Name:_______________________________
Date:_________________
Class Period:___________
Rock Study Guide
What are the three types of rocks?
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3.______________________________________
Characteristics of each rock type
What are the characteristics of a sedimentary rock?
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What are the characteristics of a metamorphic rock?
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What are the two types of igneous rocks?
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2.__________________________________________
What are the characteristics of each type of igneous rock?
Intrusive-__________________________________________________________________________________
Extrusive-__________________________________________________________________________________
Which type of rocks will most likely be foliated?
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What does foliated mean?
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What is the difference between coarse and fine grained rocks?
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What is sediment?
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What is the difference between lava and magma?
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Processes of Formation
Write how each object is formed.
A sedimentary rock is formed by_______________________________________________________________.
A metamorphic rock is formed by______________________________________________________________.
An igneous rock is formed by__________________________________________________________________.
Magma is formed by ________________________________________________________________________.
Sediment is formed by_______________________________________________________________________.
Where is an intrusive igneous rock formed? _____________________________________________________
What substance forms an intrusive igneous rock?_________________________________________________
Where is an extrusive igneous rock formed?_____________________________________________________
What substance forms an extrusive igneous rock?________________________________________________
Name:_______________________________
Date:_________________
Class Period:___________
Describe a vesicular texture of an igneous rock.
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Put these rocks in order of the speed they formed. Slowest formed  Fastest formed
Obsidian
granite
basalt
pumice
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What type of sedimentary rocks is formed from high energy deposition?
a. fine grained
b. coarse grained
Explain:___________________________________________________________________________________
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What type of sedimentary rocks is formed from low energy deposition?
a. fine grained
b. coarse grained
Explain:___________________________________________________________________________________
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Draw and label the arrow on the rock cycle diagram
sedimentary rock
sediment
metamorphic rock
igneous rock
magma
Name:_______________________________
Date:_________________
Class Period:___________