Rocks Revision
- Created by: Charlotte Ryan
- Created on: 21-09-13 18:42
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- ROCKS!
- Weathering
- ROCKS!
- Biological
- The effect of living organisms
- Physical
- The effect of changing temperatures
- Chemical
- Weathering
- Biological
- The effect of living organisms
- Physical
- The effect of changing temperatures
- Biological
- The effect of rainwater reacting with the minerals in the rocks
- Weathering
- Cement- a substance that can bind rocks
- Rock types
- Basalt- an extrusive igneous rock
- Rock types
- Chalk- fine grained soft white rock
- Rock types
- Basalt- an extrusive igneous rock
- Rock types
- Crystal- a solid with regular geometrical shape and flat crystal faces
- Fossils- remains or traces of animals and plants preserved in rock
- Gneiss- a metamorphic rock formed from schist/granite
- Granite- an intrusive igneous rock that is formed slowly underground
- Limestone- sedimentary rock, mostly calcium carbonate
- Magma- the molten rock from which igneous rocks are formed
- Marble- a metamorphic rock formed from limestone
- Sandstone- a sedimentary rock made of sand grains cemented together
- Igneous rocks
- Igneous rocks are formed when magma cools and solidifies, either on the earths surface or below the earths crust.
- Igneous rocks
- Igneous rocks
- The two most common igneous rocks are Granite (intrusive rock) and Basalt (extrusive rock)
- Sandstone- made from grains of sand
- Sedimentary rocks
- Small particles cemented together
- Separate grains, different layers
- Sedimentary rocks
- Mudstone- made from mud
- Sedimentary rocks
- Small particles cemented together
- Separate grains, different layers
- Sedimentary rocks
- Limestone/chalk- made from shells
- Conglomerate- made from gravel
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