Name:________________

Date:___________
Rock Cycle Guided notes

1. List the Three major types of rocks

a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Sedimentary
2. Each rock has the ability to ___Change___________ into another kind of
rock
3. What is the process called that changes rocks? ___Rock
Cycle__________.
4. Sedimentary
a. ______Wind_____________ and _______Water_____________
breakdown rock into tiny pieces and then are collected.
b. That is called _____Erosion_____________.
c. The sediments will build up and weigh down to create a
______layer__________ rock.
d. You may be able to see the ___sediments________.
5. Metamorphic
a. _______Heat___________ and ____pressure___________ create
metamorphic.
b. May form by friction from Earths crust shifting, pressure deep
within earth or radioactive decay.
c. Rock structure _____change__________ and creates new
____rock_________
d. You can often still see particles
6. Igneous
a. Rocks get superheated inside of the earth, they form
____magma____________.
b. There are different properties depending on if they formed
_______on top__________ or _________within___________ Earths
crust.
7. _____Any______________ rock can go from one type to another
8. This cycle will never___ends_______

Igneous
Magma

Sedimentary
Erosion

Heat
Metamorphic
and Pressure