E.3.2.3 Rocks and Rock Cycle

What makes rocks different from minerals?

• Organic Material
• Naturally Occurring
• Solid
• Inorganic Material

Minerals cannot be mixtures.

• True
• False

Rocks can be mixtures.

• True
• False

Large easy to see grains have this type of texture

• Coarse-grained
• Fine-grained
• Foliated
• Nonfoliated

Small gains have this type of texture

• Coarse-grained
• Fine-grained
• Foliated
• Nonfoliated

All three types of rocks (igneous, sedimnetary and metamorphic) are classified by:

• How they formed.
• Mineral Composition
• Texture

This type of rock forms from molten material, either lava or magma.

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock

This type of rock forms from minerals that crystallize or from sediments that have been weathered, eroded, deposited, compressed and cemented together.

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock

This type of rock forms when prexisting rock is changed by high temperature and pressure.

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock

There is only one pathway through the rock cycle.

• True
• False