Rocks

What is an Igneous Rock?

• A rock that is pressed together over millions of years

• A rock that is formed when Lava or Magma cools

What is a Sedimentary Rock?

• A rock that is formed when layers of sediment are pressed together

• Grains that are carried by the wind or by water to the land or the seabed

What are the 3 different types of rock?

• Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic

• Igneous, Sediment and Metamorphose

What is a Metamorphic rock?

• A part of the Earth's core

• Sedimentary or igneous rock that has been changed by heat or pressure.

What is an Anthropic rock?

• A rock that is man -made

• A rock that is made naturally

What does durability mean?

• How strong a rock is or how easily it can break

• How much water can pass through a rock

What is erosion?

• How strong or weak a rock is

• Water, wind and other types of weather wearing something like rock away.

What is a trace fossil?

• The remians of an animals body

• The remains of the footprints or handprints of an animal

• An animal perfectly preseved in amber

What is palaeontology?

• The study of fossils

• Someone who studies fossils

What is fossilisation?

• The process of an organism becoming a fossil

• The remains or trace of a living thing from a long time ago