Assignment 10 - Minerals, Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Relying on the information presented in Canvas Section 5.2 and this video, "Rocks and Minerals" Links to an external site.  

Please answer the following questions:

1.  What is a mineral? (1 point)

2.  Name 3 minerals.  (3 points)

3. Name 3 characteristics geologists look for in identifying minerals. (3 points)

4. How are igneous rocks formed? (1 point)

5. Name an extrusive igneous rock. (1 point)

6. Name an intrusive igneous rock. (1 point)

7. How are clastic sedimentary rocks formed? (1 point)

8. Name a clastic sedimentary rock. (1 point)

9. Name a crystalline or chemically formed sedimentary rock. (1 point)

10. Name a bioclastic or organically formed sedimentary rock. (1 point)

11. How are metamorphic rocks formed? (1 point)

12. What rock does shale initially metamorphose into? (1 point)

13. What is foliation? (1 point)

14. What is the rock cycle? (1 point)