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Study Guide Geology Exam Level 2
I.
Rocks:
a. What are rocks? How are they different from minerals?
b. Draw the Rock Cycle
c. What are the 3 processes that create rocks and what types of rocks do they create?
II.
Igneous Rocks:
a. How are they formed
b. What is Intrusive? What is Extrusive? Where do they form? What do they form from? What are
some features of each?
Intrusive
Extrusive
1. List 3 types of Intrusive Rocks
2. List 3 types of Extrusive Rocks
c. Compare Granite vs. Basalt
d. Pumice, Obsidian (what are they, and what is unique about each)
e. Explain each of the 5 Igneous intrusions (Batholith, Laccolith, Stock, Sill, Dike)
f. Explain each of the 3 Igneous Extrusions (Volcanic Neck, Lava flow, Lava Plateau)
III.
Sedimentary Rocks:
a. How they are formed
b. What is Clastic? What is Nonclastic?
c. Clastic rocks and sediment size (Gravel, Sand, Silt/Clay), including rock examples for each, be as
specific as possible.
d. What are the 2 types of Non-Clastics? Give examples and explanations of each
e. 5 sedimentary features (Stratifications, Ripple Marks, Mudcracks, Fossils, Geodes, cross bedding)
IV.
Metamorphic Rocks:
a. How they are formed?
b. Explain the difference between foliated and non foliated
c. Provide 2 examples of foliate, What do they form from?
d.
Provide 2 examples of non-foliated, what do they form from?
e. Slate, Phyllite, Schist, gneiss
f. What is contact metamorphism?
g. What is regional metamorphism?
V.
Other Materials to study
a. Make sure you understand all terms on the concept map worksheet
b. Know all of the information from labs done in class.
c. Sections 10.1-10.4 are the sections you could use to study in your textbook.
d. Blue/Red book assignment
e. Bubbl concept maps
f. Rock Webquest