The Rock Cycle
What are the three types of rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
Rocks and minerals are the same thing true or false?
False, rocks can be made up of minerals. For example, coal is a rock but is made up of plant material, not minerals. Granite is a rock made up of minerals such as quartz and feldspar.
Name one property you can see in a rock.
colour, lustre, grain size
What are the 3 main states of matter?
Liquid, gas, solid
Sedimentary Rocks are formed over thousands to millions of years, true or false
True
Diamond is an example of a mineral true or false
true
Brillant
How many continents are there on Earth
7
Through high heat and pressure
No. Minerals can only scratch other minerals with a hardness level lower than them.
What does grain size refer to?
How big the particles in a rock are. They can be described as fine (small) or coarse (large)
How many bones does a shark have?
Explain why the rock cycle is called a cycle
It is continuously repeating the process
Which crystalline structure are found on cave ceilings, stalactites or stalagmites?
stalactites
What does density mean?
How compacted the particles are in a rock.
Which is the largest desert on Earth?
Antarctica
Igneous rocks are exposed to weather which erodes them and eventually turns them into sediments which get stuck underwater and compacted into sedimentary rocks.
What makes some mineral differ in colour?
Chemical impurities
Pumice has a density of 0.6 whereas Granite has a density of 2.6, which rock is more likely to float on water?
What is the most abundant element in the earths crust?
Oxygen