Essential Questions
1. What is the composition and formation of the Earth's surface? 2. How do minerals contribute to rock composition? 3. How are rocks classified? 4. What are the three major groups of rock and how are they formed? 5. What characteristics are used to classify igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks? 6. What is the rock cycle? 7. What processes gradually change rocks from one form to another? 8. How are mineral and rock resources important to society? |