- Notes
- Learning Objectives
- Use mineral features to identify samples
- Determine cooling rate based on crystal size, using the words intrusive, extrusive plutonic and volcanic.
- Describe the processes and materials in the rock cycle
- Compare and Contrast characteristics of the different categories of rocks
- Compare and Contrast the five different textures of sedimentary rocks
- Compare and Contrast the three different textures of sedimentary rocks
- Compare and Contrast the three different textures of metamorphic rocks
- Identify sedimentary rocks based on their characteristics
- Identify visual characteristics that typify metamorphic rock.
- Identify and classify common minerals and rocks using classification keys
- Relate each rock to its genesis based on its visual characteristics
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