Science Homework Help

For this activity you will need to watch the short video(s) for each metamorphic rock. You have been provided with key characteristics for each metamorphic rock on the page with the metamorphic rock videos. You will need to identify each metamorphic rock by comparing that information with the table below to determine the rock name. Once you have determined the rock name you will need to create an excel table with the following columns and in this order:

Sample Number, Texture, Protolith/Parent Rock, and Name. You will be submitting this completed excel table. You need to put the samples in numeric order in the chart.

You will use the chart below to determine the rock name.

Metamorphic Rock Identification Chart

Texture

EnvironmentForm

Parent Rock

Rock Name

Foliated

slaty

Regional

shale,mudstone,claystone

slate

phyllitic

Regional

shale, slate, mudstone, claystone

phyllite

schistose

Regional

shale, slate, phyllite, mudstone, claystone

schist

schistose

Regional

Basalt or Gabbro

amphibolite

gneissicbanding

Regional

shale, slate, phyllite, schist, mudstone, claystone

gneiss

Non- Foliated

Contact or Regional

BituminousCoal

anthracite coal

Contact or Regional

Conglomerate

metaconglomerate

Contact or Regional

fossiliferous limestone, lithiclimestone

marble

Contact or Regional

quartz-richsandstone

quartzite