<p>Name______Date______</p><p>Rocks Anticipation Guide</p><p>Directions: Write true or false on the line in front of each statement. DO NOT write T or F on the provided lines!! </p><p>1. ______When studying a rock sample, geologists observe the rock’s texture, origin, and mineral composition.</p><p>2. ______The texture of a rock is the way it smells and feels.</p><p>3. ______A rock is a hard piece of Earth’s crust.</p><p>4. ______The three kinds of rocks are basalt, granite, and quartz.</p><p>5. ______Sedimentary rocks are formed from magma or lava.</p><p>6. ______Igneous rocks are formed through a process of weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.</p><p>7. ______Metamorphic rocks are formed through a process of extreme heat, extreme pressure or a chemical reaction.</p><p>8. ______The three types of sedimentary rocks are clastic, organic and chemical..</p><p>9. ______Metamorphic rocks are classified by their texture, origin and mineral composition.</p><p>10. ______Geologists classify metamorphic rock according to to whether the rock is foliated or nonfoliated.</p><p>11. ______Most sedimentary rocks are formed from sediment that is compressed and cemented together.</p><p>12. ______Any kind of rock can change into any other kind of rock.</p>
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