Download Minerals, Rocks, and Rock Cycle Test Study Guide

Minerals, Rocks, and Rock Cycle Test Study Guide
This is not everything you need to know! It is a start to help guide your studying.
Test is Wednesday, April 2.
 Who is Friedrich Mohs and what did he do?
 Explain process of crystal formation
 The size of a crystal depends upon what? (Why are some small
while others are large?)
 Be able to recall the 5 characteristics of every mineral
(definition of a mineral)
 Know the properties (~6 of them) used to identify one mineral
from another (i.e. color, texture, etc.) Think Mineral ID Lab!
 What determines the texture of rocks?
 Igneous rocks – Know how many different types, where they
form, and how they form.
 Even though two different igneous rocks may be made of the
same minerals, why do they look different/have different names?
 Identify specific igneous rocks i.e. granite, obsidian, etc.
 Sedimentary rocks – Know how many different types, what they
are made of, and how they form.
 Identify specific sedimentary rocks i.e. sandstone, shale, etc.
 Metamorphic rocks – Know how many different types, where
they form, and how they form.
 Identify specific metamorphic rocks i.e. gneiss, quartzite, etc.
 Identify the parent rocks of certain metamorphic rocks
o For example, gneiss is a metamorphic rock formed from
granite. Granite is the parent (original) rock.
 What drives the rock cycle? (without it, the cycle wouldn’t exist)
 Be able to take a rock and explain how it changes after going
through several processes, in order to turn into a different
type of rock.