Week 1 Minerals, Rocks, and the Rock Cycle

Preamble: In our first session, we discussed minerals, rocks, and the rock cycle. In the following, you find a few questions and tasks that help you to capture the key concepts about what our planet is made of and how it works. 1. What is a mineral?

2. What is a rock?

3. Name the most common minerals in the Earths crust.

4. Name the three main rock types.

5. Where and how are sedimentary rocks formed?

6. Name the two major types of igneous rocks.

7. Where and how are volcanic rocks formed?

Portfolio, SEB114 Earth Science module

Week 1 Minerals, Rocks, and the Rock Cycle

8. Where and how are plutonic rocks formed?

9. Name a plutonic and a volcanic rock.

10. Briefly explain the differences between a basalt and a granite hand specimen.

11. Draw an annotated sketch of the rock cycle. Explain briefly how it works (in less than 200 words).

Portfolio, SEB114 Earth Science module

Week 1 Minerals, Rocks, and the Rock Cycle

Portfolio, SEB114 Earth Science module