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Boys and Girls Club Geology Club
Rocks and Earth Week

1. About how old is the Earth in years? Circle a number and word.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (circle two if inbetween)
Thousand Million Billion Trillion

2. What are the different layers of Earth? Label the Outer Core, Inner Core,
Crust, and Mantle.

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a. What layer of the earth is liquid metals such as Nickel?

3. What gasses are the atmosphere composed of? What are the main two
gases in the atmosphere?

4. Label the proportions of water on Earth…

a. How much of Earth surface is land vs water. Label each below.

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b. How much of Earth’s water is salt water vs fresh water. Label each
below.

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5. What kind of field is generated by Earth’s core?
a. Force
b. Sonic
c. Magnetic
d. Corn

6. What does this field protect us from?

a. Storm Troopers
b. Hearing Loss
c. Radiation
d. Earthquakes

7. How long have humans existed? Circle a number and word.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Thousand Hundred-Thousand Million Hundred-Million Billion
 8. Label the rock cycle.

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Key: Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous

a. What rock type is formed from molten magma?

b. What rock type is made from grains of other rocks and then
cemented together?

c. What rock type forms from heat and pressure?

 9. Journey on the Rock Cycle

This sheet is to help you write about your experiences as a rock during your
journey on the rock cycle. You will need to describe your adventures at each spot
and tell about what kind of rock you feel that you were. Roll the dice at the station
and follow the written directions.

(1) I began my adventure at ________________________.

(2) The first thing that happened was

_____________________________________________, then I went to
_________________________.

(3) The next thing that happened was

_________________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

(4) The next thing that happened was

_________________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

(5) The next thing that happened was

_________________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

(6) The next thing that happened was

_________________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

(7) The next thing that happened was

_________________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.
(8) The next thing that happened was
_________________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

(9) The next thing that happened was

_________________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

(10) The next thing that happened was

_________________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.
(11)

The next thing that happened was

_______________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

(12) The next thing that happened was

_______________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

(13) The next thing that happened was

_______________________________________________, then I went to
_____________________________________________________.

Challenge
Create a comic strip story of you r experiences from the journey through the
rock cycle!
SOURCES:
Image 1:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/natural_haza
rds/tectonic_plates_rev1.shtml
Image 2-3:
From video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGXi_9A__Vc
Image 4:
http://www.rocksandminerals4u.com/rock_cycle.html
Adapted from Rock Cycle Journey:
http://209.7.198.36/geologyonline/lessons/6.4/lesson.pdf