Uhh Yes Test

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

Diff minerals compacted together

Question 2

Mineral

Answer 2

Natural inorganic solid

Question 3

Ore

Answer 3

Valuable mineral rock

Question 4

Foliation

Answer 4

Layers in a rock squashes when pressured then heat baked

Question 5

Strata

Answer 5

Layers of rock in ground

Question 6

Clastic sedimentary rock

Answer 6

Fragments of pre-existing minerals and rock

Question 7

Biological sedimentary rock

Answer 7

Remains of living organisms

Question 8

Weathering

Answer 8

Breaks apart rocks

Question 9

Erosion

Answer 9

Transports sediments e.g ice, water, wind

Question 10

Compaction

Answer 10

Occurs after layers pressure layers below

Question 11

Evaporation of water

Answer 11

Causes cementation

Question 12

Metamorphic

Answer 12

Formed by heat and pressure

Question 13

Pressure

Answer 13

Flattens foliation of mineral layers

Question 14

H

Answer 14

Y

Question 15

T

Answer 15

F

Question 16

Characteristics of metamorphic rock

Answer 16

Foliation, hard and dense e.g. marble, slate, quartzite

Question 17

Physical weathering

Answer 17

Breakdown of rocks e.g. contraction and expansion of water in rocks crack

Question 18

Chemical weathering

Answer 18

Water/chemicals reacting and changing chemical composition

Question 19

Sedimentation

Answer 19

Sediment being deposited e.g. bottom of water

Question 20

Expansion affects rocks

Answer 20

Expanded water increases pressure on rock

Question 21

Contraction affects rocks

Answer 21

Water decreases pressure in rock

Question 22

Colour

Answer 22

Powdered mineral left by streak e.g. pyrite

Question 23

Hardness

Answer 23

How easily mineral scratched e.g. quartz harder than talc

Question 24

Iron ore

Answer 24

Rock containing iron

Question 25

What rock type iron

Answer 25

Sedimentary

Question 26

Oil

Answer 26

Burried and decaying marine organisms

Question 27

Coal

Answer 27

Animals and plants die, turn into peat

Question 28

4 ways mine site damage environment

Answer 28

Erosion, deforestation, habitat loss, water pollution

Question 29

H

Answer 29

G

Question 30

Waste products of mining

Answer 30

Water pollution, erosion

Question 31

Ways controlled/reduced water pollution

Answer 31

Water treatment

Question 32

Ways controlled/reduced erosion/deforestation

Answer 32

Earth moving allow water drainage

Question 33

Ways controlled/reduced deforestation

Answer 33

Replace top soil, replant native trees