Flash Cards Geology

What is the process by which fossils are formed?

• Decomposition

• Petrification

• Mineralization

• Fossilization

What is the main agent of erosion?

• water

• plants

• gravity

• wind

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Which rock type is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

• granite

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

What is the process by which sedimentary rocks are formed?

• Erosion

• Cooling magma

• Metamorphism

• Compaction and Cementation

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What is the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?

• weathering

• melting

• compaction

• Hammering

What is the process by which rocks are transformed into new rocks due to heat and pressure?

• melting

• weathering

• metamorphism

• erosion

Reorder the following regarding the order in which mining takes place

• Closure and rehabilitation

• Processing Ore

• Construction of mine and mining

• Exploration/ Surveying

• Planning and design

A person who studies rocks is?

• Chemist

• Palaeontologist

• Geologist

• Seismologist

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Which of the following is not a reason why rocks are suitable for building?

• Rocks are weatherproof

• Rocks are usually very hard and strong.

• Rocks are very expensive.

• Rocks are very long lasting.

Label the parts of the rock cycle

a

b

c

d

e

Sediment

Igneous

Metamorphic

Magma

Sedimentary

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