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Activity

Vocabulary Activity

Rockin’ Connect Four

After you finishing reading the chapter, give this game a try! This game is for two people, X and O.

Rules

1. Choose who goes first.

2. Pick a square, and find the definition in the list below that matches the word in the square. Write the letter of the definition on the blank provided.

3. If the definition is correct, mark the square with your letter (X or O).

4. Your opponent chooses another square and finds the definition.

5. Continue playing until one player has four X’s or four O’s in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Definitions

A. the makeup of a rock, usually according to the minerals present in it

B. igneous rock that forms when lava cools and solidifies on the Earth’s surface

C. the texture of metamorphic rock in which mineral grains are aligned

D. rock that forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies

E. igneous rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies beneath the Earth’s surface

F. a solid mixture of crystals of one or more minerals

G. the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

H. rock that forms when the texture and composition of a preexisting rock changes due to heat or pressure

I. the texture of metamorphic rock in which mineral grains show no alignment

J. the process by which one rock type changes into another rock type

K. rock that forms when sediments are pressed and cemented together

L. the layering of sedimentary rock

M. the sizes, shapes, and arrangement of grains that make up a rock

N. hot liquid that erupts onto the Earth’s surface

O. the process in which material is laid down

P. the layers of sedimentary rock


Vocabulary Activity continued

1. Rock cycle
______/ 2. Extrusive rock
______/ 3. Erosion
______/ 4. Deposition
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5.Composition
______/ 6. Igneous rock
______/ 7. Sedimentary rock
______/ 8. Nonfoliated
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9. Intrusive rock
______/ 10. Stratification
______/ 11. Texture
______/ 12. Rock
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13. Foliated
______/ 14. Lava
______/ 15. Metamorphic rock
______/ 16. Strata
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Holt Science and Technology 82 Rocks: Mineral Mixtures