Rocks

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Minerals

Answer 1

A naturally occurring substance that makes rocks

Question 2

Lithosphere

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the weakened outer part of the earths crust and upper mantle.

Question 3

Magma

Answer 3

A liquid hot substance below the earths crust

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Sediments

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A substance that sinks to the bottom of a liquid

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Native element

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A naturally occurring substance in the earths crust e.g gold

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igneous rocks

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Magma that settles to a rock after cooled

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extrusive rocks

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Is the form of igneous rock but when it is first dyed as lava

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pumice

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Rock that’s been formed from dried lava

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scoria

Answer 9

Igneous rock created by cold lava

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abrasive

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A substance that is easily scratched by another

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basalt

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Darker igneous rock that is formed from cold hot lava with wholes on it from old volcanic gasses homes

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obsidian

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A gasses black rock that breaks into small shell like piece

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batholiths

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100 kilometre intrusive rock

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intrusive rocks

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Cold magma below the earths surface

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Granite

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A large rock with visible coloured crystals that form underneath the earths surface

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erosion

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Sediments that are moved though weathering

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floodplains

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During floods when rivers break their banks sediments a flooded though flat land

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glaciers

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At the coldest part of the earth, body’s of ice float away from land

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moraines.

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The end of the glacier that handles the small particles that’s been scooped up by it

Question 20

Coal

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formed by the remains of dead plants that are buried by Over millions of years the compacting increases the temperature of the sediment and squeezes out the water, forming coal.

Question 21

Limestone

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is a sedimentary rock that is formed from deposits of the remains of sea organisms such as shellfish and corals

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Sandstone

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is formed from grains of sand that have been cemented together over a certain amount of time

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Mudstone and shale

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are formed from finer grains of sediment deposited by calm water in the form of mud

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Siltstone

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has grains larger than those of mudstone

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Conglomerate

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contains grains of different sizes that have been cemented together.

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Sedimentary rocks

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Rocks that have been moved from water, ice, or wind to make layers of rocks or layers of beds

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metamorphic rocks

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When metamorphism creates the rocks

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metamorphism

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The process of the temperature and pressure increasing on a sedimentary or igneous rock to create metamorphic rocks

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Slate

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Is the metamorphic rocks of shale, it is a rock exposed to heat and pressure

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Marble

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It contains the same minerals as limestone. Formed from limestone under heat a pressure

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gneiss (pronounced ‘nice’)

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The Metamorphic rocks that is mainly the result of great pressure can often be flat, and paper- like layers.