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IGNEOUS ROCKS
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- 1IGNEOUS ROCKSARE FORMED THROUGH THE FREEZING OF MELT
CAN BE PRODUCED AT THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AS WELL AS DEEP BELOW THE SURFACE
ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ROCKS WITHIN EARTH
D - 2MAGMA WITH THE GREATEST SILICA CONTENT...INTERMEDIATE
B - 3MOST COMMONLY, FELSIC IGNEOUS ROCKS...ARE LIGHTER IN COLOR THAN MAFIC ROCKS
B - 4A MAJORITY OF THE MELTS IN THE EARTH FORM THE PARTIAL MELTING OF ULTRAMAFIC MANTLE ROCK. THESE NEWLT FORMED MAGAMS ARE...MAFIC
B - 5INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE EXPOSED TODAY BECAUSE...WIND, WATER, AND ICE ERODE OVERLYING ROCK TO EXPOSE IGNEOUS ROCKS
B - 6VOLCANIC BOMBS, ASH AND CINDERS ARE ALL EXAMPLES OFPYROCLASTIC DERBIS
D - 7AS COMPARED TO APHANITIC IGNEOUS ROCKS, PHANERITIC ROCKS AREMADE OF CRYSTALS BIG ENOUGH TO SEE
A - 8IN BOWEN'S REACTION SERIES, THE FIRST MINERAL TO CRYSTALLIZE FROM A MAFIC MELT ISOLIVINE
A - 9COARSE-GRAINED GRANITE IS MOST SIMILAR IN MINERAL COMPOSITION TO FINE-GRAINEDRHYOLITE
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- Flashcards on IGNEOUS ROCKS, created by muhebwat on 08/12/2015.
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