Introduction
This webquest is a science-based unit designed to help you learn and understand about Rocks and Minerals.
As this activity requires a lot of online reading, it will also count towards your reading mark on your report card.
Read through everything VERY CAREFULLY, before answering the questions.
Click on the TASK link, to continue on with the WEBQUEST!
Task
YOUR TASK:
Use the websites provided to answer the questions given about Rocks and Minerals. Be sure to write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
You may type your answers to be printed out, but DO NOT COPY the information. USE YOUR OWN WORDS!
TYPES OF ROCKS AND HOW THEY FORM
1. What are the three main types of rocks?
2. How are sedimentary rocks formed?
- What "key" word describes Sedimentary rock in how they accumulate?
- How would you describe Sedimentary rock? Soft or hard?
- What 4 things would you find in Sedimentary rock?
3. What 2 "key" words describe how metamorphic rocks are formed?
- What does "metamorphosis" mean?
- How would you describe a metamorphic rock?
- What are 2 examples of Metamorphic rock?
4. How are igneous rocks formed?
- What is the molten rock material that originates under the Earth's crust and forms igneous rock when it has cooled?
- What is molten rock that is forced out of a volcano?
- What 2 "key" words describe igneous rocks?
- What are 2 examples of Igneous rock?
5. What does Igneous rock turn into under heat and pressure?
6. Check your answers of the rock cycle after you have answered the questions with a blue crayon from the paper you were given.
7. What is Mohs Scale used for?
8. What mineral is a 10 on Mohs Scale?
9. Give an example of a mineral with a hardness of 7 (according to the Mohs Scale). Tell me about that mineral.
10. If a mineral can scratch a penny, what number is it on Mohs Scale?
11. Sometimes the color and the streak of a mineral are very different. Which one of the examples shows the greatest difference?
Follow the link to answer questions about rocks and the rock cycle. This is an assessment to see how much you've learned. Enter your name, then answer the questions that follow.
Print your test when you are done.
Conclusion
When you have completed all of the sections of your webquest, glue each completed section into your science booklet.