Geology

Question 1

Igneous

Answer 1

A rock that comes from a volcano

Question 2

Magma

Answer 2

Liquid rock that is beneath the earths surface

Question 3

Lava

Answer 3

Liquid rock this is on the earths surface

Question 4

Extrusive

Answer 4

Igneous Rock that forms on the earths surface

Question 5

Intrusive

Answer 5

Igneous Rock that is formed inside a volcano

Question 6

Mineral

Answer 6

A solid Naturally occurring substance

Question 7

Lithosphere

Answer 7

Rigid outer part of the earth

Question 8

Athenosphere

Answer 8

Upper layer of the earths mantle

Question 9

Crystal

Answer 9

A clear/ Transparent Mineral That resembles ice or glass

Question 10

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 10

Rocks formed from sediments deposited by water

Question 11

Erosion

Answer 11

removal of soil and rock by natural elements

Question 12

Flood Plains

Answer 12

Flat Open land where river sediments a deposited in floods

Question 13

Glaciers

Answer 13

Large Bodies of that move down slopes and push boulder/ rocks

Question 14

moraines

Answer 14

deposit left by movement of a glacier

Question 15

Sandstone

Answer 15

A sedimentary rock made from sand

Question 16

Mudstone

Answer 16

Fine grained Sedimentary frock without layering

Question 17

Shale

Answer 17

A sedimentary frock made from clay

Question 18

Siltstone

Answer 18

A sedimentary rock with grain size between sandstone and mudstone

Question 19

conglomerate

Answer 19

Sedimentary frock with different size particles cemented together

Question 20

Lime stone

Answer 20

A sedimentary rock formed by the remains of sea organisms

Question 21

Coal

Answer 21

A sedimentary rock formed by the remains of dead plants and animals

Question 22

Rock salt

Answer 22

common salt occurring naturally as a mineral

Question 23

Metamorphic Rocks

Answer 23

Rocks that go through a change

Question 24

Metamorphism

Answer 24

The process of a rock going through a change

Question 25

mineral ores

Answer 25

rocks mined to obtain a metal or other chemical within them

Question 26

mining

Answer 26

extraction of natural resources from the Earth

Question 27

environmental impact statement

Answer 27

study of the possible effects of a planned project on the environment

Question 28

rehabilitated

Answer 28

restored to its previous condition

Question 29

overburden

Answer 29

waste rock removed from below the topsoil. This rock is replaced when the area is restored.

Question 30

open-cut mining

Answer 30

mining that scours out soil and rocks on the surface of the land

Question 31

underground mining

Answer 31

mining that uses shafts and tunnels to remove rock from deep below the surface

Question 32

Stone age

Answer 32

he first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools

Question 33

Alloy

Answer 33

a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

Question 34

Flint

Answer 34

a hard grey rock consisting of nearly pure silica (chert), occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk.

Question 35

percussion flaking

Answer 35

the shaping of a stone implement by striking or chipping off flakes with another stone or a piece of wood, bone, or antler

Question 36

fossil

Answer 36

any remains, impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a former geological age; evidence of life in the past

Question 37

folding

Answer 37

the buckling of rocks. It is caused when rocks are under pressure from both sides.

Question 38

paleontologists

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a scientist who studies fossils

Question 39

relative age

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the age of a rock compared with the age of another rock

Question 40

carnivores

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animal that eats other animals

Question 41

scavengers

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animals that eat dead plant and animal material

Question 42

mould

Answer 42

cavity in a rock that shows the shape of the hard parts of an organism; types of fungi found growing on the surface of foods

Question 43

trace fossils

Answer 43

fossils that provide evidence, such as footprints, that an organism was present when the rock was formed

Question 44

extinct

Answer 44

describes volcanoes that are no longer active. Extinct volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years and show no sign of future eruption.