NAME____
LIMPERT-SCIENCE
PERIOD_
DATE_
“ROCK AND MINERAL IDENTIFICATION CHALLENGE”
1. IS THIS ROCK IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY OR
METAMORPHIC?
2. IS THIS ROCK IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, OR
METAMORPHIC?
3. IS THIS ROCK IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, OR
METAMORPHIC?
4. IS THIS ROCK IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY OR
METAMORPHIC?
5. IS THIS ROCK INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS (BIG CRYSTALS,
COOLS SLOW) OR EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS (SMALL
CRYSTALS, COOLS FAST)?
6. IS THIS ROCK INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS (BIG CRYSTALS,
COOLS SLOW) OR EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS (SMALL
CRYSTALS, COOLS FAST)
7. IS THIS COARSE-GRAINED TEXTURE, MEDIUM GRAINED
TEXTURE OR FINE GRAINED TEXTURE?
8. IS THIS COARSE-GRAINED TEXTURE, MEDIUM GRAINED
TEXTURE OR FINE-GRAINED TEXTURE?
9. WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION OF THIS FOOD ITEM?
10. WHAT IS THIS USED FOR? (HINT-THINK MINERALS)
11. WHAT DID WE USE THE COIN, NAIL, GLASS AND OUR
FINGERNAIL FOR? (HINT-THINK MINERALS)
12. DO YOU THINK THIS MINERAL WOULD SHOW
CLEAVAGE OR FRACTURE?
13. THIS MINERAL HAS A SHINY, METALLIC REFLECTION
OF LIGHT OFF OF ITS SURFACE. THIS IS CALLED
ITS_________.
14. IS THIS A FOLIATED OR NON-FOLIATED
METAMORPHIC ROCK?
15. IS THIS A FOLIATED OR NON-FOLIATED
METAMORPHIC ROCK?
16. IS THIS A CLASTIC, CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC
SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
17. IS THIS A CLASTIC, CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC
SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
18. IS THIS A CLASTIC, CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC
SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
19. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS ROCK, IT HAS FOSSILS
IN IT. THIS WOULD MAKE IT AN IGNEOUS,
METAMORPHIC, OR SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
20. THIS ROCK HAS COOLED VERY FAST AND HAS NO
REAL VISIBLE CRYSTALS. THIS IS A METAMORPHIC,
IGNEOUS OR SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
21. THIS ROCK IS A FLAT, FOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCK
WHICH IS FORMED BY….
22. THIS SEDIMENTARY ROCK HAS LAYERS. ACCORDING
TO SUPERPOSITION, WHERE WOULD THE OLDEST ROCK
LAYERS BE AND WHERE WOULD THE YOUNGEST ROCK
LAYERS BE?
23. THIS ROCK HAS PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN CEMENTED
AND COMPACTED TOGETHER OVER TIME AND APPEARS
EARTHY IN APPEARANCE. THIS ROCK IS METAMORPHIC,
SEDIMENTARY OR IGNEOUS?
****BONUS 24. ANOTHER WORD FOR THESE “LAYERS”
HERE IN THIS SEDIMENTARY ROCK IS_________.
****BONUS 25. THIS SEDIMENTARY ROCK HAS BEEN
FORMED BY WEATHERING AND EROSION AND
DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENT INTO LAYERS. MATCH THE
FOLLOWING TERMS TO THEIR CORRECT DEFINITIONS.
WEATHERING___
DEPOSITION______
EROSION_______
SEDIMENTS________
COMPACTED___
CEMENTED____
A)SMALL PIECES OF ROCK
B) BREAKING DOWN OF ROCK INTO SMALL PIECES
C) DROPPING OF SEDIMENT INTO LAYERS INTO A BODY
OF WATER
D)
THE MOVEMENT OF SEDIMENT TO ANOTHER
PLACE BY WIND, WATER, ICE, GRAVITY
E) PRESSED TOGETHER OR SQUEEZED TOGETHER
F) GLUED TOGETHER-STUCK TOGETHER VERY WELL