Exam 3: Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth

Breccia,a rock with angular particles,is likely to have traveled ________.

Coal beds originate in ________.

Rhyolite is the fine-grained equivalent of this igneous rock.

Silts and clays are commonly deposited in lakes,lagoons,swamps and marine environments because ________.

Every metamorphic rock has a parent rock from which it formed.

Bowen's reaction series predicts the sizes of the different mineral grains that grow from crystallizing magmas.

Magma differentiation tends to produce deposits of ________ near the base of intrusions.

What type of stress (pressure)is illustrated in the diagram below?

Sedimentary rocks make up approximately 60 percent of the rocks in the Earth's crust.

Sedimentary rocks are an important source of information about the Earth's history.

Which of the following is an economically important sedimentary rock?

The most common sedimentary rock is ________.

Granite and gabbro ________.

Slate is ________ than shale.

Which of the following is not a product of the chemical weathering of potassium feldspar?

If magma or lava cools quickly,the resulting igneous rock will have ________.

Rock salt and rock gypsum are common examples of a group of chemical sedimentary rocks called ________.

Which one of the following is not related to chemical weathering?

Obsidian exhibits a ________ texture.

The particles in breccia are primarily silt sized.