Rock Cycle Writing and ID practice (2025-2026)

Instructions

Use your Rock Transformations Key Concepts and the Rock Cycle Choose Your Own Adventure on Google Classroom to complete the activities on this worksheet. You may work with a partner if you like.

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Sediments are formed by the process of __________ which happens__________.

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Sedimentary and igneous rocks can become ________________ rocks when subducted to a place where there is heat and pressure.

Rock identification
Go to the three stations in the classroom and observe the rocks at each station. Write down your observations in the table below. Use the magnifier under the light to see up close.

Now, go to the link to the Rock Cycle Choose your own Adventure. Start as any rock and follow through the steps to become all three different kinds of rocks.

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Start as an intrusive igneous rock. Then click on UPLIFT. What happens next?

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After you reach the surface, then you become

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Sediments will then undergo

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Now you are a

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A sedimentary rock can now be ____________ to get under the Earth's surface near the mantle but not into the mantle.

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When the rock is subducted near the mantle it will undergo __________and then become a __________.

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This rock, if it is subducted to the mantle, will then

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Magma can exit a volcano as lava and become an__________ or it can cool underground and become an __________

CHALLENGE Complete the sentences to make them true.

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Before an igneous rock forms ...

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Since metamorphic rocks are formed under the Earth’s surface ...

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When sediments build up under the water

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If magma cools under the surface

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After magma exits a volcano

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Unless a rock is on the surface

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Rock Cycle Writing and ID practice (2025-2026)

Rock identification
Go to the three stations in the classroom and observe the rocks at each station. Write down your observations in the table below. Use the magnifier under the light to see up close.

Start as an intrusive igneous rock. Then click on UPLIFT. What happens next?

After you reach the surface, then you become

Sediments will then undergo

Now you are a

A sedimentary rock can now be ____________ to get under the Earth's surface near the mantle but not into the mantle.

This rock, if it is subducted to the mantle, will then

Before an igneous rock forms ...

Since metamorphic rocks are formed under the Earth’s surface ...

When sediments build up under the water

If magma cools under the surface

After magma exits a volcano

Unless a rock is on the surface

Whenever a rock is subducted

Rock identification
Go to the three stations in the classroom and observe the rocks at each station. Write down your observations in the table below. Use the magnifier under the light to see up close.

Start as an intrusive igneous rock. Then click on UPLIFT. What happens next?

After you reach the surface, then you become

Sediments will then undergo

Now you are a

A sedimentary rock can now be ____________ to get under the Earth's surface near the mantle but not into the mantle.

This rock, if it is subducted to the mantle, will then

Before an igneous rock forms ...

Since metamorphic rocks are formed under the Earth’s surface ...

When sediments build up under the water

If magma cools under the surface

After magma exits a volcano

Unless a rock is on the surface

Whenever a rock is subducted

Rock Cycle Writing and ID practice (2025-2026)

Rock Cycle Writing and ID practice (2025-2026)

Rock identificationGo to the three stations in the classroom and observe the rocks at each station. Write down your observations in the table below. Use the magnifier under the light to see up close.

Start as an intrusive igneous rock. Then click on UPLIFT. What happens next?

After you reach the surface, then you become

Sediments will then undergo

Now you are a

A sedimentary rock can now be ____________ to get under the Earth's surface near the mantle but not into the mantle.

This rock, if it is subducted to the mantle, will then

Before an igneous rock forms ...

Since metamorphic rocks are formed under the Earth’s surface ...

When sediments build up under the water

If magma cools under the surface

After magma exits a volcano

Unless a rock is on the surface

Whenever a rock is subducted

Rock identificationGo to the three stations in the classroom and observe the rocks at each station. Write down your observations in the table below. Use the magnifier under the light to see up close.

Start as an intrusive igneous rock. Then click on UPLIFT. What happens next?

After you reach the surface, then you become

Sediments will then undergo

Now you are a

A sedimentary rock can now be ____________ to get under the Earth's surface near the mantle but not into the mantle.

This rock, if it is subducted to the mantle, will then

Before an igneous rock forms ...

Since metamorphic rocks are formed under the Earth’s surface ...

When sediments build up under the water

If magma cools under the surface

After magma exits a volcano

Unless a rock is on the surface

Whenever a rock is subducted

Rock identification
Go to the three stations in the classroom and observe the rocks at each station. Write down your observations in the table below. Use the magnifier under the light to see up close.

Rock identification
Go to the three stations in the classroom and observe the rocks at each station. Write down your observations in the table below. Use the magnifier under the light to see up close.