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  • What is extrusive igneous rock made of?
    Lava
  • What is Quartz made of?
    Silica and oxygen
  • What is basalt?
    Basalt is a rock that formed when lava cooled down.
  • What colour can sandstone be?
    grey, red, orange, yellow
  • What is the chemical name for Iron?
    Fe
  • Rocks are continuously being broken up by a process called ________
    weathering
  • Shale is formed by...
    very fine-grained sediments.
  • What is Intrusive?
    Inside the Earth's Crust
  • what are sedimentary rocks made of?
    From small pieces of rock stuck together.
  • What are the 3 types of sedimentary rocks?
    sandstone, limestone, shale
  • What is Lava?
    Lava is formed when magma is out of a volcano
  • Sometimes only hte imprint of the animal in the sediments left behind. This fossil is called......
    Mould / Mold
  • Rainwater dissolves some rocks. What is this weathering?
    Chemical weathering
  • What are the three crystals that are found in granite?
    Mica, Quartz, Feldspar
  • What colour is Mica?
    Black
  • What are the 3 types of weathering?
    Chemical, Biological, Physical Weathering
  • Sometimes a mould fills wih minerals that harden to a solid. What is this called?
    cast
  • What is Igneous?
    Fire
  • Give me an example of Intrusive igneous rock.
    Granite
  • What is intrusive rock made of?
    Magma
  • The broken-up rocks wear away or erode the sides and bottom of river ______
    valleys
  • How do fossils form?
    A fossil can only form if the animal or plant is buried quickly in a place where there is very little air.