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Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: December 28th, 2016, 4:24 pm
by Entomology
RE02 wrote:I can't find info on garnet schist and mica schist as separate rocks; everywhere I look has them as one rock, but the list has them as two separate ones. Does anyone have a website or resource I could use? (:
Have you tried using Audubon, Smithsonian, field guides, etc? I used a couple of detailed geology books from my local library to study. If you still can't find them listed as separate rocks, I think it should still be fine. Aren't the two rocks very similar anyway, besides the inclusions of the different minerals?
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: December 29th, 2016, 7:34 pm
by scribbles19
I'm new here so sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place D: But I was wondering, in the rules, it says one of the topics under "rocks" is the "rock cycle." So, for example, if I'm studying the metamorphic rock Gneiss, what would be the "rock cycle" for that particular rock? Thanks in advance!
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: January 6th, 2017, 6:59 am
by megan_scioly
Are there any tests for 2017 that can be found online?
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: January 10th, 2017, 3:43 pm
by Magikarpmaster629
scribbles19 wrote:I'm new here so sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place D: But I was wondering, in the rules, it says one of the topics under "rocks" is the "rock cycle." So, for example, if I'm studying the metamorphic rock Gneiss, what would be the "rock cycle" for that particular rock? Thanks in advance!
How does gneiss form? In order to answer that you need to figure out how metamorphic rocks in general form, and the specific case for gneiss. Do that for several rocks and you'll start to see some patterns. Good luck!
Now for my question: I'll be at an invitational in a few days held at a high school, should I expect to see real specimens or pictures?
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: January 10th, 2017, 5:05 pm
by John Richardsim
Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
Now for my question: I'll be at an invitational in a few days held at a high school, should I expect to see real specimens or pictures?
"Don't expect either; be prepared for both."
(Hopefully whichever school proctors it will have access to and use real specimens, but I wouldn't count on that being the case.)
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: January 10th, 2017, 5:12 pm
by Unome
John Richardsim wrote:Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
Now for my question: I'll be at an invitational in a few days held at a high school, should I expect to see real specimens or pictures?
"Don't expect either; be prepared for both."
(Hopefully whichever school proctors it will have access to and use real specimens, but I wouldn't count on that being the case.)
Based on Fossils experience, I'd expect not. They may have a few, but it's unlikely (this also depends on how well-funded the school running it is)
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: January 14th, 2017, 8:42 pm
by driedmango
Hi!! *new to forum* haha
I've been struggling w this event a lot; it's kind of sad actually. Anyone got any tips on how to get good? I feel like IDing is just super hard bc like 90% of the time everything looks the same...
(And looking at pictures on the internet/Quizlets or whatever doesn't really help me bc the same pictures show up over and over so eventually you get everything right just bc you recognize the picture.)
I feel like if I can just identify the rock/mineral then I can get most of the questions right but more than half the time I can't even ID the specimen (rip). Any ideas on how to get better at identification?
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: January 14th, 2017, 9:14 pm
by John Richardsim
driedmango wrote:Hi!! *new to forum* haha
I've been struggling w this event a lot; it's kind of sad actually. Anyone got any tips on how to get good? I feel like IDing is just super hard bc like 90% of the time everything looks the same...
(And looking at pictures on the internet/Quizlets or whatever doesn't really help me bc the same pictures show up over and over so eventually you get everything right just bc you recognize the picture.)
I feel like if I can just identify the rock/mineral then I can get most of the questions right but more than half the time I can't even ID the specimen (rip). Any ideas on how to get better at identification? :|
Are you practicing with real specimens at all?
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: January 15th, 2017, 8:37 am
by driedmango
John Richardsim wrote:driedmango wrote:Hi!! *new to forum* haha
I've been struggling w this event a lot; it's kind of sad actually. Anyone got any tips on how to get good? I feel like IDing is just super hard bc like 90% of the time everything looks the same...
(And looking at pictures on the internet/Quizlets or whatever doesn't really help me bc the same pictures show up over and over so eventually you get everything right just bc you recognize the picture.)
I feel like if I can just identify the rock/mineral then I can get most of the questions right but more than half the time I can't even ID the specimen (rip). Any ideas on how to get better at identification?
Are you practicing with real specimens?
yeah we have kits and stuff with real specimens but some of them don't have keys so we don't know if we're ID-ing them correctly lol.
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: January 15th, 2017, 1:20 pm
by embokim
Anybody have tips for what to put in our binder, because i feel like its just moot, because if you can bring your book, then you already have all of the information readily available.
Thanks a lot