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ES Rocks Chapter 4

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a type of cairn (rock piles left by hikers)Inukshuk
on goingProcess
made of one or more minerals, glass, organic matterRock
formed by cooling and hardening of molten materialIgneous rock
molten material from a volcano found on the surfaceLava
igneous rocks formed when magma cools quickly on the surface (exterior)Extrusive
igneous rock formed when magma cools slowly below the surface (inside)Intrusive
light colored igneous rock, rich in silicon and oxygenGranitic
dark colored igneous rock, rich in iron and magnesiumBasaltic
the process by which Earth materials form and changeRock Process
Coarse-grained rocks where individual grains can be seen with naked eye have _____phaneritic texture
fine-grained rocks whose grains are not visible with the unaided eye have ______-aphanitic texture
rocks that contain large minerals surrounded by smaller minerals have _____porphyritic texture
During the cooling of magma, different minerals will ________ at different temperaturescrystallize
The relationship between temperature and crystallization is calledBowen's reaction series
minerals and rocks are made of _________ materialsdifferent
granite is made of a _______ of materialsmixture
basaltic rocks are _______ coloreddark
quick cooling of lava results in ________ grainsfine
cooling magma results in _______ grainslarge
banding occurs in ________ rocksfoliated
Two types of metamorphic rocks arefoliated or nonfoliated
rocks that change due to temperature and pressure increases or changes in compositionmetamorphic
radioactivity, heat and pressure can producemagma
the type of metamorphic rock produced depends onheat, pressure and composition
_________ can be used to produce electricitycoal
granite has larger mineral grains thanrhyolite, andesite and basalt
mixing _________ with waste coal changes acidic waste to alkaline ashlimestone
waste coal is used to produceelectrical and thermal energy
granite is a mixture of minerals such as:mica, feldspar, hornblende and quartz
in the process of cogeneration,both electrical and thermal energy are used

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