Study Guide – Unit B

  • Know these terms:

sedimentary          igneous      metamorphic    

magma model               sediments              fossils

range         Rock Cycle             erosion

geological time       manufactured               trade-offs

 

  • How are Rocks and Minerals related?  What are rocks and minerals?

 

  • What do the properties of minerals depend on?

 

  • What are examples of properties of minerals?

 

  • What does the rock cycle describe?

 

  • What is a way we classify rocks?

 

  • Mrs. Burns finds a dark stone. It is not magnetic. Name at least three things she could do to help identify it.

 

  • What is the rock cycle? In your explanation, be sure to describe how the three major types of rocks are formed. (you may use a diagram to help in this description.)

 

  • Look for a relationship among the words below. 

                                  CROSS OUT the word or phrase that does not belong.   
                                  CIRCLE the word or phrase that includes the other words.

                                  EXPLAIN how the word or phrase you circled is related to the other words in the list.

 

Coal           Natural Resource               Salt                                           Garnet                          Plastic      

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Fluorite              Quartz                          Mineral                                                      Granite                         Diamond

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Rock               Property            Streak color                   Transparency                      Luster
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Heat                     Pressure                      Kimberlite                            Metamorphic

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Magma                         Igneous                        Volcano                                                     Sediments

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Rock Formation                  Sedimentary                                             Metamorphic                        Plastic


 

  • Concept map with words from Activity 19; AQ #4: