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| The first mineral to form mafic magma at high temps are? |
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| olivine and calcium plagioclase |
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| What type of valcano contains large number of vessels? |
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| Which of the following has the lowest silica? |
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| Granite and Rhylite have the same _____ but different ____? |
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| What will be the net charge of an atom containing 13 protons, 14 neutrons, and 12 electrons? |
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| Which pair would most likely be found together in an igneous rock? |
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| Olivine and Ca rich plagioclase |
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| A ______ valcano is ver large, gently slopped, mound composed mainly of basaltic lava flows? |
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| Which denotes negativiely charged particels in an atom? |
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| Which mineral usually forms at the latest stage of the magma crystallization? |
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| Which basaltic lava flow has a fairly smooth and rope surface? |
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| which rock sequence is the proper order of increasing Fe-Mg for intrusive ingneous rock series? |
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| Isotope C14 has 6 protons and an atomic weight of 14 what is its neutron and elcetron count? |
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| convergant plate boundries |
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| What is the hardest mineral known? |
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| Columbia river basalt in washington is a? |
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| exceptional heat and pressure produce which type of rock? |
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| Huge mudflow made up of wet volcanic debris and water is called? |
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| Which of the following properties decreases in the divergant of arrows? Felsic-intermediate-mafic? |
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| mafic igneous rock are high in what? |
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| parallel fractures produced by contraction of cooling lava flow is? |
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| plate subduction and mountain building occurs along? |
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| magma rising and sea floor spreading takes place along? |
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| Which igneous rock has coarse grain texture? |
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| which of the following textures mineral grains of different size? |
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| which mineral dissolves in hydrocloric acid? |
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| Which mineral has a composistion of SiO2 |
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| What describes the big hawaiian volcanoes? |
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| they are situated in the interior of pacific plate above a hot spot |
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| lithification produces which type of rock? |
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| mineral quartz has what type of silicate structure? |
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| Whats a pyroclastic igneous rock? |
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| which mineral pair have the same chemical composition but different structure? |
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| Whats true about a shield volcano? |
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| large, broad, slightly domed |
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| Changing the composition of magma by incorporating surrounding hot rock is? |
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| Rocks with phaneritic texture have crystals that can be seen with your eye. |
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| Felsic rocks are light colored ingeous rich SiO2 |
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| Iceland is situation atop of a convergant boundry |
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| igneous rock with pyroclastic texture are produced by violent erruptions |
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| minerals with the lowest melting points are first to crystalize |
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| extrusive igneous rocks form well below earths surface |
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| electrons are the lightest and least massive of the basic atomic particals |
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| The two most abundant elements in the earths core are Fe and Ni |
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| Mineral mica is one of the most common 2D sheet silicates |
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| Minerals can be solid liquid or gas |
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| obsidian is a glassy volcanic rock |
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| ferro magnesium minerals produced from mafic magma tedn to have dark color |
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| calcite and dolomite are carbonic minerals |
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| mafic magma is the less viscous than felsic magma |
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| the two most abundant elements in the earths crust are O and Si |
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