Bell work 9/25/2015 Get your comp book! Write your answers on 24 b in your comp. books! Which rock process is being described? Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down Rain washing away soil from a hillside Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean A mudslide flowing down a steep hill Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form terminal moraines Weathering Erosion Deposition Erosion Deposition
What we know… There are different processes that drive the rock cycle Rocks are recycled by the Earth There are three different kinds of rocks
Waves dropping sand on the beach On an Expo… Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition Waves dropping sand on the beach Deposition
Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone On an Expo… Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone Weathering
Wind blowing sand from one location to another On an Expo… Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition Wind blowing sand from one location to another Erosion
Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition On an Expo… Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart Weathering
Ponds filling up with sediment and becoming marshes On an Expo… Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition Ponds filling up with sediment and becoming marshes Deposition
Today’s Goals: Identify the three different types of rocks. Describe how each type of rock changes into another type as it moves through the rock cycle
Compaction and Cementation Types of Rock: Compaction and Cementation Sedimentary Heat and Pressure 2. Metamorphic Melting then Cooling 3. Igneous
The Rock Cycle pg. 22 Sediments Sedimentary Rock Cooling Igneous Rock Melting Weathering and Erosion Magma Heat and Pressure Sediments Melting Weathering and Erosion Compaction and Cementation Weathering and Erosion Metamorphic Rock Heat and Pressure Sedimentary Rock
Today’s Goals: Identify the three different types of rocks. Describe how each type of rock changes into another type as it moves through the rock cycle