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Chapter 2, Rock-Forming Minerals and Rocks

  1. In what plate tectonic setting do we find igneous rocks that cooled slowly from a mafic magma? Hint

  2. Which of the following minerals is not a component of felsic magmas? Orthoclase, quartz, biotite, olivine, muscovite. Hint

  3. In what kind of climate do evaporites usually form? Hint

  4. What transport mechanism produces heterogeneous mixtures of rock types and grain sizes with little if any sorting? Hint

  5. What sedimentary rock contains sand, silt, and clay; is moderately sorted; and is made up of rounded particles? Hint

  6. What slowly cooled igneous rock is made up of quartz, plagioclase feldspars, and pyroxene? Hint

  7. Is gabbro usually found in continental crust or oceanic crust? Hint

  8. What foliated metamorphic rock is produced by low temperature and pressure and made up of clay micas and chlorite? Hint

  9. Schist is most commonly associated with which kind of metamorphism? Hint

  10. What element has an atomic number of 20? Hint

  11. What is the atomic number of aluminum? Hint

  12. Who was the 19th century English scientist who first formalized the atomic theory? Hint

  13. What is the hardness of quartz? Hint

  14. Which family of minerals does corundum belong to? Hint

  15. What is the hardness range of hematite? Hint

  16. What is the chemical formula of anhydrite? Hint

  17. Talc, biotite, muscovite, and chlorite belong to which silicate family? Hint

  18. Which two elements are most abundant in Earth's crust? Hint

  19. What group of minerals forms double chains of silica tetrahedra? Hint

  20. What causes columnar jointing? Hint

  21. What does the "fabric" of an igneous rock refer to? Hint

  22. What is the term for very large intrusive igneous bodies? Hint

  23. Basalt is the extrusive equivalent of ____________. Hint

  24. Diorite is the intrusive equivalent of ____________. Hint

  25. What are the three major transport agents for sediments? Hint

  26. Which two siliciclastic sedimentary rocks tend to have a relatively high proportion of pore space? Hint

  27. What are the three main cements that bind sedimentary rocks? Hint

  28. The ability of a rock to store fluids is called ___________. Hint

  29. The ability of a rock to transmit fluids through pores and cracks is called _____________. Hint

  30. The lower limit of metamorphic temperatures is about __________. Hint

  31. Shales baked by igneous contact form very hard, fine-grained rocks called ___________. Hint

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