Identify the factors which cause melting and thus the formation of magma. Select all that apply:

If a rock cooled at the Earth’s surface over the course of hours or days, it will most likely have a ________ texture.

An igneous rock has very small barely visible (fine) grains and mafic composition. You would call this rock:

An off shore reef is most likely to form which type of sedimentary rock?

If a rock is subjected to differential stress, then it means that:

If layers in a set of sedimentary beds change from sand to silt, the energy of deposition:

During _______ minerals become unstable and change composition and structure.

In the diagram, which rocks cooled from lava over days or weeks at the Earth’s surface? Look closely at the textures and choose all that apply.

If an igneous rock has phaneritic (coarse-grained) texture, it must be an ______ rock.

What is the most logical past environment to have produced a deposit consisting of very little sand and mud, but instead lots of broken-up carbonate shells of marine organisms?