Structure Of The Atom, Rocks And Materials

Question 1

What are examples of natural disasters?

Answer 1

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, sinkholes

Question 2

What are rocks made up of?

Answer 2

Different grains that fit together- made from 1 or more compounds

Question 3

What are the compounds in a rock called?

Answer 3

Minerals

Question 4

What is the texture of the rock?

Answer 4

The combination of different sizes and shapes of grains

Question 5

What is interlocking? Example?

Answer 5

Grains that fit together with no gaps- granite

Question 6

What is rounded grains? Example?

Answer 6

Grains that have gaps between them and are not as strong- Sandstone

Question 7

What is the name for rocks that absorb water in the gaps?

Answer 7

Porous

Question 8

What are the 4 layers of the earth?

Answer 8

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Question 9

What are igneous rocks?

Answer 9

Bits of molten rock that cools down and freezes

Question 10

What is lava?

Answer 10

Magma that reaches the earth’s surface

Question 11

What is the name for rocks that form from cooling lava?

Answer 11

Extrusive igneous rocks

Question 12

What are intrusive igneous rocks?

Answer 12

Igneous rocks that form underground

Question 13

What are metamorphic rocks?

Answer 13

Rocks that have been compressed or buried by movements of the earth and change minerals to form new crystals from the pressure and heat