Center # 6: Interactives: Rock Cycle

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Center #6: Interactives: Rock Cycle

Directions:

·  Get a computer and login.

·  To get to the website, do a Google search for Interactives Rock Cycle, go to my blog for a direct link, or type in https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/

Part I Introduction:

1. Label the blanks in the diagram below after looking at the Introduction page.

/ Begin withTypes of Rocks

2. Click on:

Part II Types of Rocks:

1. Fill in the blanks: The three main types, or classes, of rock are______,______, and

______and the differences among them have to do with how they are formed.

2. List two facts about sedimentary rocks:

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3. List two examples of sedimentary rocks:

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4. List two facts about metamorphic rocks:

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5. List two examples of metamorphic rocks:

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6. List two facts about igneous rocks:

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7. List two examples of igneous rocks:

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8. Fill in the blanks in the chart below:

Crystals / Glassy surface / Ribbonlike layers
Imprints of leaves, shells, insects, or other items in the rock. / "Holes," like Swiss cheese, in the rock / Individual stones, pebbles, or sand grains visible in the rock

9. Click on: Next:Start your rock collection

Part III Start Your Rock Collection:

10. Click Begin and follow the directions on the screen. List the rock types and names that you added to your rock collection:

Rock Type / Rock Name
/ Identify Rock Types

11. Click on

Part IV Identify Rock Types:

12. Click Begin and follow the directions on the screen. You will have six minutes to complete this section and answer correctly. When you have finished, you will be instructed to move on to the next chapter. Click on next chapter.

Part V How Rocks Change:

13. Read the Introduction and Heat and Pressure sections.

14. Click on the START button in the animation to see how a rock is altered when it is subjected to heat and pressure under the Earth’s surface. Describe what you see here:

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15. Click Next at the bottom right of the screen. Read the Melting and Cooling sections.

16. Click on the MELTING button and describe what you see here: ______

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17. Click on the COOLING button and describe what you see here: ______

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18. Click Next at the bottom right of the screen. Read the Weathering and Erosion and Compacting and

Cementing sections.

19. Click on the WEATHERING AND EROSION button and describe what you see here: ______

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20. Click on the COMPACTING AND CEMENTING button and describe what you see here: ______

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21. Click on Transform the Rock at the bottom of the screen. Follow the directions to complete the task. List

your score here: ______.

22. Click on next chapter. Read the section and explore the diagram by rolling your mouse over the names of

the rock types and clicking on the images.

23. Click on Complete the Cycle to see if you can name the different parts of the rock cycle.

24. Click Begin and follow the directions on the screen. Complete the task and write your score here: ______

25. Click on final to move on to the last part of this activity.

26. Type your name into the box and follow the directions on the screen. You will answer questions about

rocks and the rock cycle.

27. Review your answers and write your score here: ______