Name
Date
Class
Content Vocabulary
LESSON 4
Metamorphic Rocks
Directions: Use the clues and the terms listed below to complete the puzzle. NOTE: There is no empty square
in the puzzle between the words of two-word terms.
contact metamorphism
nonfoliated rock
regional metamorphism
expose
metamorphism
foliated rock
plastic deformation
Clues
Across
1. rock type with parallel layers
2. bending and folding of rock
3. marble and quartzite, for example
Down
6. to appear visible
7. process that affects structure or
composition of rocks in the solid state
4. process through which magma comes
into contact with existing rock and
creates metamorphic rock
5. process that could create an entire
mountain range of metamorphic rock
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Name
Date
Class
Content Practice B
LESSON 4
Metamorphic Rocks
Directions: Answer each question in the space provided.
Question
Answer
Which type of metamorphic rock has a random
grain texture?
1.
Which type of metamorphism results in rocks that
are hundreds of square kilometers in size?
2.
What stays the same in metamorphic rock
although mineral composition might change?
3.
In which type of metamorphism does magma
come into contact with existing rock?
4.
Which two changes in rock give an indication that
the rock has undergone metamorphism?
5.
What increases with depth in Earth’s crust and
mantle?
6.
What affects the temperatures required to
metamorphose rock?
7.
What is the term for the process that causes a
8.
permanent change in shape by bending and
folding?
Which type of metamorphism can create an entire
9.
mountain range?
Which type of metamorphism can cause a rock to
10.
change by increasing the crystal size or form a
completely different mineral?
How can materials contained in the parallel layers
11.
of foliated rocks be described?
What do geologists study to determine the
pressure and temperature at which metamorphic
rock formed?
What is the classification of metamorphic rocks
based on?
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12.
13.
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Name
Date
Class
Key Concept Builder
LESSON 3
Sedimentary Rocks
Key Concept How do sedimentary rocks form?
Directions: Use the diagram to answer each question.
1. Which process has occurred between diagrams A and B?
2. Which process has occurred between diagrams B and C?
3. How do sedimentary rocks form? Use the processes above in your answer.
Directions: Answer each question in the space provided.
Cause
Effect
What effect do water and air
have on rock?
4.
What happens when rock is
physically or chemically
changed?
5.
What happens when water
travels through rock?
6.
What happens to rock
fragments that are carried to
new locations by water,
glaciers, or wind?
7.
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Name
Date
Class
Key Concept Builder
LESSON 3
Sedimentary Rocks
Key Concept What are the three types of sedimentary rocks?
Directions: On the line before each description, write the letter of the type of rock that matches it correctly.
A. clastic rock
B. chemical rock
C. biochemical rock
1. made from broken pieces called clasts
2. made from minerals that crystallize directly from water
3. begins with dissolved minerals entering the ocean
4. was formed by or contains the remains of organisms
5. Chert is an example of this type of rock.
6. Breccia is an example of this type of rock.
7. begins with water flowing through cracks or empty spaces on rock
8. forms from animal hard parts that compact
9. Rock salt is an example of this type of rock.
10. becomes rounded as they are transported
11. classified by size and shape
12. starts with silicon and oxygen combining
13. Conglomerate is an example of this type of rock.
14. Coal is an example of this type of rock.
15. Force and an erosional element determined its size and shape.
16. Rock gypsum is an example of this type of rock.
17. Its name in Latin means “a wearing away.”
18. can be made up of large sediment pieces
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Name
Date
Class
Key Concept Builder
LESSON 2
Igneous Rocks
Key Concept How do igneous rocks form?
Directions: Answer each question in the space provided.
Igneous Rock Formation
1. What three factors determine the type of igneous rock that forms?
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Intrusive Igneous Rock
2. Where does extrusive rock form?
7. Where does intrusive rock form?
3. At what rate does extrusive rock cool?
8. At what rate does intrusive rock cool?
4. Why don’t crystals always form in extrusive
rock?
9. Why does magma cool at a different rate
underground than at the surface?
5. What happens to the gas in gas-rich lava as it
erupts?
10. Which type of crystals form in intrusive rock?
6. Which feature of extrusive rock indicates that
gases escaped?
11. How are crystals arranged in intrusive rock?
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Name
Date
Key Concept Builder
Class
LESSON 2
Igneous Rocks
Key Concept How do igneous rocks form?
Directions: Answer each question in the space provided. Use complete sentences.
Question
Answer
What is the difference
between magma and
lava?
1.
What moves magma to
Earth’s surface?
2.
Which type of rock forms
when magma cools
underground?
3.
Where is pumice present?
4.
Why doesn’t obsidian have
crystals?
5.
How does basalt form?
6.
Why is volcanic ash
extrusive igneous rock?
7.
What effect does the rate
that magma cools have on
crystal formation?
8.
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Rocks
Name
Date
Class
Key Concept Builder
LESSON 2
Igneous Rocks
Key Concept What are the common types of igneous rocks?
Directions: Put a check mark in the space that identifies the correct type of igneous rock.
Facts Used to Classify Igneous Rock
1. The crystals in the rock are small or impossible to see
with the unaided eye.
2. The rock has a high amount of silica.
3. The rock appears to be fine-grained.
4. The rock shows an interlocking texture of crystals.
5. There might be some quartz present in the rock.
6. The rock is darker in color.
7. The escape of gas and rapid cooling leave holes in
some rocks.
8. The rock has a low amount of silica.
9. The rock has a rough texture and has holes in it.
10. The rock appears to be coarse-grained.
11. The texture of the rock is smooth like glass.
12. The rock is light in color.
13. The rock is rich in silica.
14. There are no apparent crystals.
15. There are well-defined crystals.
Intrusive Rock Extrusive Rock