Which minerals are the first to crystallize in a cooling magma—minerals with a lower percentage of silica or minerals with a higher percentage of silica?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Minerals with a lower percentage of silica.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When stars are moving away from us the color of their light is shifted toward the ______ (red or blue) end of the light spectrum because the wavelegth is ________ (shorter or longer).

a. red; longer b. red; shorter c. blue; longer d. blue; shorter

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The amount of heat that flows through a rod whose ends are held at different temperatures is proportional to the length of the rod

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The highest atmospheric layer in the Sun is the _______

a. photosphere b. corona c. chromosphere d. prominence

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