Daily Routine Sit in your appropriate seat quietly Have all necessary materials out All back packs on the floor All cell phones on silent and away in backpacks All IPods off and headphones out of your ears Hats off No food or drink except for water

Bell Work Compare and contrast small scale and large scale metamorphism What is foliation?

Earth Science Announcements Mineral Quiz on Wednesday

The Rock Cycle

Magma a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth

Crystallization the removal and segregation from a melt of different mineral precipitates at different temperatures and different periods of cooling based on chemical composition

Igneous Rock rock type that is formed due to the solidification of magma or lava over long and short periods of time respectively

Extrusive fine grained igneous rocks that form on the surface that cool rapidly

Intrusive coarse grained igneous rock that form below the surface that form at high temperatures over a long period of time

Weathering the mechanical and chemical processes that break down rocks into small pieces

Sediment naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering , and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice

Erosion the transportation of sediments form wind, water, ice, or gravity

Deposition process by which, sediments, soil, and rocks settle out and are added to a landform or land mass after being eroded or transported by wind, water, or ice

Lithificaiton the consolidation of a loosely deposited sediment into a hard sedimentary rock through compaction (squishing sediments together) and cementation (using a mineral to stick sediments together)

Sedimentary Rock rock type that forms from the deposition of eroded sediments, precipitation of minerals out of chemically based solutions, or the high compaction of dead organic matter

Metamorphism the process of changing the crystalline structure of minerals in rocks to produce new rock types by using intense pressure and heat

Metamorphic Rock rock type that changes one rock to another rock type by rearranging the mineral structures due to regional and contact metamorphism

Melting the process which a mineral or rock experiences extreme heat and pressure and changes from a solid to a molten material

Uplift vertical elevation increases on the Earth’s Crust in response to natural forces, such as plate tectonics