Students will know core vocabulary pertaining to minerals.

Objective 18

Students will identify that minerals are naturally occurring chemical compounds that have a specific chemical composition.

The physical properties of all minerals depend on the internal arrangement of the atoms, within that mineral.

Objective 19

Objective 20 Students will identify that the silicate

minerals, which have silicon-oxygen tetrahedrons in their crystal structure, form the most abundant mineral group.

Objective 21 Using the properties of hardness, cleavage

or fracture, luster, and streak, students will identify common minerals.

Given properties of minerals, or having determined them, students will identify minerals using the “Properties of Common Minerals” chart on page 16 of the E.S.R.T.

Objective 22

Students will know core vocabulary pertaining to igneous rocks.

Objective 23

Students will describe the difference between intrusive and extrusive textures for igneous rocks.

Objective 24

Students will identify igneous rocks using the “Scheme for Igneous Rock Identification”, found on page 6 of the E.S.R.T.

Objective 25

Students will know core vocabulary pertaining to sedimentary rocks.

Objective 26

Students will describe the basis for classification of the two main groups of sedimentary rocks.

Objective 27

Students will identify sedimentary rocks using the “Scheme for Sedimentary Rock Identification”, found on page 7 of the E.S.R.T.

Objective 28

Students will know core vocabulary pertaining to metamorphic rocks.

Objective 29

Students will describe the conditions necessary to form metamorphic rocks.

Objective 30

Students will be able to distinguish between contact metamorphism and regional metamorphism.

Objective 31

Students will describe the difference between foliated and non-foliated metamorphic rocks.

Objective 32

Students will identify metamorphic rocks using the “Scheme for Metamorphic Rock I.D.” chart, from page 7 of the ESRT.

Objective 33

Students will identify the distinctive textures of the different main rock types.

Objective 34

Students will be able to interpret the rock cycle diagram, on page 6 of the ESRT.

Objective 35