Rocks the rock cycle

... TYPES OF ROCKS CAN BE CHANGED INTO METAMORPHIC ROCK BY HEAT AND PRESSURE •KEY WORDS •HEAT and PRESSURE Rock Cycle Animations • You choose the pa th • Rocks forming THE ROCK CYCLE • One of the cycles ... TOGETHER Sedimentary Rocks KEY WORDS WEATHERING and EROSION COMPACTING and CEMENTING FORMED WHEN EXISTING ROCK IS CHANGED INTO NEW ROCK BY THE HEATING OF THE ROC...

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... TYPES OF ROCKS CAN BE CHANGED INTO METAMORPHIC ROCK BY HEAT AND PRESSURE •KEY WORDS •HEAT and PRESSURE Rock Cycle Animations • You choose the path • Rocks forming THE ROCK CYCLE • One of the cycles ... what minerals the rock is made of -TEXTURE=sizes, shapes and positions of grains in the rocks TYPES OF ROCKS • THE COMPOSITION OF ROCKS IS DETERMINED -BY THE...

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... THE ROCK CYCLE Metamorphic rocks: typically complex Pressure indicated by fabric (foliation) Heat indicated by growth of new minerals/crystals Metamorphic Rocks Two major types ... Minerals form during metamorphic heating at low pressures Contact metamorphic rocks Spotted hornfels: porphyroblasts Hornfels: uniformly granular Non-foliated metamorphic rocks II: Regional m...

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... separate into bands and sometime to even flow before cooling again! Common Metamorphic Rocks Parent Rock Metamorphic Rock Granite Gneiss Shale Slate Sandstone Quartzite The Rock Cycle ... the hot magma of batholiths L.Gardiner/Windows Original Regional Metamorphism Tectonic forces smash continents together The rocks get heated and become semi-molten The added pressure...

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... from the breakdown of other rocks and minerals *Environmental changes and processes affect the rock forming materials and existing rocks *These changes and processes produce distinct groups of rocks ... the majority of the earth  Can use the texture and mineralogy of these rocks to determine where in the Earth they formed Igneous Rock Textures  Where th...

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... THE ROCK CYCLE Relative proportions of rock groups Sedimentary rocks: larger proportion of land surface The greater proportion created by weathering, erosion & deposition These are known as clastic ... & deposition These are known as clastic sediments SEDIMENTARY ROCKS • Clastic sediments from weathering & erosion of pre- existing rocks • Weathering can be physical (f...

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... Metamorphic Rocks and the Rock Cycle Metamorphic Rocks • New rocks that form when existing rocks are heated or squeezed but are not melted are called metamorphic (me tuh MOR fihk) rocks Metamorphic Rocks ... Many foliated rocks have bands of differentcolored minerals Metamorphic Rocks and the Rock Cycle Types of Changed Rocks • Nonfoliated rocks not have dis...

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... metamorphic rocks © OUP: To be used solely in purchaser’s school or college 8H The rock cycle The rock cycle © OUP: To be used solely in purchaser’s school or college 8H The rock cycle © OUP: ... school or college 8H Rock factory A volcano is a giant rock factory Magma (molten rock) from below the ground is pushed to the surface and cools The rock that for...

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... Metamorphic rocks Sedimentary rocks Generalized Bedrock Geology of Michigan In Michigan, sedimentary rocks make up the bedrock in the eastern northern, and southern peninsulas Sedimentary rocks found in ... based on their mineral composition and texture In Michigan, igneous rocks make up the bedrock in the western northern peninsula Igneous and Metamorphic rocks Sedimen...

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... The weight of all the layers presses them together and they eventually harden forming sedimentary rock 2 The sedimentary rock is pushed deeper into the earth This adds to the pressure from the ... flattened some of the grains in the rock are Metamorphic Rock - Schist • Schist rocks are metamorphic These rocks can be formed from basalt, an igneous rock; shale, a sedi...

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... Publishing Company Unit Lesson The Rock Cycle What are the classes of rocks? • Each rock class can be divided further, based on differences in the way the rocks form • Sedimentary rock is composed of ... Unit Lesson The Rock Cycle What is the rock cycle? • Over millions of years, any of the three rock types can be changed into another of the three types •...

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... How Rocks Change  Introduction All rocks change slowly from one type to another, again and again The changes form a cycle, called "the rock cycle. " The way rocks change depends ... or sand grains insects, or other items in in the rock surface, like colored glass different colors in the are shiny or sparkly, like visible in the rock the rock rock tiny mirrors Sedimenta...

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... http://www.science.ca/~geo/202 /rock_ cycle/ rockcycle.htm/ The Rock Cycle. ” www.rocksandminerals.com 21 Feb 2003 SciLinks 19 Sep 2003 http://www.rocksandminerals.com/rockcycle.htm “What’s A Rock Cycle? ” www.priweb.org ... the way down to the mantle where they slowly mix with the rest of the mantle – this is the only way that rocks formed on the continent get recycled wit...

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... through the 3:51 rock cycle 3:45 The Rock Cycle – Reading Activity Possible! The Rock Cycle – In Legos 2:20 4:29 Misc Information and Sites Animated Rock Cycle Interactive Rock Cycle Interactive Rock ... sedimentary rock is cemented together subjected to heat and pressure Video Reinforcement Rock Cycle Song Mr Parr 4:28 eClips by NASA 4:09 Mr Lee Rock...

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... Metamorphic Schist Gneiss Quartzite Form when rocks change as they are heated or squeezed Paths Through the Rock Cycle Sedimentary Rock Igneous Rock in g r he sion t e a E ro W & He Pr at & ... E erin ros g ion Cooling Metamorphic Rock Melting Magma/Lava Rock cycle website Rock Cycle Song (Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") SEDIMENTARY rock Has been formed...

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