Chapter 20 reading check

1. As the earth formed, the heavier, more dense elements sunk toward the center, while the
lighter, less dense ones stayed near the surface. The result was layers of rocks of similar
density
2.mpact generated heat, heat from radioactivity and friction/compression.
3.oxygen
4.oxygen, silicon
5.a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence
6.it does not consist of anything that used to be living
7.color, streak,luster, density, hardness, cleavage, fracture, tenacity, and crystal habit.
8. because of quick cooling igneous rocks
9.an organism or inorganic object or material that takes various forms.
10. Non-silicate minerals don't contain silicon and oxygen in tandem; silicate minerals do.
11. color and crystallization temp
12. feldspar, quartz is second
13. a solid precipitating from a liquid or directly from a gas
14. magma, and water solutions
15. the minerals with lower silica
16.Chemical sedimentary can be formed from minerals that are left after water evaporates
17.The 3 basic types of rocks are igneous ( crystalline solids which form from the cooling of
magma) ,sedimentary (often the result of the accumulation of small pieces of pre-existing
rocks.), and metamorphic, (made by changes in temp & pressure.) .
18.Rhyolite, Granite, and Andesite are the most common igneous rocks. They are found mostly
on the ocean floor.
19. only a portion of a solid is melted
20. it will have more silica
21. A rocks melting point would be determined by the highest temperature at which its
constituent minerals would melt
22. the temp increases with depth
23.Sediment is deposited by water, wind, or glaciers, Weathering is the breaking down of rock
into smaller and smaller particles. Erosion is the movement of weathered material from one
place to another place through the agents of erosion: wind, water, ice, and gravity
24.rocks that are composed of fragments, or clasts, of pre-existing minerals and rock.
25. conglomerate-sandstones-shale
26. Limestone
27.by inorganic precipitation
28.alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or other natural agency.
Heat and pressure are the two primary forces involved in metamorphism
29.foliated rocks show banding throughout, Non foliated rock has no banding or layers