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A dark colored igneous rock with no visible crystals cooled how?
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Large crystals found in a fine-grained groundmass can indicate what?
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Igneous and Ternary

Quiz prep for igneous rocks and ternary diagrams

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A dark colored igneous rock with no visible crystals cooled how? quickly on the earth's surface
Large crystals found in a fine-grained groundmass can indicate what? origin from a magma with an early intrusive phase followed by an extrusive phase and that it is a rock of mixed volcanic-plutonic origin
Igneous rocks with a two-stage intrusive-extrusive origin are recognized by a texture that is called what? porphyritic
Igneous rocks with a texture that is so fine-grained that the crystals are too small to see is what? aphanitic
Natural glass, such as obsidian, forms when magma cools how? cools too rapidly for crystals to form
Igneous rocks formed by explosive volcanic activity have a texture that is termed... pyroclastic
Which of the following is an indication of crystal size in an igneous rock? texture
Which of the following is a fine-grained member of the felsic family? rhyolite
Gabbro is chemically most similar to which of the following rocks? basalt
Which of the following would most likely form from a mafic magma that cooled slowly underground? gabbro
Felsic rocks are high in what? silica
A vesicular felsic rock is called what? pumice
Which of the following rocks is a member of the intermediate family? andesite
What are the texture and composition of gabbro? texture- coarse-grained (phaneritic) composition - mafic
What is the texture of tuff? pyroclastic
In general, if magma cools quickly, will the crystals be smaller or larger? smaller
In the diagram on the board, what percent of A does #1 have? 60%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of B does #1 have? 20%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of C does #1 have? 20%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of A does #2 have? 25%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of B does #2 have? 40%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of C does #2 have? 35%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of A does #3 have? 10%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of B does #3 have? 70%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of C does #3 have? 20%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of A does #4 have? 0%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of B does #4 have? 25%
In the diagram on the board, what percent of C does #4 have? 75%
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