The Rock Cycle (Grade 8)
Free printable Grade 8 science worksheet on the rock cycle. Students sequence the stages of the cycle and classify igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks by how they formed.
Grade 8 · Science worksheet
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The Rock Cycle
Number the stages of the rock cycle from 1 to 6, starting with weathering of exposed rock, then answer the questions about rock types and their uses.
- 1.Number this stage of the rock cycle: Weathering and erosion break exposed rock into small pieces of sediment
- 2.Number this stage of the rock cycle: Deep burial adds heat and pressure, forming metamorphic rock
- 3.Number this stage of the rock cycle: The magma cools and crystallises into igneous rock, which is uplifted and exposed again
- 4.Number this stage of the rock cycle: More heat melts the rock into magma
- 5.Number this stage of the rock cycle: Burial compacts and cements the layers into sedimentary rock
- 6.Number this stage of the rock cycle: Moving water, wind or ice transports the sediment and deposits it in layers
- 7.Granite has large crystals and basalt has very small ones. Why?
- 8.Which rock type forms from layers of sediment that are compacted and cemented?
- 9.Classify basalt: igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic?
- a) igneous
- b) sedimentary
- c) metamorphic
- 10.Which rock type can contain fossils?
- 11.Limestone is changed by heat and pressure into which metamorphic rock?
- 12.Sandstone is changed by heat and pressure into which metamorphic rock?
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