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Rocks, Minerals, and Rock Cycle Study Guide
You should ALSO use and study (see my website for links to anything you’re missing):
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Rocks & minerals video notes (half-sheet)
Rock Cycle Game packet
Rock Cycle Graphic Organizer
ROCK ON!!! Warm-up/Review and Video Notes
Rock Identification & Texture Guide (on my website)
What are the four key characteristics of minerals? Be sure you know what each means!
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What are rocks?
What is the difference between a rock and mineral?
What are some human and animal uses of rocks?
Name at least three specific rocks and how they can be used by humans or animals.
YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW:
The three types of rocks, where and how they form, and key characteristics.
The rock cycle (how each type of rock can become the others and what earth processes cause
that change).
How to tell the difference between fine-, medium-, and coarse-grained sedimentary rocks.
How to tell the difference between foliated and non-foliated metamorphic rocks.
How to tell the difference between fine- and coarse-grained igneous rocks.
The difference between weathering and erosion, and how each can occur.
Places where sediments are likely to settle (be deposited).
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Rocks, Minerals, and Rock Cycle Study Guide
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Naturally
Minerals
Coarse-grained
Extrusive
Non-foliated
Crystal
Weathering
Deposition
Foliated
Heat Inorganic
Large
Across
3. The process of sediments being carried away to new locations.
8. Bronze is not considered a mineral, because it is manmade – it
does not occur _______.
9. The primary source of energy that drives the rock cycle is _____
from the earth’s core.
12. A texture of igneous and sedimentary rocks where the fragments
or crystals can be clearly seen.
14. A texture of metamorphic rocks in which layers (stripes/sheets)
are still visible.
16. Metamorphic rocks are formed deep within the earth as the
result of lots of heat and _____.
17. When sediments fall and settle in layers.
18. _____ crystals form when magma or lava cools slowly.
19. Small crystals form in rock that cooled _____.
Fine-grained
Quickly
Erosion
Solid
Compacted
Intrusive
Pressure
Down
1. Water is not considered a mineral, because it is not ______.
2. Rocks are made of one or more _____.
4. As sediments get buried, they get _____ under the weight of the
layers above them until they form rocks.
5. The process of a rock being broken down into smaller pieces,
called sediments.
6. A texture of igneous and sedimentary rocks where the fragments
or crystals are extremely small, and potentially microscopic.
7. A texture of metamorphic rocks in which you cannot see layers
(stripes/sheets).
10. As magma cools and solidifies slowly, it forms _____ igneous
rock.
11. Minerals must be _____ - they cannot be the result of life
processes.
13. Quickly cooling lava forms _____ igneous rock.
15. Minerals must have a _____line structure.