What is the difference between intrusive and extrusive rock?

Extrusive rock hardens in the open air after lava pours out. Intrusive rock cools slowly underground, so minerals grow as interlocking grains and form a coarse rock such as granite. Rock Cycle Terms in Context uses both words in one passage.

What are the main processes of the rock cycle?

They include cooling, melting, heat and pressure, weathering and erosion, and compaction and cementation. Energy Driving the Rock Cycle has students write each one on a diagram.

7th Grade Rocks and Minerals Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

The rock cycle is the set of processes that change rock from one kind to another over millions of years. There are 2 sheets for 7th grade here, each with an answer key. Energy Driving the Rock Cycle sorts processes by whether Earth's heat or the Sun drives them and labels a cycle diagram. Rock Cycle Terms in Context follows one granite rock from magma to its present form and has students match 14 terms. One sheet practices MS-ESS2-1.

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Energy Driving the Rock Cycle

Grade7th Grade

TopicEarth Science

Rock Cycle Terms in Context

Grade7th Grade

TopicEarth Science

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Heat from inside Earth and energy from the Sun both drive it, and gravity works alongside both. Interior heat melts rock and powers mountain building, while the Sun drives wind, water and weathering.

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