Rock Revision Flash Cards

Question	Answer
Top of Mountains	Quartzite
Heat & Pressure	Metamorphic Rock
Pure White when pure	Limestone
Calcium Carbonate	Limestone
Rebel Red found in Cork	Marble
Studies Rocks	Geologist
Cork / Kerry Mountains	Sandstone
Green Marble	Connemara
Hexagonal Shape	Basalt
Squashed	Compressed
Layer in rock	Strata
Feldspar Is contained in this rock	Granite
Means Fire	Igneous
Formed under the earth's crust	Intrusive
Glued	Cemented
Silica	Sandstone
Lets water through	Permeable
Most popular rock!! 31/32 counties	Limestone
Location of a black crystalline rock	Kilkenny
Wicklow Mountains contain this volcanic rock	Granite
Lava cools and becomes solid	Solidified
Use of Basalt	Road surfaces
Uses of marble	Fireplaces Tiles Statues
Limestone is useful to farmers....Why?	Soil Conditioner on the land
A map that shows rocks	Geological map
Horizontal crack in limestone	Bedding plane
Vertical crack in limestone	Joint
Full name for calcium in limestone	Calcium Carbonate
Colour of the rock in the Cork/Kerry Mts	Yellow /Brown / Red
A rock used for garden paving	Sandstone
Image: basalt (image/png)	Basalt
Image: granite (image/jpg)	Granite
Image: sandstone (image/png)	Sandstone
Image: marble (image/jpg)	Marble
Image: quartzite (image/jpg)	Quartzite
Image: burren (image/jpg)	Burren
Image: giants_casueway (image/png)	Giants Causeway
Image: limestone (image/png)	Limestone

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