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Review how different rocks form
What is a rock?
Study how rocks go around the rock cycle
How do scientists decide if a rock is igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary?
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
What are intrusive igneous rocks?
What term is used to describe the size and arrangement of crystals in an igneous rock?
What process has a great effect on this term?
Granite, pumice and scoria are all igneous rocks. Why doesn't granite have holes.
Light color igneous rocks are rich in __________ and _________
Dark color igneous rocks are rich in ___________and ________
Where are andesitic rocks found?
Where are basaltic or mafic rocks located?
Where did the granite quarried in West Roxbury crystallize?
Why are there few fossils found in igneous rocks?
Why do clastic and nonclastic rocks have different textures?
What are some of the materials that are found in clastic sedimentary rocks?
What are the two methods in which rocks are weathered into sediment?
What mineral is the most resistant to weathering?
Rank in oder of size of their clasts: shale, conglomerate, sandstone
Why is shale more likely to have fossils than other clastic rocks?
What is the most abundant chemical sedimentary rock?
What does a fossil coral reef in western Massachusetts tell you about its past?
What could we learn about Poland's geological history from its salt mines?
Where do many sandstones form?
How do regional and contact metamorphism differ?
How could you distinguish between marble and quartzite?
What are the agents of change in metamorphism?
What do you know about:
Shale
Granite
Slate
Basalt
Obsidian
Rock Salt
Sandstone
Quartzite
Marble
Gneiss
Pumice