STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Identify minerals using physical and some optical properties. (I, II)

 II.     Recognize the most abundant rocks of each major rock type. (V, VI, VII)

 III.    List the modes of occurrence of each major rock type including localities in Colorado. (1V, V, VI, VII)

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Definition of mineral

 II.     Physical properties of minerals

         A.      Crystal form

         B.      Fracture and cleavage

         C.      Hardness

         D.      Color, luster, streak

         E.      Fluorescence

         F.      Density

         G.      Magnetism

         H.      Other properties, including radioactivity, taste, etc.

 III.    Definition of rock

         A.      Structure and composition of Earth

         B.      Dynamics of the crust-Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift

         C.      Rock cycle

 IV.     Formation, classification, and identification of rocks

 V.      Igneous

         A.      Intrusive-plutonic rocks

         B.      Extrusive-volcanic rocks

         C.      Hydrothermal deposits

 VI.     Sedimentary

         A.      Weathering

         B.      Clastic rocks

         C.      Chemical rocks

         D.      Biochemical rocks

 VII.    Metamorphic rocks

         A.      Regional metamorphic rocks, foliated

         B.      Contact metamorphic rocks, non-foliated