A student is asked a series of questions about rocks and minerals, including the three main types of rocks, the difference between rocks and minerals, the rock cycle, the most common rock seen on Earth's surface, properties of granite and obsidian, and the meaning of the term "metamorphic".

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Answer Questions in
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What is a rock? Answer in your own words!
What are the 3 main types of rocks?
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
When we go walking around in nature, do we see mostly
rocks, or minerals?
What is the rock cycle?
Draw a picture of the rock cycle.
What type of rock do we see the most on the earth’s
surface?
What kind of rock is granite?
In what type of rock do we find fossils?
What type of rock is obsidian? Does obsidian cool slowly, or
quickly? Does obsidian cool above ground, or below ground?
What does “meta” mean in Greek? What does “morph” or
“morphic” mean? What does metamorphic mean?