Types of Rocks
What is a rock made from layers and cementation
Sedimentary Rock
How are rocks classified?
What is by the way it is formed
What is a rock made from cooling and hardening
Igneous Rock
Next test after being scratched by fingernail.
What is Scratched by a steel nail
Madison finds a rock that is made of small, round pebbles that appear to be glued together. What rock did Madison likely find?
What is a conglomerate rock?
Explain how granite is formed
What is formed by melting and cooling of magma
What is a rock made from heat and pressure
Metamorphic Rock
What rock cycle process results in granite?
What is melting of rock and cooling of magma?
Explain how an igneous rock can be transformed into a sedimentary rock.
What is the igneous rocks breaks down into sediment and becomes cemented together by pressure.
Calvin stacks five sheets of colored foam to make a model rock. Each color represents a different layer. Which rock is he modeling?
What is sedimentary rock
Rocks are made up of...
What is minerals
Characteristics other than streak and hardness that we used to classify minerals. Name at least two
What is luster, cleavage, color, shape, size, origin etc.
The process of Igneous Rock breaking into smaller pieces
What is weathering
two minerals that would glow under a black light
What are calcite and flourite
Sally Sue wants to show how igneous rocks form. How could you create a model that shows her igneous rock formation?
Example answer: Melting candle wax or another similar substance and letting it harden.
The three kinds of rock and how they are formed
What is sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
Describe talc or micah's cleavage
What is it breaks into flat sheets