Vocabulary
Rock Identification
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This type of rock forms when molten rock cools and becomes a solid.
What is igneous rock?
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A common intrusive igneous rock commonly used for countertops.
What is granite?
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It is made of two or more minerals.
What are rocks?
100
Most igneous rocks form by these processes.
What are melting and solidification?
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This rock solidified in this environment.
What is intrusive/plutonic.
100
Where you find out how all the different types of rocks are made.
What is the Rock Cycle diagram on page 6.
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Molten rock on Earth's surface is called______.
What is lava?
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A rock with large crystals would be an (intrusive/extrusive)igneous rock.
What is intrusive?
200
The main rock of continents
What is granite?
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According to the ESRT, this is the best description of the properties of basalt.
What is fine-grained and mafic?
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This that looks like this has a ____________composition.
What is mafic?
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Where you find out what minerals are in igneous rocks.
What is the Scheme for Igneous Rock Identification on page 6?
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Molten rock beneath Earth's surface is called ______.
What is magma?
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A rock with small crystals would be an (intrusive/extrusive)igneous rock.
What is extrusive?
300
A common extrusive igneous rock is ______.
What is basalt, pumice, gabbro or rhyolite?
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The two igneous rocks that could have the same mineral composition.
What are gabbro and basalt?
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The rock andesite has a ________ composition.
What is intermediate?
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Where you can find out about the layers of the Earth.
What is the Inferred Properties of Earth's Interior diagram on page 10.
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___________ igneous rock is a rock that forms when magma cools within Earth.
What is intrusive?
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Magma that cools slowly will form intrusive igneous rocks that have (large crystals/small crystals).
What are large crystals?
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The main rock of the ocean floor.
What is basalt?
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The characteristic of igneous rocks that provides the MOST information about the environment in which the rock solidified.
What is crystal size?
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The adjective felsic describes a rock that is mostly made of these minerals and elements.
What are silica, and aluminum (and feldspar).
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The hardest mineral listed in the ESRT.
What is garnet?
500
___________ igneous rock a rock that forms when lava cools on Earth’s surface.
What is extrusive?
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Lava that cools quickly will form extrusive igneous rocks that have (large crystals/small crystals).
What are small crystals?
500
A common intrusive igneous rock is ________________.
ANSWERS:
What is: granite, pegmatite, diorite, diabase, gabbro, peridotite, dunite?
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A property that is common to most dark-colored igneous rocks.
What is high density.
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The adjective mafic describes a rock that is mostly made of these minerals and elements.
What are magnesium and iron?
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Where you find out about many minerals.
What is the Properties of Common Minerals on page 16 of the ESRT?