Back to Lesson 5: ROCKS AND LANSCAPES

EXAMPLE OF DICHOTOMIC KEY OF ROCKS

1a It is made up of sheets Ir a 2
1b It isn’t made up of sheets Ir a 3


2a It hasn’t got any shiny mineral Shale/Pizarra
2b It has got shiny minerals and the rock is shiny Schist/Esquisto


3a Rocks with little holes Basalt/Basalto
3b Rocks without holes 4


4a Rocks made up of grains of sand Sandstone/Arenisca
4b Rocks without grains of sand 5


5a Its colour is white, beige or any light colour

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5b Other colours 8


6a Rocks often containing fossils Limestone/Caliza
6b Rocks without fossils 7


7a Very soft. It can be scratched with a finger nail Gypsum/Yeso

7b It can’t be scratched with a finger nail

Marble/Mármol


8a It contains pink minerals Pink granite/Granito rosa
8b Without pink minerals 9


9a Completely black rocks Coal/Carbón
9b It contains black minerals and light coloured minerals Grey granite/Granito gris