Rocks and Minerals

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As igneous rocks become more mafic, what happens to the color?

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The color becomes darker.

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Igneous rocks are also known as

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Extrusive, Intrusive

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Clastic sedimentary rocks are also called

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Fragmental

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Metamorphic Rocks are formed through the process of: Deposition and Burial, Heat and Pressure, Weathering and Erosion, Melting and Solidification

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Heat and Pressure

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Minerals can be classified through: Composition Texture Crystal Size, Texture Grain Size Composition, Luster Hardness Streak, Luster Color Composition

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Luster Hardness Streak

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Most igneous rocks are formed by which process?

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Melting and Solidification

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What provides the best evidence for determining the cooling rate of an igneous rock during its solidification? Options: the mineral composition, the crystal size of its minerals, the index fossils, faults in the rock.

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the crystal size of its minerals

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What determines the physical properties of minerals?

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The internal arrangement of their atoms.

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This is a mineral property that shows how a mineral reflects light

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Luster

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What kind of rock is this? Options: Clastic sedimentary rock, Chemically formed sedimentary rock, Volcanic Igneous Rock, Plutonic Igneous Rock

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Volcanic Igneous Rock