- how many minerals combine to form 95% of all rocks on Earth
- rock features, fossils, glacial features, continents fit together like a puzzle pieces
- location of earthquakes/volcanoes, convection currents, sea floor spreading, and magnetic reversals
- Basalt (fine grained and also some porphyritic)
- A _____ is a solid, inorganic, naturally-formed substance without a particular atomic structure or chemical composition.
- Minerals are classified by their properties and _____ classes.
- Common _____ rocks include slate and marble.
- Detritus are solid particles from _____ rocks.
- Like sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock is a _____ rock.
- Detrital sedimentary rocks are accumulations of _____.
- _____ sedimentary rocks are derived from material carried in solution to lakes and oceans.
- _____ is the most abundant chemical sedimentary rock, and it's typically formed when _____ precipitates due to evaporation.
- The two main types of sedimentary rocks are _____ and _____.
- _____ rocks are formed from pre-existing igneous, sedimentary, and even other metamorphic rocks.
- _____ is the transformation of one rock into another.
- Intrusive igneous rock are often referred to as _____ rock.
- Chemical classes of minerals include groups like silicates, _____, and carbonates.
- _____ is molten rock made by the partial melting of rocks in the earth's interior under conditions of high temperature and high pressure.
- _____ include minerals like mica and feldspar.
- Magma that reaches the earth's surface is called _____.