Study Guide for Chapter 6 Test
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Study Guide for Chapter 6 Test
-Know all vocabulary for test
-Characteristics of Minerals, to be a mineral, the substance must meet five criteria…
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-Properties of Minerals (list and define)
1.) ______- ______
2.) ______- ______
3.) ______- ______
4.) ______- ______
5.) ______- ______
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7.) ______- ______
-What minerals is the softest? ______
-What mineral is the hardest? ______
-How do we calculate density? ______
-Why is color not a reliable property for identifying minerals? ______
-List and describe the three ways that minerals form
______-What causes crystals to be different sizes? ______
-Rock classification
-What are the different types of rocks? How does each type form?
1.) ______- ______
2.) ______- ______
3.) ______- ______
-What information does color and composition provide? ______
Texture
-Grain size
1.) ______- (what does this tell me about how the rock formed?) ______
2.) ______- (what does this tell me about how the rock formed?) ______
-Grain Shape
1.) ______- (what does this tell me about how the rock formed?) ______
2.) ______- (what does this tell me about how the rock formed?) ______
-Grain pattern 1.) ______- (what does this tell me about how the rock formed?) ______
2.) ______- (what does this tell me about how the rock formed?) ______
- What is the difference between biological sedimentary rock and clastic sedimentary rocks? ______
-Place the grain sizes (clay, pebble, sand, silt) in order from largest to smallest or reverse ______
-What does Foliated vs. non foliated mean? ______
-Give examples of each type of rock (you should know those rocks in powerpoint that were used as examples in the lab)
Sedimentary Igneous Metamorphic Biological Clastic Extrusive Intrusive Foliated Non Foliated
-Give examples of metamorphic rocks. Tell me what rock changed, to form that metamorphic rock. ______
-Explain how the rock cycle works, make sure to talk about each rock type in your answer. ______
-What is the driving force of the rock cycle? ______