Science Homework Help

Environments and Sedimentary Processes of Rocks Worksheet

 

Attached you will see 4 labs – Lab 3 on Minerals, Lab 4 on Igneous Rocks, Lab 5 on Sedimentary Rocks, and Lab 6 on Metamorphic Rocks.  I numbered them this way so that they match our course; however, I took some materials from a textbook I found online which have the lab numbers a bit different.  Please ignore the numbers within the documents (for example, if you click on what I labeled as Lab 5 you’ll see that it says Lab 6 on the first page.  Treat it as Lab 5).

Also attached you’ll see some rock or mineral charts.  These are what I want you to fill out for the lab portion.  You’ll have to identify some rocks or minerals and record their properties according to the terms discussed in the lecture section of the class and in the lab reading.  The documents that are not rock or mineral charts contain extra information that may help you with the lab; however, you do not need to complete any activities you may see at the end of them. 

Here are the links you’ll need to identify the rocks and minerals online for the lab assignments:

Lab 3 Minerals Website – https://omg.georockme.com/unknown-samples

Lab 4 Minerals Website – https://igg.georockme.com/unknowns

Lab 5 Minerals Website – https://seg.georockme.com/unknowns

Lab 6 Minerals Website – https://meg.georockme.com/unknowns

*You’ll notice that for each sample in the website they have videos of some important tests so you can identify the mineral or rock

Here are the samples you’ll be identifying:

Lab 3 Minerals to Identify – A1 , A3 , A4 , A5 , A6 , A7 , A8 , A9 , A13 , A14 , A15 , A18 , A19 , A20 , A25 , A28 , A29

Lab 4 Rocks to Identify – A01, A02, A03, A05, A07, A08, A10, A12, A16

Lab 5 Rocks to Identify – A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08, A09, A11

Lab 6 Rocks to Identify – A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08