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Earth & Space Science Worksheet
Bowen’s Reaction Series
1. The two criteria for classifying igneous rocks are:
2. What is meant by “mineral composition?”
3. What does Bowen’s Reaction Series do?
4. Magma, with its diverse chemistry, crystallizes over a temperature range of at least:
5. What happens to different minerals in magma as it cools?
6. This arrangement and order of mineral crystallization became known as:
7. List the order in which common minerals crystallize from magma, in order from hottest to coolest.
8. What is the rule in nature for determining what minerals are found together in the same igneous
rocks?
9. Give an example of the principle stated in question 8.
10. What is the theme of Bowen’s Reaction Series?