Download Rocks and Minerals Test April 28, 2016

Rocks and Minerals Test
April 28, 2016
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Define mineral
List and identify the different mineral tests making certain to include any special tests used to identify mineral
type
Define the difference between quantitative and qualitative tests
Identify which mineral tests are qualitative and which are quantitative
Be able to identify minerals from a list of tests compared to a list of various minerals
Describe the events that led to the creation of the crystals in the Naica crystal cave.
Define a rock
Describe different tests to help classify rocks.
Define, describe, and draw how each part of the rock cycle can become another part of the rock cycle.
Describe how each rock type forms.
Define and describe igneous Rock
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Identify and define the 2 different types of igneous rock
Define and describe sedimentary rock
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Identify and define the 3 different types of sedimentary rock
Define and describe metamorphic rock
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Identify and define the 2 different types of metamorphic rock
Compare and contrast the 3 different types of rocks
Define extrusive
Define intrusive
Define erosion
Define weathering
Define compaction
Define cementation
Define sediment
Define felsic
Define mafic
Define clastic
Define foliated
Define strata and stratification
Be able to answer questions similar to the following:
1. Why are qualitative tests both good and bad?
2. Why would the Mohs hardness test be considered both qualitative quantitative?
3. Why does a fossil have to be present in the original sedimentary rock so that a fossil can be found
in a metamorphic rock?
4. Why can’t igneous and metamorphic rocks hold fossils?
5. Describe the difference between contact and regional metamorphism.
6. Why are metamorphic rocks similar to Goldilocks?
7. Igneous rock comes from volcanic activity. Where on earth’s surface would we have an area rich
in igneous rocks?
8. If clastic sediment comes from glaciers, and the great lakes (Lake Erie for example) were formed
by glaciers, what kind of rock is in and around Lake Erie?
9. If the Dead Sea is full of salt, what type of sedimentary rock is in around that body of water?
10. If Ohio has lots of coal, other than plants and animals, what must have been covering Ohio’s
surface millions of years ago?
11. Why is the rock cycle called a cycle?
12. What is the one obvious difference between conglomerate and breccias rock?
13. Ohio also has lots of limestone. What must have been in the water covering Ohio millions of years
ago?
14. Halite is usually buried under ground and must be mined. If the halite started on the surface of
the earth, how did it end up underground?
15. Why do scientists describe igneous rocks as being fire born?
16. Intrusive rocks are trapped where in relation to earth’s surface?
17. What type of igneous rock was the scientist trying to gather from Mount Nyiragongo volcano in Africa?
Why?
18. Since many minerals are located several miles beneath earth’s surface, what 2 types of rock must
they be?