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• On your scrap piece of paper list as many examples of cycles as you can. For example the water cycle.

• Today’s Schedule

• 1. Schedule/Updates for the week

• 2. The Rock Cycle

• 3. Rock Cycle Rock Star Biography

Igneous

MetamorphicSedimentary

Welcome to Science 1/5• Have a seat with your lab group and begin

filling out your lab ticket with your name and the lab name.

Your Name: ___________________

Lab Name: Rock Cycle Lab

Contribution:___________________

Behavior: _____________________

Completion: ___________________

Final Lab Grade: _______________

I. What are cycles?• an interval during which a recurring sequence

of events occurs.

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II. What is the rock cycle?• A series of processes on Earth’s surface and in

the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another. Interactive Rock Cycle Animation

• How can sedimentary rock become metamorphic?

• How can metamorphic rock become igneous?

• How can igneous rock become sedimentary?

III. How do plate tectonics and the rock cycle relate?

• Plate movement = magma = igneous rocks

• Plate movement = faulting, folding, and other motions of the crust = sedimentary & metamorphic rocks

• rock cycle - Google Videos

Rock Star Biography• Pick one type of rock and write a

Possible “biography” of the rock as it

moves through the rock cycle. Your

story should state the type of rock, how

the rock formed, and how it changed.

Be creative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Larz Lava was born 4 billion years ago when a volcano erupted and the lava hardened into an igneous rock. Larz was destined for stardom from the beginning, when he rose from the bottom of a magma chamber and erupted explosively onto the rock and roll scene. After years of heavy weathering, Larz’s body was broken and beat down and was eroded into the ocean, where he was deposited into the depths of despair and hit a low point in his life. After years of compaction, cementation, and re-building, Larz reappeared with the new look of a sedimentary rock. Larz was riding the momentum of his new look when tragedy struck again and he was subducted into the mantle. Millions of years went by but the heat and pressure of the mantle only made Larz stronger. Larz had changed into a metamorphic rock and his career was reborn.

• Turn your HW in. You should have 8 note cards. One card is for each of the following terms: Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation. Set your cards up like the examples below.

Def: A rock made of hardened magma/lava. 2 types intrusive and extrusive depending on where they form.

Synonyms: fire, magma, lava

Sentence: Igneous rocks form from the cooling and hardening of magma.

Igneous Rock

Rock Cycle Lab

• Lab is due at the end of class.• The objective of this lab is to demonstrate how

a ‘crayon’ rock goes through the different processes of the rock cycle.

• Complete the Lab Sheet as well as the Rock Cycle Handout.

• Follow the procedure! Read the directions! Ask Questions if needed!

• You may work with 1 partner to complete the lab.

Step 2: Rock Descriptions

• Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic

• No layers Pieces stripes/layers

• No sediment Layers different colors

• smooth different colors smooth

• Air pockets textured

• Sedimentary Igneous Metamorphic