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LIMPERT-SCIENCE
“IS THIS METAMORPHIC OR NOT MYSTERY BAG IDENTIFICATION?”
DIRECTIONS: FOR EACH NUMBERED ITEM IN THE CHECKLIST ANSWER YES OR NO BASED ON THE ROCK
SAMPLES IN YOUR BAG. WHEN ARE DONE, COMPLETE THE CONCLUSION PART TO TELL MR.LIMPERT
WHAT ROCK TYPE YOU THINK THESE SAMPLES ARE AND BE READY TO EXPLAIN WHY. GOOD LUCK!
THIS IS DUE TOMORROW WITH YOUR ORANGE START-UP CHART BOXES 1-20!
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_______DO THESE ROCK SAMPLES HAVE CRYSTALS?
_______ARE THESE ROCK SAMPLE FINE-GRAINED TEXTURE?
_______ARE THESE ROCK SAMPLES COARSE-GRAINED TEXTURE?
_______DO THESE SAMPLES HAVE STRATA?
_______DO THESE SAMPLES HAVE PIECES OF OTHER ROCKS COMPACTED AND CEMENTED IN IT?
_______DO THESE ROCKS HAVE FOSSIL EVIDENCE IN IT?
________ARE THESE SAMPLE SMOOTH?
_________ARE THESE SAMPLES ROUGH?
________ARE THESE ROCK SAMPLES FLATTENED?
_________ARE THESE ROCK SAMPLES HARD?
_________ARE THESE ROCK SAMPLES SOFT?
__________DID THESE ROCK SAMPLES CHANGE SHAPE OVER TIME?
__________DID THESE ROCK SAMPLES USE TO BE ANOTHER ROCK BEFORE NOW?
__________DO THESE ROCKS HAVE AN ODD OR IRREGULAR SHAPE TO THEM?
__________DO YOU THINK THESE ROCKS FORMED BY COOLING OF MAGMA?
___________DO YOU THINK THESE ROCKS FORMED BY COOLING OF LAVA?
___________DO YOU THINK THESE ROCKS FORMED BY WEDCC?
___________DO YOU THINK THESE ROCKS FORMED BY HEAT AND PRESSURE?
___________DO YOU THINK WE WOULD FIND THESE ROCKS INSIDE EARTH OR SHOOTING OUT
OF A VOLCANO?
__________DO YOU THINK WE WOULD FIND THESE ROCKS ALONG EARTH’S SURFACE?
__________DO YOU THINK WE WOULD FIND THESE ROCKS DEEP INSIDE OF EARTH?
__________DO YOU SEE FOLIATED LINES OR BANDS ON SOME OF THESE ROCK SAMPLES?
___________DO YOU SEE FLAT, HARD AND NON-FOLIATED (WITHOUT LINES OR BANDS) ROCK
SAMPLES HERE?
_________DO THESE ROCKS LOOK DEFORMED-CHANGE IN SHAPE DUE TO FORCES PLACED ON
THEM?
_________HAVE THESE ROCKS BEEN WEATHERED?
CONCLUSION PART TWO: PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE IN YOUR EXPLANATION FOR THIS PART!
1. THESE ROCK SAMPLES DO NOT SEEM TO BE INTRUSIVE OR EXTRUSIVE IGENOUS ROCK TYPES
BECAUSE…
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THESE ROCK SAMPLES DO NOT SEEM TO BE CLASTIC, CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC
SEDIMENTARY ROCK TYPES BECAUSE…
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THESE ROCK SAMPLES MOST RESEMBLE METAMORPHIC ROCK SAMPLES BECAUSE…
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***BONUS- IN YOUR MYSTERY BAG ARE THERE FOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCK SAMPLES,
NON-FOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCK SAMPLES OF BOTH? DRAW AND LABEL…