Bowen's Reaction Series
Olivine can be categorised as what type of mineral?
Ultramafic
Sandstone is made primarily of the following sized particle.
Sand
Metamorphic rocks are formed through added ______.
Heat and Pressure
All Igneous Rocks must first start as _______OR________ before crystallizing and becoming a solid rock.
Magma or Lava
The way light reflects off of a mineral.
What is luster?
Felsic Rocks contain a majority of what kind of mineral?
Potassium Feldspar
After sediments are deposited in a marine environment, what 2 steps must next occur to turn the sediments into a sedimentary rock?
Compaction and Cementation (Lithification)
Gneiss can be classified as a Foliated rock because of this distinctive feature.
Banding
Diorite is an example of the following type of Igneous Rock, based on its location of formation.
Intrusive
The scale that is used to measure the hardness of minerals
What is Moh's Hardness Scale
These types of rocks melt at the highest temperatures (around 1200 F.)
Ultramafic
Name the process that describes when sediments sink to the bottom of a body of water and stay at rest.
Deposition
As you increase depth below Earth’s surface what 2 other factors also increase?
Heat and Pressure
Volcanic tuff is an example of the following type of Igneous Rock, based on its location of formation.
Extrusive
Another way to identify minerals; it leaves the color of the powder behind when rubbed against a rough white tile.
What is streak?
A rock contains a majority of Potassium Feldspar, Muscovite Mica, and Quartz. List 2 rocks that this could possibly be.
Granite or Rhyolite
Rock Gypsum is what kind of sedimentary rock?
Chemical Sedimentary rock
Marble is an example of what kind of metamorphic rock?
Non Foliated
What is the name of the process for when magma pushes up into pre existing layers of rock?
Intrusion
The property that causes a mineral to glow under ultraviolet light
What is flourescent?
A rock is about 60% Plagioclase Feldspar, 30% Amphibole, and 10% Pyroxene and is Extrusive- What Rock is it?
Andesite
After swimming out 20 ft from the shore of a beach Ms.Szablewski puts her feet down and feets Sand sized particles. If she swims out another 5 feet or so, what sized particle could she expect to find below her?
Silt
Do metamorphic rocks ever melt? If yes, what is this process called? If not, what is the process they do go through called?
No- recrystallization
What can be identified as the reason rocks melted and turned into magma?
Mantle Heat
You can see this property just by looking at a mineral. Many minerals can be several of these.
What is color?