Geography Y9 Topic 1 Quiz

What is a MINERAL? Give at least three examples.

What is ROCK?

What are the three groups of rock?

How were the rocks in each group formed?

Name at least one rock in each group.

What do WEATHERING term means?

• A process of rock forming together to form a rock.

• Rock becoming a mountain through plates from underground.

• A process where rock is broken down by the action of things in its environment.

• Types of weather in the world.

What does PHYSICAL WEATHERING TERM means?

• Process where the rock are broken into bits and the mineral in it changes.

• Process where rock becoming a sedimentary rock from physical changes.

• Process where rock's mineral vanishes from the rock compound.

• Process where rocks are broken into bits but the mineral does not change.

What is CHEMICAL WEATHERING term means?

• Process where rock becoming chemical solution

• Process where rock is broken into bits and the minerals in it does not change.

• Process where the minerals in rock undergo changes due to chemical reactions which weakens the rock and broken down.

• Process where the minerals in rock undergo changes due to Earth's plates moving at high speed.

What is ROCK CYCLE? Describe it.

What are the PLATES? and why do they move?

Why does UK has the rock which was formed in other parts of the world?

Why does the UK have mountainous areas?