Rocks Chapter 4. What is a rock? Rock Mixture of minerals, rock fragments, volcanic glass, organic material, or other natural materials.
Chapter 4 - Rocks What can be learned by studying rocks… We can learn mo better about earth. So what is a rock??? Its a mixture of 1 or more minerals.
Common Rock Types Colby Geology. Igneous Rocks Classification based on composition and texture. COMPOSITION Principally the rock-forming minerals.
Chapter 2 Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth. The Rock Cycle.
Journal Entry Open books to P. 116-117 to analyze picture and answer questions –What is distinctive about this rock formation? –What does the shape of.
Earth Science, 12e Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth Chapter 3.
Chapter 2 Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth. Rock Cycle Shows the interrelationships among the three rock types Earth as a system: The rock cycle Magma.
Rock and the Rock Cycle California Rock Stories Linking tectonics to rock formation Ellen Metzger BAESI – November 19, 2011.
