Key Words

Question 1

What are the key words for volcanic eruption

Answer 1

Destructive plate boundary, hot spot, magma/lava, magma chamber, crater, ash, pyroclasts, vent and Mount St. Helens

Question 2

What are the key words for earthquakes

Answer 2

Destructive plate boundaries, fault line, focus, epicentre, shockwaves/tremors, tsunami, pressure, Japan 2011

Question 3

What are the key words for fold mountains

Answer 3

Destructive plate boundary, rock, layers, anticline, syncline, heat and bendable

Question 4

What are the key words for igneous rocks

Answer 4

Basalt/granite, lava/magma, extrusive/intrusive, cooling, solidifying, crystals, use, Irish location example

Question 5

What are the key words for sedimentary rocks

Answer 5

Limestone/sandstone, remains of plants and animals/sediments, organic/inorganic, layers (strata), ocean, the 3C’s (compression, compaction, cementation), fossils, use, Irish location example

Question 6

What are the key words for metamorphic rocks

Answer 6

Marble/quartzite, rocks changed, limestone-marble, sandstone-quartzite, thermal metamorphism, great heat and pressure, chemical make-up changed, use, Irish location example