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ES Chapter 3 Study Guide
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1. Draw the rock cycle and list all of the steps.
2. If granite undergoes high temperatures and pressures at depth with Earth, what type
of rock will be formed? Assume that the granite doesn’t melt.
3. Are most rocks mixtures of minerals?
4. What is a naturally occurring, solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter?
5. Is lava a rock?
6. Is magma a type of rock?
7. How are the three groups of rocks classified?
8. Where does all of the energy that drives Earths rock cycle come from?
9. What type of rocks is formed by processes powered by the sun?
10. Where is the energy source found that drives the processes that for igneous and
metamorphic rocks?
11. What type of texture do rocks have that are formed by large masses of magma
solidifying far below Earth’s surface?
12. Lava that cools so quickly that ions do not have time to arrange themselves into
crystals will form igneous rocks with what type of texture?
13. What happens to the size of the crystals that form as the rate of cooling of igneous
rocks increases?
14. What is a use for fossils found in sedimentary rocks?
15. Where are metamorphic rocks most likely to form?
16. Study the table on p. 79.
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What is responsible for the formation of rock gypsum?
What type of rock is composed of very fine crystalline quartz?
How would a coarse-grained rock with angular fragments be classified?
How would a clastic sedimentary rock with particles that are 1.5 mm in
diameter be classified?
17. What are some examples of an extrusive igneous rock?
18. How would a rock that forms from cooling lava be classified?
19. What is the order of the processes involved in sedimentary rock formation?
20. What type of sedimentary rock is formed from weathered particles of rocks and
minerals?
21. How are the crystals arranged in a foliated metamorphic rock?
22. What are some examples of rocks with a nonfoliated texture?