Planetary Science Mars Research 2
Rock (mineral), naturally occurring solid material consisting of one or more minerals. Minerals are solid, naturally occurring chemical elements or compounds.
Basalt - Igneous Rocks
Volcanoes!. What is a Volcano? Volcano: a mountain that forms when layers of lava & volcanic ash erupt & build up. Active Volcanoes spew smoke, steam,
Volcanoes. Figure 5.4 Volcanoes of the World Magma Sources and Types Magma sources tend to be 50 to 250 km deep into the crust and upper mantle Temperatures.
Volcanoes
Rocks and the Rock Cycle
Volcanoes!
Basalt
Rocks and the Rock Cycle. The Rock Cycle The continuous and reversible processes that illustrates how one rock changes to another. “ One rock is the raw.
CHAPTER 4 IGNEOUS ROCKS. Magma: The parent material of igneous rock Lava Extrusive – volcanic Intrusive – plutonic Nature of magma Melt Volatiles From.
