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ROCKSRead each slide.
Look at each picture.
Answer each question.
There are three kinds
of rocks:
METAMORPHIC
IGNEOUS
and
SEDIMENTARY.
1 - 2 - 3
Metamorphic rocks are squished and folded.
Metamorphic means to change form.
Metamorphic rocks change because of heat and pressure.
Any type of rock can become a metamorphic rock.
When rocks are buried deep in the Earth there is lots of
heat and pressure.The heat and pressure make
the rock change form.
The word METAMORPHIC
means
“to change form.”
If there is too much heat the rock will melt and become
molten magma.
Igneous rocks are formed when hot molten magma or lava cools and becomes a
solid.
The word IGNEOUS means “fire.”
Volcanic rocks are igneous rocks that formed when lava
erupted from a volcano.
Sedimentary rocks are made by the slow hardening of
tiny bits of rock, or sediment, into layers.
Sedimentary rocks are in
stripes or layers.
The Grand Canyon is sedimentary rock.
The chalk you use on the chalkboard is made of
sedimentary rock.
Rocks are always changing. This is called the rock cycle.
The Rock Cycle
Tiny bits of sediment drift into the sea.
Layers are formed and harden into
SEDIMENTARY ROCK.
Pressure and heat build up and push the rocks together
making the rocks change form and change
their name to
METAMORPHIC ROCK.
When sedimentary rock or metamorphic rock get too
hot they melt
and make
IGNEOUS ROCK.
Answer each question in your Science Journal.
1. Name the three types of rocks. _________, ________, _________
2. What does METAMORPHIC mean? ______________________
3. What is another word for FIRE?
4. Which rock has stripes or layers?
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