Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Rocks and Minerals
Rocks Rock! Part 2

Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and Minerals


Rocks Rock! Part 2
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 7 to 8
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.88

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    gneiss, nonfoliated, metamorphism, renewal, regional, igneous, mineral-rich, heated, metamorphic, sedimentary, originally, collide, presence, granite, gain, magma


Print Rocks Rock! Part 2
     Print Rocks Rock! Part 2  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)


Quickly Print
     Quickly print reading comprehension


Proofreading Activity
     Print a proofreading activity


Rocks Rock! Part 2
By Brenda B. Covert
  

1     You are familiar with the metamorphosis of butterflies, the cycle that goes from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. You know that butterflies are metamorphic, but did you know that rocks are metamorphic as well? It's true!
 
2     You read about igneous and sedimentary rocks in Part 1. They are related to the third type of rock. In certain circumstances, igneous and sedimentary rocks become metamorphic rocks, the third type of rock found on Earth.
 
3     Metamorphism occurs within the Earth's interior rather than on the surface. Most metamorphism takes place 6 to 19 miles below the Earth's surface. That means we don't see metamorphic rock nearly as often as the igneous (from lava or magma) or sedimentary (layers of pressed sediment) types of rocks.

Paragraphs 4 to 9:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable



Weekly Reading Books

          Create Weekly Reading Books

Prepare for an entire week at once!


Feedback on Rocks Rock! Part 2
Leave your feedback on Rocks Rock! Part 2   (use this link if you found an error in the story)



Rocks and Minerals
             Rocks and Minerals


Science
             Science


    Careers in Science  
 
    Caring for Earth  
 
    Clouds  
 
    Dinosaurs  
 
    Earth's Land  
 
    Earth  
 
    Earthquakes  
 
    Electricity  
 
    Energy  
 
    Erosion  
 
    Food Pyramid  
 
    Food Webs and Food Chain  
 
    Forces and Motion  
 
    Fossils  
 
    Health and Nutrition  
 
    How Things Work  
 
    Landforms  
 
    Life Science  
 
    Light  
 
    Magnets  
 
    Matter  
 
 
    Moon  
 
    Natural Disasters  
 
    Photosynthesis  
 
    Plant and Animal Cells  
 
    Plants  
 
    Rocks and Minerals  
 
    Science Process Skills  
 
    Scientific Notation  
 
    Seasons  
 
    Simple Machines  
 
    Soil  
 
    Solar System  
 
    Sound  
 
    Space and Stars  
 
    Sun  
 
    Tsunami  
 
    Volcanoes  
 
    Water Cycle  
 
    Water  
 
    Weather  
 



Copyright © 2018 edHelper