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The Planet Rock Unit Review
Word Bank
Melting
Pressure
Sediments
Magma
Weathering
Depositing of sediments
Extreme Pressure
Lava
Erosion
Cooling
Earth’s Crust
Mineral Glue
Extreme Heat
Layering
Earth’s Mantle
Water
1. What are the “ingredients” to make a sedimentary rock?
2. What are the “ingredients” to make a metamorphic rock?
3. What are the “ingredients” to make an igneous rock?
4. Draw a complete diagram of the rock cycle connecting how each rock becomes the other. All of the words in the
word-bank should be used.
5. What are rocks made up of?
6. If you were building a home would you want to use limestone (sedimentary rock) or marble (metamorphic
rock)? Please explain your answer.
7. When you are walking along the street in the Sault and all of the sudden something shinny catches your eye.
You bend down and pick up a black rock that looks like glass. It is very hard, and smooth, and shiny.
a. How was this rock formed?
b. Did this rock form in Michigan? Explain.
8. What is the difference between an Intrusive and an Extrusive igneous rock? (Think about how igneous rocks can
be formed)
9. What are the 4 types of sediments? List the 4 sediments based upon size from smallest to largest.
10. How are the sediments all similar? (2 ways)
11. How are the sediments all different? (2 ways- think about the gizmo)
12. Sediments are made by what process?
13. What kind of sediment can sandstone become?
14. How are weathering and erosion different?
15. Fill in the Venn diagram of chemical and physical weathering. Use the word bank below.
Rain
Hydrolysis
Glaciers
Physical Weathering
Oxidation
Waves
Freeze/Thaw
Wind
Carbonation
Abrasion (scraping)
Similarities
16. How does a glacier move rocks from one state to another?
17. Why do Michigan roads have so many potholes?
Rusting
Acid Rain
Plants/Animals
Chemical Weathering
18. Why is it smart to get scratches on your car repaired, especially during winter months with snow and salt on the
roads? (Use your science terms!)
19. If you were a piece of Conglomerate (sedimentary rock), why would you not want to live in New York City?
20. Soil is more than just “dirty”, but what is it? What is soil made of?
21. Why is soil important? (give at least 3 reasons)
22. Is soil alive or dead? Explain.
23. Would you rather grow a plant in a pot of silt or a pot of soil? Explain.
24. Which sediment type is the most permeable (allows water to pass through it) and why do you think that is?
25. Why would building your house on clay soil be not such a good idea in an area that is high in rain?