Metamorphic Rock Identification Lab Student Information Name: Date: Objective To identify metamorphic rocks based on physical properties such as the presence of foliation, composition, crystal size, and parent rock Materials • Metamorphic Rock Identification Website – link in lesson. • Metamorphic rock images in the lesson. • Foliated and Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock Chart (appended to this worksheet) Purpose (5 pts) Refer to the Objective of this lab and read through the Procedure and write a 1–2 sentence purpose statement for this lab. What do you want the outcome to be? What question(s) are you trying to answer? Hypothesis (5 pts) Write your hypothesis for this lab. It should be 1 sentence and be an if/then statement. (Remember this is your educated guess as to what will happen in this lab.) Procedure 1.
Go to the Metamorphic Rock Identification website that is in the lesson. 2.
Identify the properties and the names of the 8 unknown metamorphic rocks. 3.
Complete the chart in the Data
section of the lab worksheet using the information from the website, the Foliated and Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock Chart, and the images provided in lesson. 4.
Complete the remaining sections of the lab worksheet. 5.
Save and upload the completed lab worksheet to the assignment upload in the course.
