The Rock Cycle Game

Name: ______Date: ______Per: ______Minerals and Rocks The Rock Cycle Game

Use the table below to keep track of your changes in the rock cycle. After each roll name the station you moved to and the type of rock you have become. Each roll of the dice represents 500,000 years in the cycle (50 rolls equals 25 million years). After completing the table, add up the amount of time spent in each stage.

Roll # Station Name Station Roll # Station Name Station Number Number 1 26 2 27 3 28 4 29 5 30 6 31 7 32 8 33 9 34 10 35 11 36 12 37 13 38 14 39 15 40 16 41 17 42 18 43 19 44 20 45 21 46 22 47 23 48 24 49 25 50 List, in years, the total time spent at each station.

Station 1: Compaction and Cementation ______

Station 2: High Temperature and Pressure ______

Station 3: Sediments______

Station 4: Igneous Rock______

Station 5: To the Surface ______

Station 6: Metamorphic Rock ______

Station 7: Sedimentary Rock ______

Station 8: Melting ______

Station 9: Cooling and Hardening ______

Station 10: Magma ______

Station 11: Weathering and Erosion ______

What stations relate to igneous rock or the conversion to igneous rock?

Station Name ______Years spent at station______

Station Name______Years spent at station______

What stations relate to sedimentary rock or the conversion to sedimentary rock?

What stations relate to metamorphic rock or the conversion to metamorphic rock?

Station Name______Years spent at station______Use Figure 5 on page 84 to complete the diagram of the rock cycle below. Use a highlighter or colored marker to trace your steps through the rock cycle.

Sedimentary Rock

Metamorphic Rock Igneous Rock

Imagine yourself as a mineral traveling through the stages of the rock cycle that you went through as you rolled the dice on page one. Write a short story describing your experiences as you turn form one type of rock to another.

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