Rocks and Minerals

The branch of science that studies fossils of animals and plants.

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Rocks are made when sand and mud, sediments gets laid down in layers. Over time, these layers are squashed under more and more layers. Eventually, the layers turn into rock

A landscape describes all the visible features of the earth’s surface. We can learn about Earth’s landscape in the past by studying rock layers and the fossils found in them.

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Name the three types of Rocks

• Metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous

• Igneous, metric, Melted Lava

• Sedimentary, method, ingrate

• All the above

Give an Example of a sedimentary Rock is

• Sandstone

• Lemonstone

• Both A and B

• Granite

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Give and example of Metamorphic Rock

• Granite

• Slate

• Both and B

• Marble

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Example of a Igneous Rock

• sandstone

• Limestone

• Granite

• Marble

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How is Metamorphic Rocks formed?

• When rocks are subjected to very high heat and pressure

• Pressure Alone

• Heat and mud

• None of the above

Three types of Metamorphic rocks

• Slate, Granite, Marble

• Slate, Gneiss, Marble

• Granite, Marble, Sandstone

• Sandstone,

Three types of Igneous Rock

• Granite, Basalt, Marble

• Granite, limestone, Basalt

• Granite, sandstone, marble

• Basalt, Pomice, Granite