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September 22, 2011 Bellringer: Answer on Bellringer sheet… write out question and answer
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Objective: Identify how rocks form Agenda: Finish Dantes Peak Rock cycle notes Rock cycle diagram/worksheet Lab 9: Classifying rocks- vocabulary Sedimentary rock notes
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Three major groups of rocks: SEDIMENTARY IGNEOUS METAMORPHIC
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Using your textbook page 126 recreate rock cycle diagram using at least three colors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53lMdHzvGCQ
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made of … 1.Rock fragments ( Sediments) 2.Chemical reactions.
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Form by chemical precipitation (settling out from a solution.) Limestone is made from calcite, Chert from quartz, Halite is rock salt
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Coal Some Limestone Petrified Wood
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Shale is the most common sedimentary rock Sedimentary rocks cover about three-quarters of the land surface They often contain fossils. They often have distinct, parallel layers called beds or strata. Many will resemble the sediments they came from.
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List at least three rocks for each
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