Exam 22: Minerals, Rocks, and Volcanoes

The appearance of a mineral's surface in reflected light is called its ______________.

The sedimentary rock known as ______________ consists of angular pebbles cemented together by silica, calcium carbonate, or iron oxide.

Which of the following rocks is not a sedimentary rock?

Which of the following classes of rock is most likely to contain fossils?

Laccoliths and sills are examples of ______________ plutons.

The deflection of one lithospheric plate beneath another plate with which it is colliding is called

The element that is the second most abundant in Earth's crust is

Which of the following is not one of the three basic types of materials emitted when a volcano erupts?

Four kinds of metamorphism are

A general name for an intrusive igneous rock formation is ______________.

Which of the following statements is false?

The theory that Earth's lithospheric plates are in constant, slow motion is called plate ______________.

Volcanoes are formed by the eruptions of both lava and pyroclastics form steeply sloping, layered cones called ______________.

The physical characteristic that is used to distinguish intrusive igneous rocks from extrusive igneous rocks is ______________.

Rocks formed from consolidated sediment deposited in layers are known as _____________ rocks.

Which of the following statements is false?

Intrusive igneous rock formations that lie more or less parallel to older formations are said to be ______________.

Stratification, or ______________, is the layering that develops at the time sediments are deposited.

Rocks solidified from molten material above ground are classified as ______________ igneous rocks.

The most common rocks on Earth's surface are