ME coast unit test

Maine Coast Study Guide (L1-L6 Summative Test)

Unit Question: How was the coast of Maine formed?
Lesson #2 - What is the predominant rock of the Cushing Formation & how did it form?	Lesson #3 - What minerals are found in the gneiss of the Cushing Formation & how did they form?
What are the shared characteristics of the 3 types of rocks and how is each formed? What type of environment results in the formation of foliations in rock? How did the gneiss in the Cushing Formation form?	What are minerals & what characteristics are used to classify them? How do minerals form in intrusive & extrusive igneous rocks? How do minerals form in solutions? How was the quartz & feldspar in the Cushing Formation formed?
Lesson #4 - What are the intrusions of the Cushing Formation & how did they form?	Lesson #5 - How have the rocks of the Cushing Formation changed over time?
What was Pangaea and how have continents shifted over time? What are intrusions and where do they occur? What is the B1 feature and how did it form? What is the B2 feature and how did it form?	What is the difference between weathering and erosion? What is chemical weathering, and what are examples of chemical weathering that have occurred in the Cushing Formation? What is mechanical (physical) weathering, and what are examples of mechanical weathering that have occurred in the Cushing formation?

L1-L6 Vocabulary
Sedimentary	Quartz	Luster	Basalt	Mantle
Intrusive igneous	Feldspar	Hardness	Continental crust	Foliations
Extrusive igneous Metamorphic	Divergent boundary Convergent boundary	Density Streak	Oceanic crust Rust	Magma Lava
Mineral Mechanical Weathering Chemical Weathering Erosion	Subduction Boundary Bowen’s Reaction Series Oxidation Wave Action	Granite Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships Dissolution	Convection currents Quartz vein Gneiss	Solutions Basalt Dike Salt Wedging