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Unit 10: Forces that Change the Earth
Rock Cycle links | Forces Expert Activity links

Rock Cycle
//Rock Cycle is an interactive Web site where students can learn all about rocks and geology, the science of rocks. They will learn how rocks can be identified, how they are formed, and how they change over time.// || [] || // Cutaway view of Earth shows where some common rock-forming processes occur. Embedded animations will illustrate the path of a rock moving through the rock cycle. // || [] || // From Pearson/Prentice Hall. Animates each step of the circle diagram of the rock cycle. // || [] || // Drag labels of each part to a cutaway picture of the earth. Score! // || [] ||
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 * Interactive Rock Cycle
 * Interactive Rock Cycle Animation
 * Interactive Rock Cycle Animation
 * Rock Cycle Drag & Drop Quiz
 * Rock Hounds Website || [] ||
 * Rock Cycle Webquest || [] ||
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Forces that Change the Earth
Erosion - [] ||
 * ====Geologist - Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition==== || Weathering - []
 * ====Geomorphologist - Uplift==== || Understanding Plate Motions []

You Try It: Contenintal Crush []

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 * ====Glaciologist - Glacial movement==== || Land Erosion []

Glaciers and Icecaps []

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 * ====Hydrologist - Water movement==== || Earth's Water: Runoff []

USGS Learning Web: Water page []

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 * ====Seismologist - Plate Tectonic Theory==== || * Geography4Kids: Earth Intro []
 * USGS: Understanding Plate Motions []
 * Earth Floor: Plate Tectonics []
 * Zoom School: Earth's Continental Plates []
 * ====Volcanologists==== || * Volcanoes []
 * The Mountain Environment:volcanoes []
 * Franklin Institute: EarthForce in the Core []
 * USGS Volcanoes []