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rocks

Which rock will it stay?

Can you Figure it Out?

From One Rock to another

On a RECYCLING Route

But never in a hurry

The Rock Cycle


Igneous

metamorphic

Sedimentary

The Rock Cycle


Igneous

Igneous means born of

The Rock Cycle


Igneous

Igneous means born of

Bedrock

Mag-ma!

But then the EARTHS elements


Wont leave The poor rock alone!

Ice wind Water

ice wind

water

They break up the stone

Compression of sediments

is One way Sedimentary Rock can be formed


That DARNED rocks changed again!

The Rock Cycle


Igneous

metamorphic

?
Sedimentary

The Rock Cycle


Igneous

kinda melted

metamorphic

squished

Sedimentary

hOT!

Bands (can) form


Metamorphic means changed

The Rock Cycle


Igneous

metamorphic

Sedimentary

The Rock Cycle

When Men first Discovered this

It came as A Shock !
James Hutton 1726-1797)

It was thought Only ONE identity To each kind of rock

Like a sort of registration


baby! Given At birth
Once granite, ALWAYS granite.

(No sir!)

always changing

The Rock Cycle


igneous

metamorphic

Sedimentary

Youngest Rocks Here !

Asteroid Impact?

Volcano roots down there!

Oldest Rocks Here !

The Rock Cycle

The end !

The end !

Beth Cook-Vernon Productions

The following are Spare pictures

Into the Bedrock

On top (Exit)

intrusive
(crystals)

extrusive

(no crystals)

The Rock Cycle

The Rock Cycle

The Rock Cycle

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