Limestone

Question 1

Where does limestone come from?

Answer 1

Crushed living organisms, mainly marine organisms

Question 2

Why is limestone often used for buildings?

Answer 2

Because it is so easy to carve and hard wearing

Question 3

What are the uses of limestone?

Answer 3

Toothpaste, Buildings, Concrete and Statues

Question 4

Give the name of a building material made from Limestone

Answer 4

Glass

Question 5

What type of reaction occurs when a compound is broken up by heat?

Answer 5

Thermal decomposition

Question 6

What are the disadvantages of opening a quarry?

Answer 6

Increases noise, more traffic, it makes a place look ugly as it takes up a lot of land and it may destroy animals habitats

Question 7

Give the name of a metamorphic rock formed from limestone

Answer 7

Marble

Question 8

Explain how a sedimentary rock, such as limestone, is changed into a metamorphic rock

Answer 8

Heat and high pressure

Question 9

Discuss the advantages to the local community and its surroundings, of opening a new limestone quarry

Answer 9

Quarrying creates new jobs, it benefits the local economy and it is often used as a building material