Exam 2: Minerals and Rocks

An uncharged particle in the nucleus of an atom is a(n) ____.

Molten rock material below the surface of Earth is called ____.

Any rock altered in the solid state from pre-existing rocks by any combination of heat, pressure, and chemically active fluids is a(n) ____ rock.

Minerals are ____________________ ___________________, because they are solids with orderly arrangements of atoms in three-dimensional networks.

Lava is molten rock below Earth's surface.

Quartz is made of the elements silicon and oxygen; therefore, it is a compound.

Detrital sedimentary rocks are classified by ____.

The sedimentary rock ____ forms from the burial and compaction of land plants.

The three major rock groups are ___________________, ___________________, and ___________________.

Discuss the three agents responsible for metamorphism. How does each agent influence the metamorphic process?

Running water is the most effective method of erosion.

Why is it difficult to estimate how long natural resources like copper, oil, and coal will last?

The majority of the more than 3,800 minerals are silicates.

A shale that is subject to metamorphism may become a slate.

What type of metamorphic rock results from the recrystallization of quartz sandstone?

Foliated metamorphic rocks can form from both regional and contact metamorphism.

Isotopes of the same element have ____.

Metamorphism taking place adjacent to a body of magma (a pluton) or beneath a lava flow from heat and chemically active fluids is called ____.

Converging plate boundaries are often sites of metamorphism and igneous activity.

Metamorphic rock around a batholith most likely formed by contact metamorphism.