Study Guide for Ch. 2 & 3
Minerals & Rocks
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Chapter 2.1 Minerals
1. Define a mineral.
2. A mineral must be all of the following five characteristics.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
3. A mineral must be ____________________, which means that it contains
________________________.
4. Coal is classified as a _________________ because
______________________________.
5.
Define a crystal.
Ch. 3.1 Classifying Rocks
6. Grains give a rock its ________________.
7. What is a rock made up of?
8. How do geologists determine how to describe a rock’s texture?
9. What are fine-grained rocks?
10. What are coarse-grained rocks?
Ch. 3.2 Igneous Rocks
11. What are igneous rocks?
12. What are extrusive rocks?
13. What are intrusive rocks?
14. What is the most abundant intrusive rock?
Ch. 3.3 Sedimentary Rocks
15. What type of sedimentary rock is made of particles of other rocks, include
sandstone, shale, and breccia?
16. What are sediments?
17. What is erosion?
18. What is deposition?
19. What is compaction?
20. What is cementation?
21. What are clastic rocks?
22. What are organic rocks?
23. What are chemical rocks?
24. How is coal formed?
Ch. 3.5 Metamorphic Rocks
25. How do geologists classify metamorphic rocks?
26. Where does most metamorphic rock form?
27. What are the forces that change any rock into a metamorphic rock?
28. Where does the heat that changes a rock into metamorphic rock come from?
29. What is an example of rocks that forms metamorphic rocks?
30. What can cause an igneous rock to change into a sedimentary rock?
31. What does foliated mean?
32. What does nonfoliated mean?
33. Give two examples of nonfoliated rocks.
34. The terms foliated and nonfoliated refers to the texture of what type of rocks?
Ch. 3.6 Rock Cycle
35. What is the rock cycle?
36. What are the stages or steps of the rock cycle?
37. What step in the rock cycle helps sedimentary rock to form?
38. What step in the rock cycle helps igneous rock to form?
39. How was Stone Mountain formed?
40. During the rock cycle, how many pathway(s) do each major group of rocks
follow?
41. What type or types of rock can change to form sedimentary rock?
42-47. Draw and describe the rocks as coarse-grained or fine-grained, bands,
pebbles, rock fragments, shell fragments, etc.
Slate
Breccia
Granite
Limestone
Conglomerate
Gneiss