Rock Cycle
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Minerals
Mix It Up!
100
Sediments are formed from this process.
Weathering and erosion
100
How are igneous rocks formed?
From the cooling & solidification of magma or lava
100
The rock represented by this map symbol:
Dolostone
100
The type of metamorphism caused by plate tectonics or rock layered on top of other rocks.
Regional
100
Name at least 4 properties used to identify minerals.
Color, streak, hardness, luster, cleavage/fracture
100
This crystalline rock forms from precipitates of biologic origin or cemented shell fragments
Limestone
200
When rocks melt, they become ________.
magma or lava
200
The type of Igneous rocks that cool quickly at the surface of Earth.
Extrusive
200
What is the difference between conglomerate and breccia?
Rounded (conglomerate) vs angular (breccia) sediments
200
Describe the difference between mineral alignment and banding.
Mineral alignment is minerals aligning in the same direction.
Banding is when light colored and dark colored minerals develop into 'bands,' or stripes, due to increased pressure and heat.
200
What is the difference between cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage breaks along smooth surfaces, fracture breaks randomly
200
Is halite a rock or mineral?
mineral
300
Describe how a metamorphic rock can become a sedimentary rock.
1. Uplift/weathering/erosion makes sediments
2. Sediments are deposited, buried, compacted, cemented into sedimentary rocks
300
Intrusive rocks cool ________ and have ________ minerals.
cool slowly and have large minerals
300
Which three sedimentary rocks form from water evaporating and leaving minerals behind?
Rock salt, gypsum, dolostone
300
This rock is form from the metamorphism of bituminous coal
Anthracite coal
300
Which mineral could scratch gypsum, but not fluorite? (there is more than one possible answer)
Halite OR Calcite OR Dolomite OR Mica
300
This igneous rock is lighter in color, glassy, and vesicular.
pumice
400
Process that causes igneous rocks to turn into metamorphic rocks
intense heat and/or pressure
400
The name of an intermediate-colored, vesicular igneous rock.
vesicular andesite
400
Which sedimentary rocks would react/bubble with acid and why?
Limestone and dolostone
Mineral composition (calcite, dolomite)
400
How could you tell marble apart from quartzite?
Acid test because marble contains calcite which reacts with acid
400
What 5 things does something need to be in order to be a mineral?
Solid, Inorganic, Natural, Crystal Structure, Chemical Composition
(SINCC!)
400
Are Mafic minerals light or dark in color?
dark color
500
These rocks are the only ones that contain fossils
sedimentary rocks
500
The name of an igneous rock that is very dense, contains pyroxene, and has mineral crystals that are 6mm in diameter.
Gabbro, Peridotite or Diabase
500
Name of a rock that is "Inorganic and Land-Derived"
Conglomerate, Breccia, Sandstone, Siltstone, or Shale
500
Explain why the rock type changes between location B and C.
Heat increased as the original slate is closer to the granite intrusion under the mountain
500
Both graphite and diamond are only made of carbon. Why are their properties so drastically different?
The minerals atomic arrangement
500
This metamorphic rock contains only mica crystals and is fine-grained.
slate