igneous rocks Flashcards

1
Q

how are they formed

A

by cooled magma

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2
Q

can any rock become an igneous if melted by lava

A

yes

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3
Q

what is mama that has reached the earth surface called

A

lava

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4
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texture: pyroclastic(formed by exposion)

A

-fastest cooling magma is the ash, no crystals

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5
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texture: froth

A

next fastest cooling, cooled by water, no crystals, obsidian is froth

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6
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texture:fine-grained

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forms non-visible crystals called extrusive, uniform, outside the earth.

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7
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texture:intrusive rocks

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largest crystals, slowest cooling formed inside the earth.

the longer it takes to cool the bigger crystals, cool slowly in earth heat cant escape

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8
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color: felsic

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low in metal which makes it light in color

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9
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color: mafic

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dark in color higher amounts of metal, specific gravity more than 3.0

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10
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color:intermafic

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in the middle of felsic and mafic

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11
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color:ultramafic

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very high in metal, extremely dark

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