9.3 “The Rock Cycle” notes guide
1. Remember rocks go through a “cycle”, meaning rocks are always ______. In this process
______rocks continually form from ______rocks and old rocks get ______. We call this process process the “______”.
2. Certain geological processes ______and ______rock. These processes also influence
the______that is found in certain areas.
3. Four “Geological Processes”that shape the Earth Include:
a) ______c) ______
b) ______d) ______
“Weathering, Erosion, and Depostion”
4. The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock is called
“______”.Weathering is important because ______.
5. Wind, water, ice, and gravity then transports ______and ______from one
location to another through a process called “______”. As the process continues sediments are later moved by erosion and eventually______in a process called “ ______”.
6. As rock particles and ______are eroded to a place of deposition and are
covered by additional particles, eventually the weight from above will start a process called ______.
(Lithification involves two steps:)
A) ______--squeezes out the fluids and space that exist between the particles.
B) ______--- results when the fluids that are squeezed out are replaced with minerals that were in the fluids.
“From Sedimentary Rock to Metamorphic Rock:”
7. Temperature and pressure are important. If the ______and ______are high enough, the
rock can change into ______rock.
8. If the rock gets hot enough to melt, this creates the magma that eventually cools to
form ______rock.
“How the Cycle continues……..”
9. Rock that is buried beneath the earth’s crust is eventually uplifted to the surface thanks to movements within the Earth . This process is called “______”.
10. As ______continues to chip away at the Earth’s surface , the rock that has been uplifted will eventually be exposed to the Earth’s ______.
When uplifted rock reaches the Earth’s ______, weathering, erosion, and deposition
begin to help the cycle begin all over again.
11. Explain what happens to older rock in the Rock Cycle Process in the space below:
______
______.
*** Complete the illustration of the Rock Cycle below*****
(use page 287 in your textbook to help you)