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Rocks Test Review
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper, note cards or in the
Cornell note format. Also, think of how Ms. Rozelle will ask questions on each of
these topics. Don’t expect that questions will be asked exactly how they are written
below.
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What characteristics do geologists use to identify rocks?
What are the three main groups of rocks?
What are coarse grained rocks?
What are fine grained rocks?
What does the size of the grain tell you about the rock and how it was
formed?
Igneous Rocks
6. Know how igneous rocks form.
7. What are characteristics of intrusive rocks?
8. What are characteristics of extrusive rocks?
9. What are the most abundant types of intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks?
10. What is one of the main minerals in igneous rock?
11. What are some uses of igneous rock?
Sedimentary Rocks
12. How do sedimentary rocks form? What are the series of processes that form
these rocks?
13. What are clastic rocks? How do they form? Give an example of this rock type.
14. What are organic rocks and how do they form? Give an example of this rock
type.
15. What are chemical rocks and how do they form? Give an example of this rock
type.
16. What are some uses of sedimentary rocks?
17. How does breccia form?
18. What are cementation, deposition, erosion, and compaction?
19. A geologist finds an area where the rocks are layers of coal and shale. What
kind of environment probably existed in this area millions of years ago when
the rock formed?
Rocks from Reefs
20. What forms a coral reef?
21. What happens to a coral reef if the sea level rises?
22. What conditions of light and temperature do coral animals require?
23. How is limestone formed?
Metamorphic Rocks
24. How do metamorphic rocks form?
25. How do geologists classify metamorphic rocks?
26. Where does the heat that changes a metamorphic rock come from?
27. Where do most metamorphic rocks form?
28. What are foliated rocks and how do they form? Do these rocks break into
layers?
29. What is an example of a foliated rock?
30. What are nonfoliated rocks and how do they form? Do these rocks break into
layers?
31. What is an example of a nonfoliated rock?
32. What are some uses of metamorphic rocks?
33. What are the two most useful metamorphic rocks?
Rock Cycle
34. What are the stages of the rock cycle?
35. Know how each rock can change into the other types of rocks. It may help to
draw out the rock cycle.
36. How does granite change into sandstone?