Fold Mountains
How many periods of folding have there been?
Three
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
How many rock categories are there?
Three
Where in Ireland can you find limestone?
The Burren
True or False: You need rocks to make glass
True (Sand)
What is the current period of folding?
Alpine
Name a mountain range in Europe?
The Alps
What rock type is formed from the remains of Dead Sea animals?
Sedimentary
Where in Ireland can you find Basalt
The Giant's causeway
What is marble used for?
Countertops, Statues, Decorations
What are the two oldest periods of folding?
Armorican and Caledonian
Name a mountain range in South America
The Andes
What rock category is formed when magma or lava cools and turns to rock?
Igneous
Where in Ireland can you find marble?
Which of these is not a method of extracting rocks from the Earth?
- Shaft mining
- Quarrying
- Underwater Explosives
Underwater Explosives
- Dublin-Wicklow Mts
- MacGillycuddy's Reeks
- The Comeragh Mts
Name a mountain range in North America
The Rockies
What rock category is formed when rock is exposed to great heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
Where in Ireland can you find Sandstone?
Macgillycuddy's Reeks
What country along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge uses geothermal energy?
Iceland
How are fold mountains formed?
- Destructive plate boundary
- Land buckles upwards
- Grows over time
Why does Ireland not have tall mountain ranges?
What rock type would have formed first and why?
Igneous
- Metamorphic were first igneous or sedimentary
- Sedimentary takes millions of years to form
Where in Ireland can you find quartzite?
Croagh Patrick
What is geothermal energy?
Energy gathered from the heat of the Earth