AQA Geography: Rocks and Resources

A quiz outlining Rocks and Resources from the physical paper.

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How are Igneous rocks formed?
From cooled down magma
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How is Sedimentary rock formed?
From silt and dead animal and plant matter being compressed and heated naturally
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How is metamorphic rock formed?
From old rock being compressed into new rock over thousands of years.
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In which time period did limestone form?
Carboniferous (360 million years ago)
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What is Freeze Thaw weathering?
When water gets into a crack in a rock, freezes, expands, and cracks the rock
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What is Exfoliation weathering?
When the expansion and contraction from varying extreme weather conditions cracks the rock
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What is Solution weathering?
When water (without carbonic acid) dissolves the rock.
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What is Carbonation weathering?
When water (with carbonic acid) dissolves the rock.
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Stalactites form...
...on the ceiling
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How is Sedimentary rock formed?

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From silt and dead animal and plant matter being compressed and heated naturally

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How is metamorphic rock formed?

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Card 4

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In which time period did limestone form?

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Card 5

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What is Freeze Thaw weathering?

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