4th Grade Rock Cycle Worksheets

“Name the stages of the rock cycle: magma, igneous rock, sediment, sedimentary rock and metamorphic rock.”

“Describe the processes that change one kind of rock into another.”

“Explain that a rock can follow more than one route through the cycle.”

“Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic from a description of how they formed.”

“Link how a rock formed to how it looks.”

“Name the parent rock of a metamorphic rock.”

“Tell weathering, erosion and deposition apart.”

“Describe how loose sediment becomes sedimentary rock.”

“Describe what heat and pressure and melting do to rock.”

“Put the steps from a mountain to sandstone in order.”

“Identify igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks from observable properties.”

“Support a claim with a piece of evidence.”

“Describe a rock by its color, texture, grains or crystals, and layers.”

RI.4.1

“Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.”

RI.4.4

“Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.”

“Name the rock and rock type at each stage of the rock cycle, and the process that links stages.”

“Name the three types of rock and sort examples into them.”

“Identify the process that breaks rock into sediment and the rock that forms when lava cools.”

“Label the processes that link rock types in the rock cycle.”