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Name:_______________
Period:_________
Igneous Rocks II
1. Name four felsic igneous rocks.
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2. Name four mafic igneous rocks.
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_________
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3. Name a plutonic, mafic igneous rock.
_________
_________
4. Which igneous rock cooled slowly under ground and
contains mostly quartz and potassium feldspar?
__________________
5. As igneous rocks become more mafic, they also become
(color)
__________________
6. As igneous rocks become more felsic, they also become
(density)
__________________
7. Which igneous rock is fine-grained and has a lot of
pyroxene?
__________________
8. Name a coarse-grained igneous rock composed mainly of
olivine.
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9. Name an intrusive, dense and dark-colored igneous rock.
__________________
10. Igneous rocks are classified mainly by
their_____________
11. One can determine where an igneous rock formed by
observing the__________________
More questions on the other side.
Use your Handy Dandy Earth Science Reference Tables to
fill in the blank spaces in the table.
Rock
Formed
Cooling
Crystal
Texture
Rhyolite
Gabbro
Basalt
Pumice
Obsidian
Granite
from
Lava
rate
size
Small
Slow
Fast
Lava
Coarse
Fine
No
crystals
Very fast
Magma
Glassy
Large
1. Look directly under the ā€œiā€ in Peridotite and list the percentages of each mineral below.
Potassium Feldspar
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Quartz
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Plagioclase Feldspar
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Biotite Mica
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Amphibole (Hornblende)
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Pyroxene
_______
Olivine
_______
2. What are the percentages of each of the following minerals in the lightest sample of Scoria?
Potassium Feldspar
_______
Quartz
_______
Plagioclase Feldspar
_______
Biotite Mica
_______
Amphibole (Hornblende)
_______
Pyroxene
_______
Olivine
_______
3. What are the percentages of each of the following minerals in Diorite
Potassium Feldspar
_______
Quartz
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Plagioclase Feldspar
_______
Biotite Mica
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Amphibole (Hornblende)
_______
Pyroxene
_______
Olivine
_______
4. What is another name for Dunite? _________________
5. What are the percentages of each of the following minerals in Granite
Potassium Feldspar
_______
Quartz
_______
Plagioclase Feldspar
_______
Biotite Mica
_______
Amphibole (Hornblende)
_______
Pyroxene
_______
Olivine
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