks form.
• Igneous rocks form in intense heat.
Rocks are made up of matter—
like pretty much everything in the universe!
Matter is anything that has mass
and takes up space.

The three states of matter are:


solid, liquid, & gas.
Matter can change
both physically and chemically.
Physical change – a reversible change, where the
appearance is altered, but composition stays the same.
Chemical change – an irreversible change that
alters the chemical makeup of a substance.

Energy is involved in any change in matter!

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