Welcome!The Topic For Today Is Rocks and Minerals

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Name that Rock Formation

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Rocks and Minerals

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Question:Name the mineral characteristic that is how

the mineral splits along a flat surfaceAnswerCleavage

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Question:What are the 5 characteristics of a mineral?AnswerNaturally occurring InorganicSolidCrystalline structureDefinite chemical composition

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Question:Name 2 uses for mineralsAnswerGemstonesMetalsAlloysFood, medicine, fertilizer, building materials

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Question:What type of rock is mined to extract a metal

from the ground?AnswerOre or veins

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Question:What are the three ways minerals form?AnswerCrystallizationMagma and Lava FormationPrecipitate out of solution

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Question:Formed when one type of rock is put under

INTENSE heat or pressure to become another rock

AnswerMetamorphic

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Question:Usually formed near a body of water

(beaches, rivers, lakes)AnswerSedimentary

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Question:Formed by cooling lava or magmaAnswerIgneous

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Question:Often used to build statues, like the Lincoln

Memorial in Washington, DC because it is durable and easily polished.

AnswerMetamorphic (marble)

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Question:The most common type of rock covering the

Earth’s surfaceAnswerSedimentary (75% of Earth’s surface)

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Question:CLASSIFY this rock

AnswerExtrusive Igneous rock

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Question:Classify this rock

AnswerIntrusive Igneous

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Question:Classify these rocks

AnswerChemical sedimentary

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Question:Classify these rocks.

AnswerClastic sedimentary

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Question:Classify these rocks

AnswerFoliated Metamorphic (schist)

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Question:Name the 3 types of sedimentary rock.AnswerClastic, Chemical & Organic

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Question:CoalAnswerOrganic Sedimentary

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Question:Conglomerate, made of large pieces of

rounded rock is what type of sedimentary rock?

AnswerClastic

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Question:How do chemical rocks form?AnswerToo many minerals dissolved into water and

then the water begins to evaporate, leaving mineral crystals behind.

Sedimentary: 800

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Question:What are the FOUR STEPS to forming a

clastic sedimentary rock?Answer1. Weathering2. Erosion3. Deposition4. Lithification

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Question:Halite in sea water can form what type of

rock?AnswerChemical sedimentary

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Question:What does “metamorphic” mean?AnswerChange form

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Question:Name 3 of the things that may change during

rock metamorphosisAnswerAppearance, texture, mineral content, crystal

structure

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Question:Granite is what type of rock AND does it have

high or low silica content?AnswerIntrusive igneous with high silica content

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Question:You observe a white, ashy texture to a rock.

It is relatively light-weight and has no visible layering. What type of rock is it?

AnswerExtrusive igneous

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Question:Who sang the Rock Cycle Rap?Answer…Mr. Lee, 6th grade science teacher

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