Study Guide: Chapter 5-6 Rocks
Chapter 4 – Minerals
Mineral
crystal
what is most common mineral group?
What are the three most abundant elements in the earth’s crust?
List the different ways to identify minerals
General:
Define a “rock”
Rock cycle How can a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock?
How can a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?
Bowen’s reaction Series – what does it predict?
Igneous:
Intrusive
Extrusive
Felsic
Mafic
Magma
Most important factor affecting texture
Glassy texture
Porphyritic
Examples of igneous rocks
Kimberlite
Lava
Pegmatite
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Sedimentary:
Sedimentary Rock Formation process
How does it provide a snapshot of surface conditions in Earth’s past?
What are sedimentary rocks formed from?
Sediments
Three types of sedimentary rocks
Deposition
Sediment sorting
Lithification
Examples of sedimentary rocks:
Metamorphic:
Foliation
What are metamorphic rocks formed from?
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
What happens to the mineral grains in igneous rocks when they change
to metamorphic rocks?
Regional Metamorphism
Contact Metamorphism
List three metamorphic rocks and the parent rock for each…