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rocks
Which rock will it stay?
Can you Figure it Out?
From One Rock to another
On a RECYCLINGRoute
But never in a hurry
Igneous
metamorphic
Sedimentary
The Rock Cycle
Igneous
The Rock Cycle
Igneous means “born of fire”
Igneous
The Rock Cycle
Igneous means “born of fire”
But then theEARTH’S elements
Won’t leaveThe poor rock alone!
•Ice•wind •Water ice
water
wind
They break up the stone
That DARNED rock’schanged again!
Compression of sedimentsis One way
Sedimentary Rock can be formed
Igneous
metamorphic
Sedimentary
The Rock Cycle
?
Igneous
metamorphic
Sedimentary
The Rock Cycle
squishedkinda
melted
hOT!
Bands (can) form
Metamorphicmeans
“changed”
Igneous
metamorphic
Sedimentary
The Rock Cycle
When Men first Discovered this
It came asA Shock !
James Hutton1726-1797)
It was thoughtOnly ONE identityTo each kind of rock
Like a sort of registration
baby!Given At birth
(No sir!)Once granite,ALWAYS granite.
always changing…
igneous
metamorphic
Sedimentary
The Rock Cycle
Oldest RocksHere !
Youngest RocksHere !
VolcanoRoots here!
Volcano roots down there!
AsteroidImpact?
The end !
The end !
Beth Cook-VernonProductions
The following areSpare pictures…
intrusiveextrusive
Into theBedrock
On top (Exit)
(crystals)(no crystals)
The Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle
