1. What characteristics does a material MUST have to be considered a mineral? 1. _________________________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________________________________ Crystals How are minerals formed? Crystallize Hydrothermal Heat and Pressure Precipitates Today’s Objective: What is a Mineral?

2. Color Streak Luster Other Cleavage / Fracture Hardness How are minerals identified? By their properties A minerals properties are caused by * __________________________________________________ *

3. Types of Rocks _________________________________ The Rock Cycle ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Important Vocabulary Weathering Erosion Deposition Today’s Objective: What is the Rock Cycle? Do Now: How do you think rocks are related to minerals? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Rocks -

4. Lava – _________________ _________________ _________________ Magma - Where does all this energy come from? Internal Energy External Energy __________________ __________________ __________________

5. Sedimentary Rocks are formed by: Important Vocabulary Compaction Weathering Erosion Deposition Uplift Cementation Classification of Sedimentary Rocks Clastic - Chemical - Organic - Today’s Objective: What makes Sedimentary Rocks special?

6. Features of Sedimentary Rocks SuperpositioningRipple Marks FossilsMud Cracks

7. Igneous Rocks are formed by: Igneous Rock Textures Intrusive Extrusive _______________________ ** _____________________ _______________________ Common Visual Properties - Coarse Grained Fine Grained Glassy Vesicular Intrusive Extrusive Today’s Objective: What makes Igneous Rocks special?

8. Composition of Igneous Rocks FelsicMafic Color Density Composition Using your knowledge of earth science, your earth science reference tables and your class notes contrast Basalt and Granite in terms of how each forms, the texture of each, the color and the composition in your notebook. BasaltGranite Formation Texture Color Composition

9. Metamorphic Rocks are formed by: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Why? Types of Metamorphism Heat Pressure Contact Regional Today’s Objective: What makes Metamorphic Rocks special?

10. Metamorphic Rock Textures Foliated Banded Mineral Alignment Nonfoliated Draw examples of each Parent Rock -____________________ Draw the arrows to show the parent rocks For Nonfolilated Metamorphic Rocks you must look in the “COMMENTS” column for the parent rock For Foliated Metamorphic Rocks the parent rock is right above the rock