1. What is the difference between an organic and inorganic rock?

2. Give an example of an organic rock

3. The faster a mineral cools the ____________________the size of the mineral crystals.

4. What characteristic of a mineral makes it uniquely different from a rock?

5. Re write the following sentence. Change two words to make it true.
Lava that cools deep beneath the Earth’s surface forms minerals with small crystals.

6. What is a rock made up of?

7. What is a mineral made up of?

8. What type of rock is melted and then cools above ground or below ground?

9. What is the name given to rock that cools below ground?

10. What is the name given to rock that cools above ground?

11. What category of rock is formed by magma ?

12. What category of rock is formed by lava?

13. List, in order from largest to smallest, the particles that make up a sedimentary rock

14. Fill in the blank below
Sedimentary rock that is made from particles you just listed is categorized as ______________ sedimentary rock.

15. Fill in the blank below
Sedimentary rock formed from dissolved minerals in water are categorized as _______________ sedimentary rock

16. Fill in the blank below.
Sedimentary rock formed from plant and animal matter are categorized as_______________ sedimentary rock

17. Fill in the blank below.
Any kind of rock that gets buried deep undergoes a change due to heat and pressure. What type of rock does it turn into?

18. Describe the difference between a folitated and nonfoliated metamorphic rock without using the terms foliated and non foliated

19. Describe the process of sedimentary rock formation

20. Describe the process of metamorphic rock formation.

21. What is a sedimentary rock with jagged particles cemented into it called?

22. What is a sedimentary rock with rounded particles cemented into it called?

23. True or false
Through the process of sedimentation limestone becomes marble.

24. What is the most common rock type found on Earth’s surface?

25. What is a geologist describing when talking about the size, shape and pattern of a rock’s grains?

26. Describe the texture of a rock that cools very quickly

27. Where do most metamorphic rock form
Where do most metamorphic rock form? Explain the reasoning behind your answer.

28. What is “The rock cycle”

29. Identify the rock type below.

30. Identify the rock type below.

31. Identify the rock type below.

32. Identify the rock type below.
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33. Identify the rock type below.

34. Identify the rock type below.

35. Which is felsic? Which is mafic? A B
Describe how you know