geology

Question 1

igneous

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Igneous is rocks that come from lava or magma

Question 2

magma

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Magma is hot liquid that is under the ground

Question 3

lava

Answer 3

Lava is liquid that has come out of the ground

Question 4

extrusive

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Extrusive is when rocks have exited the volcano

Question 5

intrusive

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Intrusive means when rock is formed inside the volcano

Question 6

lithosphere

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Lithosphere is the layer in which we stand on

Question 7

Asthenosphere

Answer 7

Asthenosphere is the second layer of the earth

Question 8

crystals

Answer 8

Crystals is made underground in the volacno

Question 9

limestone

Answer 9

limestone are sedimentary rock that is formed from deposits of remains of sea organisms

Question 10

coal

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coal is a sedimentary rock formed from dead plants and animals that were buried before rotting completely

Question 11

sandstone

Answer 11

A sedimentary rock with medium-sized grains

Question 12

stone age

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stone age is the first period of prehistoric human culture used by stones

Question 13

alloy

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alloy is a metal by combining two or more metallic elements

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flint

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flint is a hard grey rock consisting a nearly pure silica

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percussion flaking

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the shaping of a stone implement by striking or chipping off flakes with another stone

Question 16

siltstone

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a sedimentary rock with a particle size between that of sandstone and mudstone

Question 17

mudstone

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a fine-graded sedimentary rock that doesn’t have layering

Question 18

shale

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a fine-graded sedimentary rock formed in layers by the consolidation of clay

Question 19

glaciers

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bodies of ice called glaciers

Question 20

moraines

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deposit left by movement of a glacier

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floodplains

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flat, open land beside a river where sediments are deposited during floods

Question 22

erosion

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the wearing away and the removal of soil and rock by natural elements

Question 23

sedimentary rock

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rocks that are formed from the particles of sediments

Question 24

rock salt

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a sedimentary deposit formed when a salt lake or seabed dried up

Question 25

conglomerate

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sedimentary rock containing large particles of various sizes cemented together

Question 26

metamorphic rocks

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rocks formed from another rock that is under heat or pressure

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metamorphsim

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the process that changes rocks by extreme pressure or heat

Question 28

mineral ores

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rocks mined to obtain a metal or other chemical within them

Question 29

mining

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extraction of natural resources from the earth

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mineral

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overbuden

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waste rock removed from below the topsoil

Question 32

open-cut mining

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

Question 33

underground miing

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

Question 34

fossils

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any remains of an animal, evidence of life in the past

Question 35

folding

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

Question 36

paleontologists

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a scientist who studies fossils

Question 37

relative age

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the age of a rock compared with the age of another

rock

Question 38

trace fossils

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fossils that provide evidence, such as footprints

Question 39

extinct

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describes volcanoes that are no longer active. Extinct volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years

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Carnivores

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animals that eat other animals

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Scavengers

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animals that eat plants and animal material

Question 42

Mould

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a cavity in a rock that shows the shape of the hard parts of an organism