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  • A fossil where the whole animal is preserved in minerals.
    Mould
    Cast
  • Kept forever
    Preserved
    Sedimentary
  • An impression or exact shape and size.
    Fossil
    Cast
  • This expression means we can see something with our eyes without the help of a magnifying glass or hand lens
    Naked eye
    Easy eye
  • A process where weather or plant roots break up rocks
    Withering
    Weathering
  • A rock made from small pieces of other rock stuck together
    Igneous rock
    Sedimentary rock
  • A scientist who studies rocks
    Geologist
    Paleontologist
  • A rock which comes from magma that has cooled down into solid rock.
    Sedimentary rock
    Igneous rock
  • When weather or water wear down rocks. The noun is ‘erosion’. Erosion can be done by rivers, ice or wind
    Erode
    Eride
  • An igneous rock that has formed from lava cooling down on the surface of the Earth.
    Extrusive igneous rock
    Intrusive igneous rock
  • Part of a rock made of different substances.
    Mineral
    Crystal
  • The landform that a river erodes in the rocks. The river flows in the v_____
    Vein
    Valley
  • An igneous rock that has formed when magma cools down inside the Earth’s crust.
    Extrusive igneous rock
    Intrusive igneous rock
  • To carry. In this topic we are talking about sediments being t______ by a river to another place such as the sea.
    Terrain
    Transport
  • The particular shaped structure of a mineral
    Fossil
    Crystal
  • Very small pieces of rock
    Sediment
    Sedimentation
  • The preserved remains of animals and plants in sedimentary rocks
    Fossil
    Mould
  • The adjective for crystal. So we describe an igneous rock as c______ because it is made up of crystals
    Crystallous
    Crystalline
  • To put down or drop. In this topic we are talking about how a river transports sediments and then d_____ them on the sea or lake bed.
    Deposit
    Decompose
  • The process where sediments build up in layers on the sea bed or lake bed
    Sedimentary
    Sedimentation
  • The process where liquid magma or lava cools down and becomes solid rock
    Solidification
    Melting
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