Rocks Resources and Scenery
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- Rocks, Resources and Scenery
- Types of Rock
- SEDIMENTARY: formed by compacted sediment
- IGNEOUS: formed by cooled magma (can be intrusive or extrusive)
- METAMORPHIC: formed by heat and pressure
- Weathering
- Meachanical
- Freeze-thaw
- Exfoliation
- Chemical
- Solution
- Carbonation
- Biological (plants and animals)
- Meachanical
- Rocks and Landscapes
- Granite landscapes have tors and moorland
- used for: stone; tourism; farming; and water
- Chalk and clay landscapes have escarpments and vales
- used for: cement; tourism; farming; and water
- Carboniferous limestone forms surface and underground features
- used for: stone; cement; tourism; and farming
- Granite landscapes have tors and moorland
- Quarrying has advantages and disadvantages
- Types of Rock
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