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Inside Earth Chapter 5 Review Rocks. Section 1 Classifying Rocks What doe geologists observe when studying rocks? Texture Grains Grain size Shape Pattern.

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1 Inside Earth Chapter 5 Review Rocks

2 Section 1 Classifying Rocks What doe geologists observe when studying rocks? Texture Grains Grain size Shape Pattern No visible grain

3 Section 1 Continued What is used to see the mineral composition of rock? The 3 major groups of rock: Igneous Sedimentary metamorphic

4 Section 2 Igneous Rocks Characteristics of igneous rock Uses Why is this type used in building? Classifications Origin Extrusive intrusive Texture Porphyritic texture How these form Mineral composition

5 Section 3 Sedimentary Rocks Sediment Erosion Deposition What process changes sediment to sed rock? Fossils? Compaction cementation

6 Types of Sedimentary Rock Clastic Shale Sandstone Conglomerate & breccia Organic Coal limestone Chemical Chemical rock

7 Section 4 Rocks From Reefs Living coral Coral reef Forms in what conditions How coral reef forms Forms only in what conditions? Process? Limestone deposits from coral reefs Absorbs what element? Atolls

8 Section 5 Metamorphic Rocks How metamorphic rock forms How they are classified Foliated

9 Section 6 The Rock Cycle Rock cycle Forces in the cycle The rock cycle & plate techtonics Subducting oceanic plates Colliding continental plates


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