Geology

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igneous rock

Answer 1

come from magma and lava

Question 2

magma

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liquid rock the stays under the surface of the earth

Question 3

lava

Answer 3

liquid rock that is above the surface of the earth

Question 4

extrusive rock

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when rocks that drys when it is above the surface of the earth

Question 5

intrusive rock

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when rocks dry when they are under the surface

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mineral

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a solid naturally occurring substance

Question 7

lithosphere

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the rigid outer layer of the earth

Question 8

Asthenosphere

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the upper layer of the mantle

Question 9

crystal

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a piece of a homogeneous solid substance

Question 10

erosion

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the wearing away of something naturally

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floodplain

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a flat plain near a river where sediment is deposited

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glaciers

Answer 12

large bodies of ice

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moraines

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rocks that are moved by glaciers

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sandstone

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sediment rock that has been compressed small pieces of sand into a rock

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mudstone

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a rock made from fine grains

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shale

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a fine grain sedimentary rock that is made from hardening clay

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siltstone

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a sedimentary rock that has one particle different from mud or sand stone

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conglomerate

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a sedimentary rock that has different rock cemented together

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limestone

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a sedimentary rock formed from sea organism

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coal

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a sedimentary rock that is formed from dead plants and animals

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salt rock

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a sedimentary rock formed when a seabed or salt lake drys up

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metamorphic rocks

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they are rock that go though change

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metamorphism

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when something changes into something else

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mineral ores

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rocks mined to obtain metal

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mining

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the extraction of natural resources

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environmental impact statement

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study of the affect in plannedproject on the earth

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rehabilitated

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once something ahas been restored

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overburded

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waste rock removed for below topsoil

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open cut mining

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when rocks are blown up on the surface of the earth so they an get to the rocks under neath

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under ground mining

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mining underground

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stone age

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

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alloy

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a metal made by combining to or more metallic elements

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flint

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a grey rock that consists of nearly pure silica

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percussion flaking

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shape of a stone or implemint by striking and chipping flackes off of a rock, bone or antler

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fossil

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

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folding

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

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palaeontologists

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a scientist who studies fossils

Question 38

relative age

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

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carnivores

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animal that eats other animals

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scavengers

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animals that eat dead plant and animal material

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mould

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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

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trace fossils

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

Question 43

extinct

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