Friday, February 2 Mineral is to rock as _____________________ is to pizza. Mineral is to rock as _____________________ is to house. Mineral is to rock as _____________________ is to car. Mineral is to rock as _____________________ is to Mrs. Boucher’s classroom.

SEDIMENTARY IGNEOUS METAMORPHIC To Change: “Fire” Weathering Erosion Sedimentation Deposition Compaction Cementation Forms in layers, pieces glued together Sandstone, Limestone, Coal Cooling Magma Has big or small crystals (cooling time) Granite, Obsidian, Pumice Twisted and swirled by pressure and folding of the rock Marble, gneiss

The Rock Cycle Rocks can change into new Rocks

The Earth Recycles Rock The rock cycle is an ongoing series of processes inside Earth and on the surface Slowly changes rocks from one kind to another Any type of rock can change into another type

How does this relate to plate tectonics? Plate movement drives the rock cycle Subduction (1 plate pushed under another plate) Re-melts rock into magma Mountain building Folding, faulting, uplift Exposes rock at the surface to be weathered and eroded

The Rock Cycle

Starburst Rock Lab

Starburst Rock Cycle Lab Get three starburst candies…all different colors Cut them up into “sediment” pieces with scissors Fill out the lab report as you go along Clean up your mess when you are finished