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Igneous/Metamorphic Rock Questions
http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/science/sciber00/8th/earth/sciber/rocks2.htm
Igneous rock
1. What is extrusive igneous rock?
2. What is the most common extrusive rock and where is it found?
3. What is magma?
4. What is lava?
5. Where does intrusive igneous rock form?
6. Does intrusive igneous rock form from lava or magma?
7. When molten rock takes a long time to cool, are the crystals in the rock big or
small?
8. Is granite intrusive or extrusive?
9. What minerals is granite made out of?
10. Why does granite have large crystals?
Metamorphic Rock
http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/science/sciber00/8th/earth/sciber/rocks4.htm
1. Metamorphic rock forms when other rocks are exposed to which 2 factors?
2. Where do metamorphic rocks form?
3. What are the two categories of metamorphic rock?
4. What is a non-foliated rock?
Now go to this website to answer #5-9:
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es06
07/es0607page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
5. The igneous rock, diorite, is made up of what minerals?
6. Play the animation. What is the name of the metamorphic rock that forms?
7. What does the foliation look like?
8. What is the name of the new minerals that have formed?
9. What cause the igneous rock to become a metamorphic rock?