1. The Rock Cycle

2. The whole ________ is made of ______and ____________.
planet
rocks
minerals

3. A mineral is a _____ substance--it is ___________ all the way through.
pure
the same
That means that a mineral is either an _________or a _____________.
element
compound
All rocks are made of two or more _________.
minerals

4. Crystals
_________________ are minerals that have had enough room to develop into the shape they were meant to be.
Quartz crystals from Arkansas

5. Copper sulfate crystals.
The chemicals that make up a mineral determine the ____________ of the ______________ it forms.
shape
crystals

6. Earth Cross-Section
Inner Core
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust

7. CRUST
Earth Cross-Section

8. crust ice liquid water sand soil
Earth’s ________ is made up of rocks and minerals.
crust
Much of the crust is covered by ___________, ________, _________and _______.
ice
liquid water
sand
soil
If you dig deep enough, you will always hit rocks.

9. The crust includes all the soil _________.
horizons
The crust is less than ____ of the total mass of Earth. 1%

10. MANTLE
Earth Cross-Section

11. The mantle is the _____ casing of the Earth.
solid
The mantle makes up about _______ of Earth’s mass.
70%
______________comes from the __________.
Some magma
mantle

12. CORE
Earth Cross-Section

13. ___________ is ______, ___________ is _______. Inner core solid
outer core
liquid
Some magma
______________ comes from the __________.
outer core
Made mainly of _______ and ________.
iron
nickel
Makes up about ___ of Earth’s mass.
30%

14. Constant ___________________ of material in ______________________
The Rock Cycle is:
Constant ___________________ of material in ______________________
recycling
Earth’s crust

17. 1._____________ rock - molten rock that cools and solidifies.
Igneous
1._____________ rock - molten rock that cools and solidifies.
GRANITE

18. Mt. Rushmore is granite
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19. They often contain __________.
2._______________rock - layers of rock fragments that were compressed and cemented together.
Sedimentary
They often contain __________.
fossils

20. Metamorphic without melting
3.________________ rocks – igneous or sedimentary rocks that have been compressed and heated _______________________.
without melting
MARBLE

21. liquid solid molten magma
Igneous rocks form when hot ______________ rock cools and changes into a __________.
liquid
solid
molten
This __________ rock is called __________.
magma

22. melted rock solid rock solidification
The process of ___________ changing into ___________ is called _____________.
melted rock
solid rock
solidification
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23. two
There are ________ main types of igneous rock, depending on ________________________.
where the magma
cools

24. Intrusive magma crust slowly
________ igneous rocks: ______ cools somewhere inside Earth’s _______.
Intrusive
magma
crust
This type of rock cools off very _______.
slowly

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Granite Boulder

27. ________ igneous rocks: magma ______ from a ________ and cools ________ on the _________.
Extrusive
erupts
volcano
quickly
surface

28. "Nature's Glass"

29. Igneous rocks usually contain _________.
crystals
Pegmatite

30. large slowly small quickly
Crystals are ______ if the magma cooled _______.
large
slowly
They are ______ if the magma cooled _______.
small
quickly

32. Igneous Rocks
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33. Largest Crystals Ever Found On Earth Discovered in Mexico
Crystal Cave of Giants
Largest Crystals Ever Found On Earth Discovered in Mexico