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Rock Cycle Diagram The rock cycle is a process where different types of rock on, and in, the lithosphere are created and destroyed through a number of different processes. Your job is to discover and understand:  the properties of these rock types.  where these rock types can be found throughout the lithosphere  the processes that create, and destroy the rocks that make up the lithosphere. Step 1  With a pencil, draw a cross-section of the lithosphere that includes a mid-ocean ridge/rift zone and a subduction zone (convergent boundary) that includes a volcano.  Draw all of this so that the drawing spans a landscape view on your paper.  Get this signed off by the teacher before continuing. Step 2 Label on the diagram, using text boxes, where and how new rock is created and old rock is destroyed during plate tectonic processes. Step 3 Use the book resources available to you to diagram, label and describe:  Where the three rock types can be found.  How each type of rock forms (Internet resources are for out-of-class work only.) Step 4  Draw and label, the ways the volcano can be weathered and eroded over time.  Describe using an outline format the ways the volcano can be weathered and eroded over time.  Connect the outline to the diagram using letter, number, or other symbol designations. Be sure to include at least two types of weathering and two types of erosion processes. Inside Earth  Rock Cycle  Igneous Rock  Sedimentary Rock  Metamorphic Rock Inside Restless Earth  Rock Cycle  Igneous Rock  Sedimentary Rock  Metamorphic Rock Earth’s Changing Surface  Weathering  Erosion

Internet Resources http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/rocks/cycle/index.htm

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