Exam 22: Minerals, Rocks, and Volcanoes

If iron floats in liquid mercury, then the specific gravity of iron is

Volcanoes are so numerous along the margins of the Pacific Ocean that the region has been dubbed the ______________.

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

______________, lava, and pyroclastics are the three general products emitted during a volcanic eruption.

Chemical sedimentary rocks are classified into what two categories?

Which of the following is not an igneous rock?

The mineral that is most abundant in Earth's crust is

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

Which of the following is the softest mineral on the Mohs scale?

A volcano with a high, steep slope is a

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

Which of the following is not a volcano or the result thereof?

The metamorphosis of limestone leads to

What is the hardness of quartz on the Mohs scale?

The sequence of interrelated events by which rocks are formed, altered, destroyed, and re-formed is known as the ______________.

Rocks that formed from the cooling of molten material are classified as

What type of volcano forms a layered, composite cone?

Sediments that are transported to the sea in solution are known as ______________ sediments.

Which of the following is the hardest mineral?

The study of minerals is called ______________.