GEOLOGY
ROCKS
VOCABULARY (PAGE)
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igneous (118)
sedimentary (118)
metamorphic
(118)
felsic (121)
mafic (121)
cementation (128)
stratification (130)
metamorphism
(133)
parent rock (133)
MEDIA ASSIGNMENT
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How the Earth
Was Made:
Vesuvius; 45 min.
(History Channel
or YouTube)
How to Make
Marble
Sculptures; 5 min.
(YouTube)
Grand Canyon
news article (NY
Times)
YOU SHOULD…
- include captions with
diagrams.
- give examples with
vocabulary.
- not use one word
answers.
SOL
Chapter
Section
Pages
6a,b,c
6
1-4
118-137
Quiz/Lab Date
I will use the rock cycle to reconstruct the history of a rock.
Level 1
1. What is the difference between a rock and a mineral? (p. 118)
Level 2
2. Draw the rock cycle. (p. 119)
Level 3
3. Create a concept map or flow chart describing how a metamorphic rock
can be formed from an igneous rock, to a sedimentary rock, and then to
another metamorphic rock. (p. 119-120)
I will analyze the properties of a rock in order to determine how it
formed. (each of the 3 types of rock)
Level 1
1. How are rocks classified into their 3 main groups? (p. 118)
Level 2
2. Draw the types of igneous formations. (p. 125)
3. Why would igneous rocks have different textures? Give examples.
(p. 123-125)
4. What is the only type of rock that has fossils? Why? (p. 130)
5. Draw the diagram of sorting of sediments. (p. 127)
6. Create a chart summarizing the types of metamorphism. (p. 133-134)
Level 3
7. Compare and contrast granite and basalt. (p. 122-123)
8. From where a stream runs into a lake and away from shore, in what order
would you most likely find the three basics types of sedimentary rocks?
(p. 127-131)
9. What makes metamorphic rock valuable? (p. 133-137)
*Make sure you can use the classification schemes from class.