Quiz about Earth Science MidTerm Review

Question 1

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

Answer

Energy from the Sun

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Magnetic Pole Reversal

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Faults in Mountain Ranges

Question 2

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

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Plate

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 3

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed millions of years ago.

Accepted Answer

Pangea

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Gondwanda

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Laurasia

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Neverland

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Sand Erosion

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Fossils

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Mountains

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Glaciers

Question 5

Where would the oldest rock be found?

Accepted Answer

O

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L

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M

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N

Question 6

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Focus

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Epicenter

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Fault

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Plate

Question 7

Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?

Accepted Answer

P Wave

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Rayleigh Wave

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S Wave

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Shear Wave

Question 8

P Waves can move through which of the following?

Accepted Answer

All of these

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Gas

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Liquid

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Solid

Question 9

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

Accepted Answer

Seismograph

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Epicenter

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Fault

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Seismogram

Question 10

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Magnitude

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Earthquake

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Epicenter

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Seismogram

Question 11

Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?

Accepted Answer

Mercalli Scale

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Richter Scale

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Seismogram Scale

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Bernoulli Scale

Question 12

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

Accepted Answer

Richter Scale

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Mercalli Scale

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Seismogram Scale

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Bernoulli Scale

Question 13

What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of a liquid?

Accepted Answer

Liquefaction

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Aftershock

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Seismic Gap

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Tsunami

Question 14

What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

Accepted Answer

Tsunami

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Aftershock

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Liquefaction

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Seismic Gap

Question 15

Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?

Accepted Answer

P waves

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S waves

Question 16

A rock which contains a useful mineral is call a/an

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ore

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gem

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quarry

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alloy

Question 17

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's

Accepted Answer

streak

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hardness

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specific gravity

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luster

Question 18

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's

Accepted Answer

luster

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streak

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cleavage

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fracture

Question 19

Why is coal not a mineral?

Accepted Answer

It is not inorganic

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It's not a solid

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It is man-made

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It is made of carbon

Question 20

By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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definite chemical composition

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crystal structure

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naturally occuring

Question 21

How do you test the hardness of a mineral?

Accepted Answer

Scratch Test

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Throw it against a wall

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Step on it

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Kick it until it breaks

Question 22

What does the Mohs Scale measure?

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Hardness

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Streak

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Luster

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Cleavage

Question 23

When a mineral breaks in an uneven, rough, or jagged way

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Fracture

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Luster

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Cleavage

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Hardness

Question 24

When a mineral breaks smoothly and evenly it shows ________.

Accepted Answer

Cleavage

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Luster

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Hardness

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Fracture

Question 25

If I shine a UV light over a mineral and it glows, it means the mineral has this special property:

Accepted Answer

Fluorescence

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Magnetism

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Double Refraction

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Luster

Question 26

What is the hardest mineral on the Moh's Hardness Scale?

Accepted Answer

Diamond

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Talc

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Gypsum

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Calcite

Question 27

What are the two most useful tests when identifying a mineral

Accepted Answer

streak and hardness

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streak and color

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color and luster

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cleavage and fracture

Question 28

What is the LEAST useful way to identify a mineral?

Accepted Answer

color

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luster

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streak

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density

Question 29

How do Intrusive Igneous rocks cool?

Accepted Answer

slowly

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quickly

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really fast

Question 30

Where can we find Basalt?

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ocean floor

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mountains

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valleys

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deserts

Question 31

Igneous rock forms from.....

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cooled and hardened magma

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sediments

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cooled fossils

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molten magma

Question 32

When magma reaches Earth's surface and flows from volcanoes it is called...

Accepted Answer

lava

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magma

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cooled lava

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fossil

Question 33

Igneous rocks that are formed beneath the Earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

Intrusive igneous rocks

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Extrusive igneous rocks

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Volcanic rocks

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Volcanic glass

Question 34

Igneous rocks that are dense and dark-colored.

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Basaltic

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Granitic

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Andesitic

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Volcanic

Question 35

Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface

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Extrusive Rock

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Organic Rock

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Intrusive Rock

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Clastic Rock

Question 36

What factors can lead to the formation of a sedimentary rock?

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compaction and cementation

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melting and solidification

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extreme heat and pressure

Question 37

The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice

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weathering

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erosion

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cementation

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pressure

Question 38

Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

Accepted Answer

erosion

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weathering

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deposition

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cementation

Question 39

The placing of sediment in a new location after erosion is what?

Accepted Answer

deposition

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weathering

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compaction

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cementation

Question 40

This rock is made of salts left behind when a shallow sea evaporated. What type of sedimentary rock is it?

Accepted Answer

Chemical

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Clastic

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Organic

Question 41

This rock is made of large bits of gravel cemented together. What type of sedimentary rock is it?

Accepted Answer

Clastic

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Chemical

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Organic

Question 42

This rock is made of the remains of dead sea creatures (which have turned into oil). What type of sedimentary rock is it?

Accepted Answer

Organic

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Clastic

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Chemical

Question 43

Metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands are called...

Accepted Answer

Foliated

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Nonfoliated

Question 44

How do metamorphic rocks form?

Accepted Answer

Heat and Pressure

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Compaction & Cementation

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Cooling of Magma

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Sediments & Glue

Question 45

Which texture best describes the rock above?

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foliated

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porphyritic

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nonfoliated

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clastic

Question 46

__________ metamorphism occurs when magma heats the surrounding rock and changes it.

Accepted Answer

Contact

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Regional

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Forced

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Igneotrophic

Question 47

__________  metamorphic rocks have mineral grains that are not arranged in distinct bands.

Accepted Answer

Non-foliated

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Conglomerate

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Foliated

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Permeated

Question 48

__________ metamorphism occurs when rock formations in the crust collide and build pressure

Accepted Answer

Regional

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Forced

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Igneotrophic

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Contact

Question 49

The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Hot Spot

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Divergent Boundary

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Subduction Boundary

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Transform Boundary

Question 50

What is the principal ingredient to all types of magma?

Accepted Answer

Silica

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Iron

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Magnesium

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Water

Question 51

What is the resistance of a liquid, such as lava, to flow?

Accepted Answer

Viscosity

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Elasticity

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Pyroclasticity

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Silica

Question 52

Where are most volcanoes found?

Accepted Answer

Ring of Fire

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Southern Hemisphere

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Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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Hot Spots

Question 53

What do you call a large crater formed by the collapse of a volcano?

Accepted Answer

Caldera

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Cinder Cone

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Composite Volcano

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Shield Volcano

Question 54

Where do volcanoes come from?

Accepted Answer

All of these options

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Places where plates move apart

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Places where plates are moving together

Answer

Hot Spots

Question 55

A small, steep sided volcano that erupts gas-rich, basaltic lava.

Accepted Answer

cinder cone

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composite volcano

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volcanic volcano

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shield volcano

Question 56

A large volcano with gentle slopes located along divergent plate boundaries and hot spots.

Accepted Answer

shield volcano

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composite volcano

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volcano

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hot spot

Question 57

What type of volcano is this?

Accepted Answer

composite volcano

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cinder cone

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hot spot

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shield volcano

Question 58

Most volcanoes occur at ________________, areas where huge slabs of rock meet in the Earth's lithosphere.

Accepted Answer

plate boundaries

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hot spots

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northern hemisphere

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10:00 am

Question 59

Igneous Rocks are classified by ________ and _________.

Accepted Answer

texture and composition

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foliated and non-foliated

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luster and color

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clastic and vesicular

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