PHSC 211 Exam Questions with correct
answers
Aphanitic |Texture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |texture |of |igneous |rocks |in |which |the |crystals |are |
too |small |for |individual |minerals |to |be |distinguished |with |the |unaided |eye |(fine-grained.)
Porphyritic |Texture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mixture |of |fine-grained |and |large-grained |crystals.
Phaneritic |Texture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |igneous |rock |texture |in |which |the |crystals |are |
roughly |equal |in |size |and |large |enough |so |that |individual |minerals |can |be |identified |with |the |
unaided |eye.
Meteorology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |study |of |weather.
Foliated |Texture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |texture |of |metamorphic |rocks |that |gives |the |rock |a
|layered |appearance.
Contact |Metamorphism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |change |in |the |texture, |structure, |or |
chemical |composition |of |a |rock |due |to |contact |with |magma.
Lava |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Magma |that |reaches |the |Earth's |surface.
Conchoidal |Fracture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |curved, |irregular |break.
Chipped |concentric |circle.
Astronomy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |branch |of |physics |that |studies |celestial |bodies |and |the
|universe |as |a |whole
answers
Aphanitic |Texture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |texture |of |igneous |rocks |in |which |the |crystals |are |
too |small |for |individual |minerals |to |be |distinguished |with |the |unaided |eye |(fine-grained.)
Porphyritic |Texture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mixture |of |fine-grained |and |large-grained |crystals.
Phaneritic |Texture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |igneous |rock |texture |in |which |the |crystals |are |
roughly |equal |in |size |and |large |enough |so |that |individual |minerals |can |be |identified |with |the |
unaided |eye.
Meteorology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |study |of |weather.
Foliated |Texture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |texture |of |metamorphic |rocks |that |gives |the |rock |a
|layered |appearance.
Contact |Metamorphism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |change |in |the |texture, |structure, |or |
chemical |composition |of |a |rock |due |to |contact |with |magma.
Lava |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Magma |that |reaches |the |Earth's |surface.
Conchoidal |Fracture |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |curved, |irregular |break.
Chipped |concentric |circle.
Astronomy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |branch |of |physics |that |studies |celestial |bodies |and |the
|universe |as |a |whole
