The Rock Cycle

by Suzanne Slade

Overview

This title explores how mountains have risen only to dwindle to dust. Readers discover how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks live, die and are reborn as part of the never-ending rock cycle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781404234932
Publisher:	Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	01/16/2007
Series:	Cycles in Nature Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	920L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

The Changing Earth     4
The Rock Cycle     6
What Is a Rock?     8
Igneous Rock     10
Weathering and Erosion     12
Compaction and Cementation     14
The Three Types of Sedimentary Rock     16
Metamorphic Rock     18
Many Paths in the Rock Cycle     20
Rocks in Our World     22
Glossary     23
Index     24
Web Sites     24