Rocks

Question 1

Igneous

Answer 1

Is a type of rock made from Lava or Magma

Question 2

Magma

Answer 2

Magma is when hot liquid doesn’t come out of the volcano

Question 3

Lava

Answer 3

Magma that has reached the surface of the earth

Question 4

Extrusive

Answer 4

Rocks that fly out of a volcano or form on the ground

Question 5

Intrusive

Answer 5

Rock that form inside the the chambers

Question 6

mineral

Answer 6

A solid that is form om the earth

Question 7

lithosphere

Answer 7

The outer part of the earth

Question 8

Asthenosphere

Answer 8

The upper layer of the earth mantel

Question 9

Crystal

Answer 9

a small piece of a substance and is formed when the substance turns into a solid

Question 10

sedimentary rocks

Answer 10

rocks formed from by water

Question 11

erosion

Answer 11

the wearing away of the soil and rock

Question 12

floodplains

Answer 12

flat open land beside a river where sediments form after a flood or over flow of the river

Question 13

glaciers

Answer 13

Large object of ice moving down slops

Question 14

moraines

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the rock that are left there by the glacier

Question 15

sandstone

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a rock with medium-sized grains

Question 16

Mudstone

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a grained, sedimentary rock without layers of rock/ sand

Question 17

shale

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a grained sedimentary rock formed in layers of clay

Question 18

Siltstone

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a sedimentary rock with a average size of Sandstone and Mudstone grains

Question 19

conglomerate

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sedimentary rock containing large grain of different sizes cemented together

Question 20

limestone

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a sedimentary rock formed from the remains of sea rocks

Question 21

coal

Answer 21

a sedimentary rock formed from dead plants and animals

Question 22

rock salt

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a sedimentary rock that is formed when salt lake dries up

Question 23

Metamorphic rocks

Answer 23

Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another by heat and pressure

Question 24

Metamorphism

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alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat and pressure

Question 25

mineral ores

Answer 25

rocks mined to obtain a metal or other chemical

Question 26

mining

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extracting natural resources from the Earth

Question 27

environmental impact statement

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study of the possible effects of a planned project on the environment

Question 28

rehabilitated

Answer 28

restored to its previous condition

Question 29

overburden

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waste rock removed from below the topsoil.

Question 30

open-cut mining

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

Question 31

underground mining

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

Question 32

Stone Age

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the first known period of human culture by the use of stone tools

Question 33

alloy

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a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements

Question 34

flint

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a hard grey rock consisting of nearly pure silica

Question 35

percussion flaking

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

Question 36

fossil

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any remains of an animal or plant

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folding

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the buckling of rocks

Question 38

palaeontologists

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a scientist who studies fossils

Question 39

relative age

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the age of a rock compared with the age of another rock

Question 40

carnivores

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animal that eats other animals

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scavengers

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animals that eat dead plant and animal material

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mould

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a rock that shows the shape of the hard parts

Question 43

trace fossils

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fossils that provide evidence such as footprints

Question 44

extinct

Answer 44

something that does not exist