1. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 1 Rocks and Weathering

2. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 2 Q1. What do we call a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals?

3. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 3 A1. Rock

4. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 4 Q2. What do we call the physical, biological or chemical breakdown of rocks?

5. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 5 A2. Weathering

6. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 6 Q3. What do we call the transport of weathered rock?

7. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 7 A3. Erosion

8. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 8 Q4. What do we call the deposition (laying down) of small particles of rock, usually on a sea or river bed?

9. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 9 A4. Sedimentation

10. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 10 Q5. What word means rubbing away, for example when rocks are swept along by a river?

11. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 11 A5. Abrasion

12. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 12 Q6. What do you call the place where a river joins the sea?

13. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 13 A6. An estuary A delta

14. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 14 Q7. What do you call a valley full of flowing ice?

15. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 15 A7. A glacier

16. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 16 Q8. Give a word that means able to soak up liquid like a sponge

17. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 17 A8. Porous

18. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 18 Q9. Name a hard, white form of calcium carbonate that can be polished and that is used to make statues?

19. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 19 A9. Marble

20. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 20 Q10. Name a soft, white form of calcium carbonate that forms the cliffs near Dover.

21. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 21 A10. Chalk

22. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 22 Q11. Name a form of calcium carbonate that is softer than marble but harder than chalk.

23. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 23 A11. Limestone

24. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 24 Q12. Name a hard, igneous rock with large pink, grey, black and white crystals.

25. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 25 A12. Granite

26. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 26 Q13. Name a black, volcanic rock with tiny crystals.

27. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 27 A13. Basalt

28. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 28 Q14. Name the shiny black, glassy volcanic rock which has no crystals in it.

29. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 29 A14. Obsidian

30. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 30 Q15. Name a light grey volcanic rock that floats on water. It is used to remove hard skin.

31. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 31 A15. Pumice

32. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 32 Q16. What do we call liquid drops that fall from the sky in a storm?

33. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 33 A16. Rain

34. © NTScience.co.uk 2005KS3 Unit 8g - Rocks and Weathering 34 Well Done! Now check your score