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Igneous Rocks part 2
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- 1How does VEI measure explosivityWith plume height and volume
- 2Put Diorite, Gabbro and Granite in order of increasing silica contentGabbro, Diorite, Granite
- 3What is melting point influenced bycontent, pressure, minerals
- 4What conditions see heat increaseincreasing depth, friction, hot intrusions, radioactivity
- 5Are Mafic rocks formed at high or low temperaturelow
- 6Are Felsic rocks formed at high or low temperaturehigh
- 7What causes magama differentationfractionation, partial melting, assimilation, mixing
- 8Basalt/Gabbro originmelting of upper mantle
- 9Andesite/Rhyolite originmelting of mafic rocks, or mixing of high and low silica rocks
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