Rocks & MineralsReview
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SINKOR
SWIM
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The best way to reduce the impact of mining is?
Answer
Reclaiming the land
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Which process carries the sediment?
Answer
Erosion
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A mineral is naturally formed, has a definite crystalline structure, a
chemical composition and___________.?!?!?!
Answer
Inorganic
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Intrusive rocks have _________Crystals
Answer
Large
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Stone mountain is what type of igneous rock?
Answer
intrusive
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What kind of rock is formed from heat and pressure?
Answer
metamorphic
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The most abundant extrusive rock is?
Answer
basalt
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What are the three types of sedimentary rocks?
Answer
Organic, clastic, and chemical
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Where are sedimentary rocks usually found?
Answer
On the surface from weathering and erosion of Earth’s materials
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Stratification occurs in what kind of rocks?
Answer
Sedimentary
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What process glues the sediment together?
Answer
Cementation
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Chalk is actually made of sediments from living things. This means it is
what type of sedimentary rock?
Answer
Organic
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To make obsidian into a sedimentary rock, the obsidian rock must do
what?
Answer
Either or all:
Weathered Eroded
DepositionCompaction Cementation
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If limestone is made from skeletons of living things, why can’t it be a
mineral?
Answer
Minerals are:
INORGANIC!
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Where are most metamorphic rocks formed?
Answer
Near plate boundaries DEEP
WITHIN THE EARTH
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A geologist found a rock near a volcano in Hawaii. The rock seemed to be smooth and have tiny crystals. What kind of rock do you think the
geologist found?
Answer
Extrusive igneous