Rock Cycle Terms in Context

Use Energy Driving the Rock Cycle to teach the cycle, then give Rock Cycle Terms in Context for vocabulary practice. The bold words in the passage give students a bank of terms for the matching page.

Complete a passage about one granite rock with terms like magma and uplift, then match 14 definitions. The directions on the page read: Read the passage about one rock. Complete each sentence with a bold word or phrase from the passage. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade Earth science, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

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.

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.

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.