1. Rock Cycle

2. Rock Cycle Rock Cycle-Continuous changing and remaking of rocks
Any of the 3 types of rocks can be transformed into another type of rock by natural Earth processes

3. Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks are formed from the crystallization of magma
Granite-Makes up Earth’s continental crust
Basalt-Makes up Earth’s oceanic crust

4. Sedimentary Rocks
Sedimentary rocks are rocks that were formed through the deposition and solidification of sediments
Sediments-Pieces of solid material
Sandstone, Limestone

5. Metamorphic Rocks
Metamorphic rocks form when rocks are changed by heat and/or pressure
The heat allows atoms to rearrange themselves
Gneiss, Marble

6. Rock Cycle Igneous Rock Formation:
Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks can be melted down, and then cooled to form igneous rocks

7. Rock Cycle Sedimentary Rock Formation:
Igneous or Metamorphic rocks can become weathered and eroded and then lithified (cemented together) into sedimentary rocks

8. Rock Cycle Metamorphic Rock Formation:
Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks can be transformed by heat or pressure to form metamorphic rocks