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Igneous Rocks that cool slowly beneath the Earth's crust are _______.
What are intrusive?
Diamonds can form only _____ .
What is under very high pressure?
Minerals that crystallize at higher temperatures as a result of contact metamorphism tend to be found near ____________.
What are igneous intrusions?
This type of sediment particles are similar in size: ________. (select: sorted, unsorted, clastic, dissolved)
What are sorted?
During the rock cycle, Igneous rocks are turned to sediments by _______.
What is weathering and erosion?
Rocks are formed when magma ____?
What is crystallizes or cools?
Extrusive rocks, which cool more rapidly than inrtusive rocks, are generally more______ .
What is finely grained?
A model that illustrates the predictable patterns of mineral formation from cooling magma is _______.
What is Bowen's reaction series?
Ore deposits can contain gold sometimes are found as a ________.
What is a vein?
During the rock cycle, igneous rocks are formed from _____________.
What is cooling of magma?
The metamorphism of limestone results in the formation of _____.
What is marble?
_________ are veins of extremely large-grained minerals.
What are pegmatites?
Igneous rock tends to be ________. (select: radioactive, resistant to weathering, full of gold, vulnerable to weathering.)
What is resistant to weathering?
Igneous rocks are strong because of their _____
What are interlocking gran textures?
This type of bedding has the heaviest and coarsest material on the bottom: ____________.
What is graded?
This results when rocks come in contact with molten rocks such as those such as those in an igneous intrusion.
What is contact metamorphism?
Valuable ore deposits and gem crystals are often associated with _____________.
What is igneous intrusion?
Metal-rich quartz veins are formed at the end of _____. (select: volcanic eruptions, radioactive energy, magma crystallization, the cooling of earth's crust.)
What is magma crystallization?
Metamorphic rocks that lack mineral grains with long axes oriented in one direction are described as _____.
What is nonfoliated?
Hot fluids migrating into and out of a rock during metamorphism can change the rock's _______.
Porphyroblast differ from the minerals surrounding them in terms of _______ .
What is size?
Two factors that affect a rock's melting point include ___________.
What are pressure and water content?
Breccia is classified as clastic. The composition of breccia is _______
What are large angular rock fragments?
The following spectrum goes from light to dark: Granite (high silica content) - Intermediate - Baslatic - Ultrabasic (iron rich minerals) because _________
What is "the rock colors go from light to dark"?
Metamorphic rocks in which the long axes of their minerals are perpendicular to the pressure that altered them are described as ________.
What is foliated?