Flashcards
Rock Revision Flash Cards
Cards in this deck (38)
- 1Top of MountainsQuartzite
- 2Heat & PressureMetamorphic Rock
- 3Pure White when pureLimestone
- 4Calcium CarbonateLimestone
- 5Rebel Red found in CorkMarble
- 6Studies RocksGeologist
- 7Cork / Kerry MountainsSandstone
- 8Green MarbleConnemara
- 9Hexagonal ShapeBasalt
- 10SquashedCompressed
- 11Layer in rockStrata
- 12Feldspar Is contained in this rockGranite
- 13Means FireIgneous
- 14Formed under the earth's crustIntrusive
- 15GluedCemented
- 16SilicaSandstone
- 17Lets water throughPermeable
- 18Most popular rock!! 31/32 countiesLimestone
- 19Location of a black crystalline rockKilkenny
- 20Wicklow Mountains contain this volcanic rockGranite
- 21Lava cools and becomes solidSolidified
- 22Use of BasaltRoad surfaces
- 23Uses of marbleFireplaces
Tiles
Statues - 24Limestone is useful to farmers....Why?Soil Conditioner on the land
- 25A map that shows rocksGeological map
- 26Horizontal crack in limestoneBedding plane
- 27Vertical crack in limestoneJoint
- 28Full name for calcium in limestoneCalcium Carbonate
- 29Colour of the rock in the Cork/Kerry MtsYellow /Brown / Red
- 30A rock used for garden pavingSandstone
- 31—Basalt
- 32—Granite
- 33—Sandstone
- 34—Marble
- 35—Quartzite
- 36—Burren
- 37—Giants Causeway
- 38—Limestone
