Rocks And Minerals

Question 1

Mineral

Answer 1

Minerals are different types of rocks that are found in the earth.

Question 2

Lithosphere

Answer 2

The outer part of the earth called the crust.

Question 3

Magma

Answer 3

Very hot fluid that is inside the volcano.

Question 4

Sediments

Answer 4

Something that floats to the bottom of a liquid.

Question 5

Native

Answer 5

Someone or something that lives in the area.

Question 6

Element

Answer 6

Element means that it is a part of something.

Question 7

Crystals

Answer 7

A piece of precious rock sometimes found in caves.

Question 8

Lustre

Answer 8

A gentle sheen or soft glow.

Question 9

Streak

Answer 9

A long thin line.

Question 10

Hardness

Answer 10

How hard something is.

Question 11

Lava

Answer 11

Magma on the earths surface.

Question 12

Igneous Rocks

Answer 12

Rocks formed from lava cools above the earths surface.

Question 13

Viscosity

Answer 13

How fast a liquid moves.

Question 14

Extrusive Rocks

Answer 14

Igneous rocks forms when lava cools above the earths surface.

Question 15

Molten

Answer 15

Lava when it is inside the volcano.

Question 16

Pumice

Answer 16

Is a type of rock that is very light.

Question 17

Scoria

Answer 17

A dark, igneous rock formed from gassy lava.

Question 18

Abrasive

Answer 18

A property of an object or material that easily scratches another.

Question 19

Basalt

Answer 19

A dark, heavy igneous rock that is commonly seen

Question 20

Obsidian

Answer 20

A dark shiny rock that is formed when lava cools down quickly.

Question 21

Intrusive rocks

Answer 21

Igneous rocks that forms when magma cools below the earths surface.

Question 22

Batholiths

Answer 22

Intrusive rock mass that measures more than 100 kilometres across.

Question 23

Granite

Answer 23

A hard igneous rock and with different coloured crystals.

Question 24

Sedimentary Rocks

Answer 24

Rocks made partly from water,wind or ice. The sediments get put together in layers, under the pressure.

Question 25

Erosion

Answer 25

The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

Question 26

Foodplaines

Answer 26

Flat open land beside a river where sediments are deposited during floods.

Question 27

Glaciers

Answer 27

Large bodies of ice that fall down mountains.

Question 28

Moraines

Answer 28

Deposit left by the movement of a glacier.

Question 29

Mudstone

Answer 29

A fine-grained, sedimentary rock without layers.

Question 30

Sandstone

Answer 30

A sedimentary rock with medium sized grains.

Question 31

Shale

Answer 31

A fine grained sedimentary rock formed in layers by the consolidation of clay.

Question 32

Siltstone

Answer 32

A sedimentary rock with with a particle size between that of sandstone and mudstone.

Question 33

Conglomerate

Answer 33

Sedimentary rock containing large particles of various sizes cemented together.

Question 34

Limestone

Answer 34

A sedimentary rock formed from the remains of sea organisms.

Question 35

Coal

Answer 35

A sedimentary rock formed from dead plants and animals that were buried before rotting completely.

Question 36

Rock salt

Answer 36

A sedimentary deposit formed when a salt lake or seabed dried up.Its main chemical is sodium chloride.

Question 37

Mineral Ore

Answer 37

Rocks mined to obtain a metal or other chemical with in them.

Question 38

Mining

Answer 38

Extraction of natural resources from the earth.

Question 39

Environmental impact statement.

Answer 39

Study of the possible effects of a planned project on the environment.

Question 40

Rehabilitated

Answer 40

Restored to its previous condition.

Question 41

Overburden

Answer 41

Waste rock removed from below topsoil.

Question 42

Open-cut mining

Answer 42

Mining that scours out of soil and rocks on the surface of the land.

Question 43

Underground Mining

Answer 43

Mining that uses shafts and tunnels to remove rock below the surface.

Question 44

Stone Age

Answer 44

The time about 2 million years ago where humans used stone to make most of their tools.

Question 45

Alloy

Answer 45

A mixture of metals with a non-metal or another metal.

Question 46

Flint

Answer 46

A fine-grained sedimentary rock which leaves a very sharp edge when broken.

Question 47

Percussion Flaking

Answer 47

A process in which a tool stones such as Flint or obsidian were struck with harder stones.

Question 48

Fossil

Answer 48

Any remains,impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a former geological age.

Question 49

Palaeontologists

Answer 49

A scientist who studies fossils.

Question 50

Folding

Answer 50

The bucking of rocks.

Question 51

Relative Age

Answer 51

The age of a rock compared with age of another rock.

Question 52

Carnivores

Answer 52

Animals that eat other animals.

Question 53

Scavengers

Answer 53

Animals that eat dead plant and animal material.

Question 54

Mould

Answer 54

Captivity in a rock that shows the shape of hard parts of an organism.

Question 55

Trace fossils

Answer 55

Fossils that provide evidence.

Question 56

Extinct

Answer 56

Explains a volcano that is no longer active.