📐 Rock Cycle Diagram Class 7

Class 7 · Interactive 3D Science Laboratory

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About Rock Cycle Diagram Class 7

The rock cycle shows how the three main rock types -- igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic -- constantly transform into one another through heat, pressure, weathering, and erosion over long periods of time.

Why It's Important

  • Explains how Earth's landscapes form over time
  • Produces the minerals and resources we rely on
  • Shows rocks are recycled, not permanent
  • Connects to volcanic activity and erosion

Observation Points

  • Trace how magma becomes igneous rock
  • Follow weathering breaking rock into sediment
  • Notice how heat and pressure create metamorphic rock
  • Identify the paths that lead back to magma

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the three main rock types
  • Explain how each rock type forms
  • Describe how one rock type can become another
  • Understand why the rock cycle has no fixed starting point

Summary

The rock cycle continuously recycles rock between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic forms through heat, pressure, weathering, and erosion, over thousands to millions of years.

Main Parts

PartFunction
Igneous RockFormed from cooled magma or lava
Sedimentary RockFormed from compressed sediment
Metamorphic RockFormed from heat and pressure on existing rock
MagmaMolten rock that can form new igneous rock

How It Works

Magma cools and solidifies into igneous rock
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Weathering and erosion break it into sediment
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Sediment compresses into sedimentary rock
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Heat and pressure can transform any rock into metamorphic rock
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Melting can return rock to magma, restarting the cycle

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