Pritchard Ch 13 - Formation of Rocks

_______are made of one or more than one mineral

• glaciers

• earthquakes

• rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The two most abundant elements in Earth's crust are

• silicon and neon

• silicon and oxygen

• oxygen and neon

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Oxygen and silicon combine to form

• oxygens

• siloxies

• silicates

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Two ways minerals are formed are

• cooling of magma and when water containing dissolved minerals evaporates

• earthquakes and tsunamis

• magma heats up and tsunamis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A surface along which a mineral easily splits is a

• feldspar

• cleavage plane

• silicate

Magma has _______cleavage planes.

• 1

• 2

• 3

Horneblend has _____ cleavage planes.

• 1

• 2

• 3

Feldspar has ______cleavage planes.

• 1

• 2

• 3

Halite has _______cleavage planes.

• 1

• 2

• 3

The two most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust are

• oxygen and silicon

• feldspar and quartz

• feldspar and silicon