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The Rock Cycle

Explore how rocks form, break down, and reform over time in 10 problems with an answer key. Free printable PDF for Grade 4.

10 problems · Standards: 4-ESS1-1 · Difficulty: medium

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Grade: Grade 4
Subject: science
Topic: Sequencing and explaining how rocks can form, break down, and change into new rock material over long periods of time.
Pages: 2 · worksheet + answer key
Answer key: ✅ Included
Class time: about 15 min

1. When melted rock cools and hardens, what type of rock forms?
2. What do we call the process when wind and water break rocks into smaller pieces?
3. When layers of sand and pebbles are pressed together tightly over a long time, what type of rock can form?
4. A rock deep underground is heated and squeezed by great pressure but does not melt. What type of rock does it become?
5. Small rock pieces are carried by a river and dropped at the river's mouth. What is this dropping process called?
6. Before sediment can be compacted into sedimentary rock, what two processes must happen first to create the sediment?

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10 problems across 2 pages (worksheet + answer key)
Answer key included — every answer, ready to check
Standards: 4-ESS1-1
Skill: Sequencing and explaining how rocks can form, break down, and change into new rock material over long periods of time.
Suggested use: classwork, homework, or sub plans

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