ESC 1000 Earth Science Name:____________

Chapter 3: Rocks: Minerals of the Solid Earth

Part E End of Chapter Review Questions 6 Points

Choose two of the following questions and write a short answer for 3 points each:

1. (#1) Using the rock cycle, explain the statement “One rock is the raw material for another.”
2. (#3) What does a porphyritic texture indicate about the history of an igneous rock?
3. (#4) How are granite and rhyolite different? The same?

4. (#5) Relate the classification of igneous rocks to Bowen’s reaction series.

5. (#8) Distinguish between the two categories of chemical sedimentary rocks.

6. (#9) What are evaporate deposits? Name a rock that is an evaporate.

7. (#16) In what ways do metamorphic rocks differ from the igneous and sedimentary rocks from which they are formed?

8. (#18) Nonmetallic resources are commonly divided into two broad groups. List the two groups and some examples that belong to each.