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Chapter 3 Concept Questions and Vocabulary
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How do coarse-grained igneous rocks form?
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2. How are igneous rocks classified according to composition?
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3. What is a rock?
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4. What are the three types of rock?
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5. What is the rock cycle?
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6. What powers Earth’s rock cycle?
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6. Name four clastic sedimentary rocks.
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7. Name four chemical sedimentary rocks.
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8. Where does most metamorphism take place?
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9. What are foliated rocks, and how do they form?
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10. How are metamorphic rocks classified?
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Chapter 3 Concept Questions and Vocabulary
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1. Andesitic composition:
2. Basaltic composition:
3. Chemical sedimentary rock:
4. Clastic sedimentary rock:
5. Contact metamorphism:
6. Deposition compaction:
7. Erosion:
8. Extrusive igneous rock:
9. Foliated metamorphic rock:
10. Granitic composition:
11. Hydrothermal solution:
12. Igneous rock:
13. Intrusive igneous rock:
14. Lava:
15. Magma:
16. Metamorphic rock:
17. Metamorphism:
18. Nonfoliated metamorphic rock:
19. Porphyritic texture:
20. Regional metamorphism:
21. Rock:
22. Rock cycle:
23. Sedimentary rock:
24. Ultramafic:
25. Weathering: