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    Rocks and Minerals Webquest

    Directions: Answer the following questions using the websites provided for each question
    (the titles are hotlinks).

    Rock Cycle
    1. What are the three main types of rocks?
    Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
    2. How does a sedimentary rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
    After it undergoes heat and pressure
    3. How does an igneous rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
    Heat and pressure
    4. How do metamorphic rocks change into sedimentary rocks?
    Being weathered and compacted
    5. How do igneous rocks change into sedimentary rocks?
    After weathered sediments cement together through pressure
    6. What is the beginning of the rock cycle? The end?
    The beginning is sediments, but there is no end.
    View this Rock Cycle animation
    7. Quick cooling forms many small what?
    Crystals
    8. When you look at the desert monuments, what eroded away?
    Sandstone
    9. The microscopic view of sandstone contains what two components?
    Sand grains & cement
    10. What two things are needed to turn igneous rock into metamorphic rock?
    Heat & pressure
    Rocks
    11. List and define the 6 key characteristics that can help you identify rocks within the three main
    classes.
    a. crystals

    b. Fossils

    c. Gas Bubbles

    d. Glassy surface

    e. Ribbonlike layers

    f. Sand or pebbles

    Rock Identification Key
    12. For igneous rock, when magma cools slowly the crystals
    Are large enough to see
    13. For igneous rock, when magma cools quickly, the crystals
    Are very small and would need a magnifier to see
    14. Of the types of igneous rock formed underground, which one is most familiar?
    Granite
    15. When looking at sedimentary particle size, which material type has the largest particles and which has
    the smallest particles?
    Smallest: Clay , Largest: Sand
    16. Which metamorphic rock forms under the highest temperature and highest pressure?

    Gneiss
    Mystery Rocks
    17. How much of earths surface is made of sedimentary rock?

    18. Give 4 examples of sediment that might eventually become sedimentary rock.
    Sand, plankton skeleton, plant, and gypsum
    19. What caused the appearance in the sedimentary rock in picture B?
    water

    Mohs Scale
    20. What is Mohs Scale used for?
    Measure hardness
    21. What mineral is a 10 on Mohs Scale?
    Diamonds
    22. Give an example of a mineral with a hardness of 7 (according to Mohs Scale). Tell me about
    that mineral.
    Quartz, it can be scratched with a knife, nothing less.
    23. If a mineral can scratch a penny, what number is it on Mohs Scale?
    Less than or equal to 3.5



    Streak
    24. Sometimes the color and the streak of a mineral are very different. Which of the
    examples shows a difference between color and streak?
    Specular Hematite
    25. Show your work for calculating the density of block 1 and 2.






    26. Submit your answers to verify your correctness. If you are incorrect, correct your
    answers and resubmit.

    Samples
    Mount Nyiragongo is an active volcano in central Africa. Not much is known about how long
    the volcano has been erupting, but since 1882, it has erupted at least 34 times (once every 4
    years), including many periods where activity was continuous for years at a time, often in the
    form of a churning lava lake in the crater.
    27. Watch the video. Would you get this sample? Why or why not?
    No, because Im not brave enough to face a lake of molten rock.

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