4.3| Rocks and the Rock Cycle Mini Quiz

Directions

Please answer these additional questions about the content of the lecture. You have unlimited time and three attempts.  

The video embedded below is the same one presented in the previous assignment, so watching it again is optional. 

Learning Objectives

• Course SLO
  • Use texture and composition to identify rocks and their origins
• Module objectives
  • Use rock vocabulary correctly in lab exercises and quizzes 
  • Illustrate the interrelationship among the three types of rocks using the Rock Cycle
  • Connect rock types to their origins and their processes of formation 
  • Distinguish between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks using texture and mineral content
  • Describe the reasoning behind the use of different rock types as a building material