Station 1
Use the Earth Science textbook to summarize the “Erosional Features” in your notes (pages 463-464).
1. Define erosional feature
2. Summarize wave-cut cliffs, wave-cut platforms, sea arches, and sea stacks
Station 2
Soil Texture Diagram (page 149 and 155)
Answer question 2 on page 149 in your notes. Answer questions 1, 3 and 4 on page 155 in your notes.
Station 3
Use the Rock and Mineral Reference table to answer the following questions in your notes
1. Use the “Properties of Common Minerals” to discover which mineral has a nonmetallic luster, has a
common color of green, is used in jewelry, and contains the following elements: iron, magnesium,
silicon, and oxygen. Use that mineral to find the only igneous rock that is composted of it 100% (Hint:
the rock is intrusive and has a coarse grained texture).
2. Draw out the map symbol for hornfels. What are the rock’s texture, grain size and type of
metamorphism?
Station 4
Use the “Classification of major Igneous Rocks” table to answer the following questions in your notes (page 74)
1. Is andesite an intrusive or extrusive igneous rock? Explain your answer.
2. What texture and composition does peridotite exhibit?
3. Compare and contrast granite and rhyolite in terms of texture, composition, how each form, and the
color of each rock.
Station 5
Use the Earth Science textbook to summarize the “Depositional Features and Barrier Islands” in your notes
(pages 464-466)
1. Define depositional feature
2. Summarize spits, baymouth bar, and tombolos
3. What is a barrier island?
Station 6
Use the soil horizon descriptions to fill in the following soil profile. Color your soil profile the appropriate color.
A Horizon - The layer called topsoil; it is found below
the O horizon and above the E horizon. Seeds germinate
and plant roots grow in this dark-colored layer. It is
made up of humus mixed with mineral particles.
B Horizon - Also called the subsoil - this layer is
beneath the E Horizon and above the C Horizon. It
contains clay and mineral deposits (like iron, aluminum
oxides, and calcium carbonate) that it receives from
layers above it when mineralized water drips from the
soil above.
C Horizon - Also called regolith: the layer beneath the
B Horizon and above the R Horizon. It consists of
slightly broken-up bedrock. Plant roots do not penetrate
into this layer; very little organic material is found in this
layer.
E Horizon - This eluviation (leaching) layer is light in
color; this layer is beneath the A Horizon and above the
B Horizon. It is made up mostly of sand and silt, having
lost most of its minerals and clay as water drips through
the soil.
O Horizon - The top, organic layer of soil, made up
mostly of leaf litter and humus.
R Horizon - The unweathered rock (bedrock) layer that
is beneath all the other layers.
Station 7
Use the Earth Science textbook to summarize the “Stabilizing the Shore” in your notes (pages 466-467)
1. Define protective structures
2. Summarize groins, breakwaters, and seawalls
3. What is beach nourishment?
Station 8
Log on to a laptop, sign into Castle Learning and complete the Unit 3 Review assignment. Write down your
assignment grade and write a reflection on your grade.
Station 9
Use the “Classification of major Sedimentary Rocks” table to answer the following questions in your notes
(page 79)
1. How does the texture of gravel compare with that of sand?
2. Which biochemical sedimentary rock has microscopic shells and clay, and is composed of calcite?
3. Compare and contrast conglomerate and breccia in terms of texture, how each form and the sediment
name.
4. Which chemical sedimentary rock is made up of halite?
Station 10
The Rock Cycle (pages 66-69) Answer the following questions in your notes:
1. What are the two forces that power the rock cycle?
2. What type of rock is formed by cooling magma or lava?
3. How might a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?
Station 11
Read the “Rocks on Mars” article from geology.com. Summarize what you have read. How are rocks on Mars
and Earth similar and different? Give examples.
Station 12
Use the “Classification of major Metamorphic Rocks” table to answer the following questions in your notes
(page 84)
1. What is the parent rock of schist?
2. Which has undergone more intense metamorphism, slate or gneiss? Explain your answer.
3. Which nonfoliated rock has the finest grains?
4. Generally, what can you say about the relationship between texture and increasing metamorphism
that results in foliated rocks?