Basic Definitions
Igneous Rocks
Rock Cycle
Volcanoes
Potpourri
100
Solid objects whose atoms are arranged in an orderly pattern
What is crystals
100
Two types of igneous rock
What is volcanic and plutonic
100
Cooling and hardening of magma
What is solidification
100
Two magma types that are involved in volcanoes
What is felsic and mafic magma
100
Three silicate minerals
What is quartz, feldspar, and iron silicate
200
Atomic arrangement of non-crystalline solid
What is random or crudely ordered
200
Rock formed by slow solidification of magma
What is plutonic
200
Where magma is cooled to form microscopic crystals
What is at the surface
200
Percentage of iron and silicon in felsic magma
What is low, high
200
Name of magma at the surface
What is lava
300
Solid that is counted by types
What is substance
300
Mineral(s) found in granite
What is quartz, feldspar, and iron silicate
300
Product of melting bedrock
What is magma
300
Common location of mafic volcanoes
What is oceanic crust
300
Magma that is very high in iron
What is ultramafic magma
400
Type of naturally-formed non-crystalline substance
What is mineraloid
400
Size of crystals of basalt
What is microscopic
400
Process(es) involved in the formation of volcanic rocks
What is intrusion, extrusion, and solidification
400
Names of the different volcano structures
What is composite cone (stratovolcano), lava dome, shield volcano, lava plateau, and cinder cone & flat lava flow
400
Different kinds of pyroclastic debris
What is volcanic cinders, volcanic ash, and volcanic dust
500
Two different make ups of a rock
What is a mineraloid and 100+ crystals of one or more minerals
500
Only non-crystalline igneous rock
What is volcanic glass
500
Process(es) that produce outcrops
What is uplift and erosion
500
Agent that causes violent explosions in felsic volcanoes and repeated mild explosions in mafic volcanoes
What is excess water or steam
500
Two elements in silicate minerals
What is silicon and oxygen
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