inside earth chapter 5 review rocks. section 1 classifying rocks what doe geologists observe when...
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Section 1 Continued What is used to see the mineral composition of rock? The 3 major groups of rock: Igneous Sedimentary metamorphicTRANSCRIPT
Inside EarthChapter 5 Review
Rocks
Section 1Classifying Rocks
• What doe geologists observe when studying rocks?
• Texture• Grains
• Grain size• Shape• Pattern• No visible grain
Section 1Continued
• What is used to see the mineral composition of rock?• The 3 major groups of rock:
• Igneous• Sedimentary• metamorphic
Section 2Igneous Rocks
• Characteristics of igneous rock• Uses
• Why is this type used in building?• Classifications
• Origin• Extrusive• intrusive
• Texture• Porphyritic texture
• How these form• Mineral composition
Section 3Sedimentary Rocks
• Sediment• Erosion• Deposition
• What process changes sediment to sed rock?• Fossils?
• Compaction• cementation
Types of Sedimentary Rock• Clastic
• Shale• Sandstone• Conglomerate & breccia
• Organic• Coal• limestone
• Chemical• Chemical rock
Section 4Rocks From Reefs
• Living coral• Coral reef
• Forms in what conditions• How coral reef forms
• Forms only in what conditions?• Process?
• Limestone deposits from coral reefs• Absorbs what element?
Atolls
Section 5Metamorphic Rocks
• How metamorphic rock forms• How they are classified• Foliated
Section 6The Rock Cycle
• Rock cycle• Forces in the cycle• The rock cycle & plate techtonics
• Subducting oceanic plates• Colliding continental plates