Rocks

Question 1

Name 3 qualities of igneous rocks

Answer 1

Hard, durable, inpenetrable

Question 2

Name 2 qualities of sedimentary rocks

Answer 2

Soft, permeable

Question 3

Name 3 qualities of metamorphic rocks

Answer 3

Hard, rough, impermeable

Question 4

Name 3 igneous rocks

Answer 4

Obsidian, granite, basalt

Question 5

Name 3 sedimentary rocks

Answer 5

Chalk, sandstone, limestone

Question 6

Name 3 metamorphic rocks

Answer 6

Marble, quartzite, slate

Question 7

What is durable?

Answer 7

Hard-wearing and can withstand wear, pressure or damage

Question 8

What is erosion?

Answer 8

When weather gradually wears down rocks

Question 9

What is a fossil?

Answer 9

Remains of a plant or animal embedded in rock

Question 10

Who are geologists?

Answer 10

Scientists that study rocks

Question 11

What is magma?

Answer 11

Hot liquid rock below or within the Earth’s crust

Question 12

What are minerals?

Answer 12

Natural solid materials which make up Earth’s rocks,sands and soils

Question 13

What is sediment?

Answer 13

Broken down materials

Question 14

What is soil?

Answer 14

Minerals and remains of living things

Question 15

What is weathering?

Answer 15

Process where rock is dissolved, worn away or broken down

Question 16

What are the stages of the rock cycle?

Answer 16

Weathering and erosion, transport and deposition, sedimentation, high temperature and pressure, melting