The cards Question What is the largest division of geological time? Tap to flip Answer An eon. Question What is the smallest unit of geological time? Tap to flip Answer An epoch, a subdivision of a period. Question An era is a subdivision of which larger unit of geological time? Tap to flip Answer An eon. Question A geological period is a subdivision of which unit? Tap to flip Answer An era. Question Which geological period and epoch are we in now? Tap to flip Answer The Quaternary period, in the Holocene epoch. Question What are the three types of rock? Tap to flip Answer Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Question Give one example of an igneous rock. Tap to flip Answer e.g. basalt, obsidian or granite. Question Give one example of a sedimentary rock. Tap to flip Answer e.g. sandstone, limestone or chalk. Question Give one example of a metamorphic rock. Tap to flip Answer e.g. slate, gneiss or marble. Question How are igneous rocks formed? Tap to flip Answer From cooled magma or lava. Question How are metamorphic rocks formed? Tap to flip Answer By intense heat and pressure. Question Which type of rock dominates England's lowland geology? Tap to flip Answer Sedimentary rock, such as limestone. Question Which type of rock dominates Scotland's geology? Tap to flip Answer Metamorphic rock, with areas of igneous rock. Question Give one piece of evidence of past volcanic activity in the UK. Tap to flip Answer e.g. the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland or the volcanic rocks in Snowdonia. Question Why was the UK once volcanically active? Tap to flip Answer It was near tectonic plate boundaries millions of years ago. Question Which government-funded organisation studies the UK's geology, resources and hazards? Tap to flip Answer The British Geological Survey. Question In which direction does the pattern in the UK's geology run when shown on a GIS? Tap to flip Answer South-east to north-west. Question What are the three types of weathering? Tap to flip Answer Biological, chemical and physical. Question What is biological weathering? Tap to flip Answer Rocks being broken up by plant roots or by animals burrowing into them. Question What is chemical weathering? Tap to flip Answer Rocks being broken up by acids in rainwater or by air reacting with minerals in the rock. Question What is physical weathering? Tap to flip Answer Rocks being broken up by changes in temperature, e.g. ice forcing apart cracks in rock. Question How does erosion differ from weathering? Tap to flip Answer Erosion wears away and transports material from its original site; weathering wears it down through long exposure to the atmosphere. Question What is limestone made of? Tap to flip Answer Calcium carbonate. Question What are grykes? Tap to flip Answer Deep cracks on the surface of limestone pavements, formed by chemical weathering. Question What are clints? Tap to flip Answer Exposed blocks of limestone separated by grykes. Question What is solution, as a form of weathering? Tap to flip Answer Chemical weathering in which rock is slowly dissolved by acidic water. Question What is a limestone pavement? Tap to flip Answer A flat, exposed area of limestone. Question Give one example of a limestone pavement. Tap to flip Answer e.g. Malham Cove. Question What is soil? Tap to flip Answer The loose upper layer of Earth's surface where plants grow, made of minerals, organic matter, air and water. Question Roughly how long does soil take to form? Tap to flip Answer Hundreds of years. Question What are the three main particle sizes in soil? Tap to flip Answer Clay, sand and silt. Question What is infiltration? Tap to flip Answer The movement of water from the surface to the lower soil layers. Question What is porosity in soil? Tap to flip Answer The size and quantity of the spaces between soil particles. Question Does soil made of small particles have larger or smaller pores? Tap to flip Answer Smaller, because small particles fit together more easily. Question What kind of data is shown on a triangular graph? Tap to flip Answer Proportional data with three parts. Question What is an anomaly in a data set? Tap to flip Answer A piece of data that does not seem to fit the trend shown by the rest. Question When is data reliable? Tap to flip Answer When it could be replicated if the data collection were repeated. Question When is data valid? Tap to flip Answer When it can answer, or partly answer, the enquiry question. Question What is mass movement? Tap to flip Answer The downhill movement of material under the influence of gravity. Question Give one main type of mass movement. Tap to flip Answer e.g. rockfall, sliding or slumping. Question Which type of mass movement is common on coastlines? Tap to flip Answer Slumping. Question What is quarrying? Tap to flip Answer Removing natural resources from near the surface. Question Where are oil and gas found? Tap to flip Answer In underground reservoirs, beneath land or sea. Question Why can't more oil simply be made once it runs out? Tap to flip Answer Fossil fuels take millions of years to form, much longer than a human lifetime. Question Give one use of rare earth metals. Tap to flip Answer e.g. phones or green energy. Question Give one way the extraction of geological resources can cause harm. Tap to flip Answer e.g. it can harm landscapes, wildlife and sometimes local communities. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Geography Unit Rocks, weathering and soil: Why is geology important? England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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