ConcepTest: Rock Sample Observation

ConcepTest questions by David McConnell, David Steer , Walter Borowski, Jeffrey Dick, Annabelle Foos, Jeffrey Knott, Alvin Konigsberg, Michelle Malone, Heidi McGrew, Kathie Owens, and Stephen Van Horn
This material was originally created for Starting Point:Introductory Geology
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.

Question:

Imagine that all minerals found in igneous rocks were the same color. What information would you no longer be able to infer from observing a rock sample?

a. magma cooling rate
b. composition
c. texture

Student Responses:

No data yet. The correct response is B.

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