5. Color: Gray with a hint of green Surface: Dull, no sheen Texture: (Foliated) very fine- grain Pg. 239 Metamorphic Rock-Slate
6. Pg. 240 Metamorphic Rock-Mica Schist Texture: (Foliated) Coarse-grained Color: Tan with gray speckling
7. Location I found my rocks in the Tehachapi Mountains. The mountain range connects to the Sierra Nevada mountain range with the San Emigdio Mountains. The area that I found the rocks in were smaller hills that were a part of the Tehachapi Mountains. Surrounding the area there were windmills up on top of the hills. Most of the rocks were found going down one of the hills. The snow and water pushes the variety of rocks down the hills. The area is also a windy area whichhelps force the sand and rocks to be pushed over the peak of the hill. There were all different kind of rocks there such as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. All of the rocks that I found were found in the hills of the Tehachapi Mountains. The rocks were found in small canyons that are created by the surrounding mountains. Rain and water can pass through the area year round depending on the weather that has fallen around the mountains.
8. Identification process The process that I went through to figure out the rock types were the same for all of the rocks. I checked the type of grain that the rock had which determinesthe texture of the rock. The color of the rock also aided me in discovering the type of rock that I had found. I also used pictures from the text book to figure out what rock looked similar to the rocks that I had found.
10. 1. Dip-slip faults- This fault has a vertical displacement. This also has a low cliff that could be called a fault scarp. This could have been generated by an earthquake. This was found in Tehachapi, CA. Tehachapi is surround by several fault such as the San Andreas Fault, the White Wolf Fault and the Garlock Fault.
11. 2. Weathering Processes Mechanical Weathering-The water runs in a certain area long enough which causes it to undergo mechanical weathering while maintaining its shape. Chemical Weathering-There are chemicals such as salt that is in the ocean water. The chemical causes the rocks and minerals along the shore to be altered to new minerals.
12. 3. Mass Wasting-Gravity is the main thing that has affected these different areas. The gravity has forced the sand and dirt to have the down slope that has transferred the dirt and sand.
13. Erosional Events- Both of these pictures show areas that were affected and created by water running over the same area to cause the path created in the dirt.
