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1.2 Igneous Rocks and Processes Flashcards

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How is magma formed?

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When the heat in the earth melts rocks to form molten material

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What does magma contain?

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Molten rock, as well as volatiles such as gas and water

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Where might magma be found?

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  • lower continental crust
  • lower oceanic crust
  • top of the mantle
  • core/mantle boundary
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What are some examples of igneous rocks?

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  • peridotite
  • granite
  • dolerite
  • basalt
  • obsidian
  • andesite
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Description of olivine in an igneous rock?

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Green and glassy

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Description of plagioclase fledspar in an igneous rock?

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White

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Description of orthoclase feldspar in an igneous rock?

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Fleshy-pink

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Description of quartz in an igneous rock?

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Grey and glassy

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Description of biotite mica in an igneous rock?

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Black and flaky

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Description of muscovite mica in an igneous rock?

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White and flaky

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Description of ferromagnesian minerals in an igneous rock?

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Black

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What are the four types of magma from which igneous rocks crystallise?

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  • silicic magma
  • intermediate magma
  • mafic magma
  • ultramafic magma
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What experiment can be used to show how the rate of cooling with affect crystal size/texture of the igneous rock?

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  • substance called SALOL - melts and crystallises at lower temperatures than magma
  • drops put onto warm piece of glass and also a cold
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What are the four main rates of cooling of magma to form igneous rocks?

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  • slow
  • moderate
  • rapid
  • very rapid
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What factors vary the type of igneous rock formed?

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  • type of magma

* rate of cooling

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What does it mean in an igneous rock, if the crystals are aligned?

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Indicates direction of flow of magma

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What is porphyritic texture?

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Larger crystals (phenocrysts) embedded in a fine-grained groundmass

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What are the large crystals in a porphyritic texture called?

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Phenocrysts

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At what rate did the phenocrysts in porphyritic textured igneous rock cool?

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Slowly, deep in the crust

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What are the smaller, poorly formed crystals in porphyritic textured igneous rock called?

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Groundmass

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At what rate did the grounmass in porphyritic textured igneous rock cool?

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A moderate/rapid rate, near to earth’s surface

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In granite, which mineral are the phenocrysts formed from?

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Feldspar

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23
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In granite, which minerals form the groundmass?

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Quartz and mica

24
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What type of magma did granite cool from?

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Silicic

25
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What is the crystal size in igneous rocks related to?

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The cooling rate of the magma

26
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How can igneous rocks be classified?

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  • texture

* mineralogy

27
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How would a crystal size >3 mm be classified?

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Coarse

28
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How would a crystal size <1 mm be classified?

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Fine

29
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When magma cools in the crust, what type of igneous rocks are formed?

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Intrusive

30
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When magma cools on the surface of the crust, what type of igneous rocks are formed?

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Extrusive or volcanic

31
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What is a xenolith?

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A piece of the country rock that has fallen into the magma but not completely melted

32
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How are dykes formed?

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When molten magma flows upward through vertical faults toward the surface and cools

33
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What is a batholith?

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A giant mass of intrusive igneous rock that forms when magma collects and cools deep in the earth’s crust without being exposed to the surface

34
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How is a laccolith formed?

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When magma pushes through layers of rock above it and pools in a dome shape

35
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What is a sill?

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A flat intrusion of igneous rock that forms between preexisting layers of rock

36
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Given that magma is hot, what do igneous intrusions do to country rock?

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Bakes/burns it

37
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Why can sills and lava flows sometimes be confused?

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They are both layers of igneous rock that follow the bedding

38
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How might you identify between sills and lava flows?

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  • veins on upper surface of sills
  • sills have rock with medium crystals, lava flows have rock with fine
  • lava flow - baking only on lower surface
39
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What does magma viscosity affect?

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The type of volcanic activity and shape of volcanoes

40
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Characteristics of granitic magma?

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Sticky and viscous

41
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Characteristics of andesitic magma?

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Quite viscous, but can flow more easily than granitic

42
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Characteristics of basaltic magma?

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Can flow easily → fluid

43
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Order of viscosity of magmas?

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Basaltic < Andesitic < Granitic

44
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What is the shape of basaltic volcanoes?

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Shield volcanoes - gradual sides, convex

45
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Type of activity in basaltic volcanoes?

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Fissure eruption and central cone

46
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Main products from basaltic volcanoes?

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Basaltic lava

47
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Examples of locations for basaltic volcanoes?

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Hawaii and Iceland

48
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What type of volcano might Ropy or Pahoehoe lava flows be formed from?

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Basaltic volcanoes

49
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What is a Pahoehoe lava flow?

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Wrinkled lava surface resembling ropes - where surface cooled quicker than underlying lava flow - so hasn’t been able to move smoothly

50
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What type of volcano might columnar jointing be formed from?

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Basaltic volcanoes

51
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What is columnar jointing?

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Joints formed perpendicular to cooling surface - columns form as a result

52
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How does columnar jointing occur?

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When lava cools and contracts

53
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What type of volcano might pillow lavas be formed from?

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Basaltic volcanoes

54
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What are pillow lavas?

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When basalt lava is erupted underwater and gases can’t escape easily - lava squeezed out from front of lava flow and rounded by sea water

55
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What type of volcanoes are andesitic volcanoes?

A

Composite cone volcanos

56
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What type of volcano produces volcanic bombs (pyroclasts)?

A

Andesitic volcanoes

57
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What is equicrystalline texture?

A

Even cooling, all crystals 1.0 – 1.5 mm

Eduqas GCSE Geology (9-1) (13 decks)

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