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Igneous Rocks
Chapter 5.1
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Science
7th Grade
11/21/2011

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lava

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magma that flows out onto Earth's surface

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igneous rocks

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form when lava or magma cools and minerals crystallize

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partial melting

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the process in which some minerals melt at low temps while other minerals remain solid

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Bowen's reaction series

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sequential, predictable, dual-branched pattern in which minerals crystallize from colling magma

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fractional crystallization

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process in which  dif. minerals crystallize from magma at dif. temps, removing elements from magma

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