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Question 1

define rock

Answer 1

a naturally formed mixture containing minerals, rock fragments, and volcanic glass

Question 2

how are rocks identify

Answer 2

by their composition and texture

Question 3

what does the texture of a rock describe about a rock

Answer 3

size, shape, and arrangement of the rock’s components

Question 4

where do intrusive igneous rocks form

Answer 4

within Earth’s crust

Question 5

what type of molten rock does intrusive igneous rocks form from

Answer 5

magma

Question 6

what is the name of the series that illustrates simultaneous crystallization of silicate minerals

Answer 6

bowen’s reactions series

Question 7

what are the 3 types of magma

Answer 7

mafic, intermediate, felsic

Question 8

which magma type has a low silica content

Answer 8

mafic

Question 9

which magma type has a high silica content

Answer 9

felsic

Question 10

which type of crust has an abundant amount of quartz

Answer 10

continental crust

Question 11

which type of crust has little to no quartz

Answer 11

deep in continetal crust or oceanic crust

Question 12

which type of igneous rock has a course grained texture

Answer 12

intrusive igneous rock

Question 13

which type of igneous rock has a fine grained texture

Answer 13

extrusive igneous rock

Question 14

do fine grained rocks cool slowly or quickly

Answer 14

quickly

Question 15

what are the two specific texture types for extrusive igneous rock

Answer 15

vesicular, porphyritic

Question 16

which texture is the type with holes left behind because of rapid cooling

Answer 16

vesicular

Question 17

which texture is the type with 2 different crystal sizes because of different cooling rates

Answer 17

porphyritic

Question 18

what types of rock has a vesicular texture

Answer 18

pumice

Question 19

define clasts

Answer 19

small rock and mineral fragments

Question 20

What types of erosion are rocks on Earth’s surface exposed to?

Answer 20

pore spaces

Question 21

What does it mean if clasts are being transported?

Answer 21

often become rounded

Question 22

What does it mean if clasts are being deposited?

Question 23

Define pore space

Answer 23

empty space between the grains

Question 24

Define compaction

Answer 24

clast stick together due to the weight of overlying material

Question 25

Define cementation

Answer 25

minerals precipate slwoly out of a water solution and crystalize in the spaces between clasts

Question 26

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

Answer 26

compaction and cementtion

Question 27

What is another name for clasts?

Answer 27

detrious

Question 28

What are sedimentary rocks called that are mostly made of clasts?

Answer 28

detrial

Question 29

What is the decreasing size of clasts?

Answer 29

gravel, sand, silt, clay

Question 30

Which clast size would be deposited first?

Answer 30

gravel

Question 31

What are 4 common detrital sedimentary rocks?

Answer 31

gravel, sand, silt, clay

Question 32

How are chemical sedimentary rocks formed?

Answer 32

water that contains dissolved solids

Question 33

If sedimentary rocks contain remains of living organisms what are they called?

Answer 33

biochemical sedimentary

Question 34

What are 2 common biochemical sedimentary rocks?

Answer 34

limestone and coal

Question 35

What are the 3 types of sedimentary rock?

Question 36

Metamorphic rock is changed by a combination of which 3 things?

Answer 36

heat, pressure, chemical reaction

Question 37

Which types of rocks can be changed by metamorphism?

Answer 37

igneous, sedimentaru, metamorphic

Question 38

What is it called when metamorphic changes in rocks occur over large areas?

Answer 38

regional metamorphism

Question 39

What is it called when metamorphic changes in rocks occur over small changes?

Answer 39

contact metamorphism

Question 40

When shale is compressed, which type of metamorphic rock is created?

Answer 40

slate

Question 41

6. What are the two types of metamorphic rock textures?

Answer 41

foliated and nonfoilated

Question 42

Define foliated texture

Answer 42

crystals that are arranged in layers and bands

Question 43

Define nonfoliated texture

Question 44

Metamorphic rocks are mainly classified based on which two things?

Question 45

Define Rock Cycle

Question 46

Which types of rocks are part of the rock cycle?

Question 47

What are the 3 types of rocks?

Question 48

Which type of rocks form from molten rock?

Question 49

Which types of rocks are formed from clasts, precipitation, or compressed once living matter?

Question 50

Which types of rocks are formed from heat, pressure, and chemical reactions?

Question 51

What can form from hot water, evaporation, or molten rock?