Complete the T-Charts in your NOTEBOOK

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INT

C/H above surface

Fast cooling
Tiny crystals or none
Fine-Grained
C/H below surface
Slow cooling
Large crystals
Coarse-Grained

IG

Cooling and Hardening

Solidification
Crystallization

SED

Weathering and Erosion,

Compaction, Cementation.
Fossil possible
Layers-usually straight

MET

Heat and Pressure

Curvy layers, twisted
(foliated or non-foliated)

1. What formation processes are needed to

change a metamorphic rock to an igneous rock?

2. Igneous to Metamorphic?
Heat and Pressure

Melting

3. Sedimentary to Igneous?

Melting

1. What formation processes are needed to

change a metamorphic rock to an igneous rock?

2. Igneous to Metamorphic?
Heat and Pressure

Melting

3. Sedimentary to Igneous?

Melting

1. What formation processes are needed to

change a metamorphic rock to an igneous rock?

2. Igneous to Metamorphic?
Heat and Pressure

Melting

3. Sedimentary to Igneous?

Melting

1. What formation processes are needed to

change a metamorphic rock to an igneous rock?

2. Igneous to Metamorphic?
Heat and Pressure

Melting

3. Sedimentary to Igneous?

Melting

Analyze the physical characteristics of the following rocks.

What types of rocks are they and why? (IG), (SED), (MET)

Igneous

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Metamorphic

Igneous

Sedimentary

Sedimentary

Igneous

Metamorphic

Sedimentary

Fill in the formation process for each type of rock:

Igneous

Extrusive

Cooling/Hardening above surface

Intrusive

Cooling/Hardening below surface

Sedimentary

Weathering and Erosion, Compaction,

Cementation. (Fossil, straight layers)

Metamorphic

Heat and Pressure. Curvy layers,

twisted (foliated or non-foliated)

Magma/Lava

Melting into liquid. Molten. Melted

What does Rock

Cycle mean?

The continuous formation, destruction, and

transformation of the earth crust and rocks.