Geology Click Quiz - Statistics

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Answer Stats
Hint Answer % Correct
Hollow or depression sometimes caused by meteor impacts Crater
90%
Any trace of past life preserved in a rock Fossil
89%
Light grey or pinkish, coarse-grained, igneous rock Granite
85%
A process where iron-rich minerals react with air to form rusty-brown oxides Oxidation
85%
Outermost layer of Earth Crust
84%
Process where sediment grains become squashed closer together during burial Compaction
82%
Process of changing rocks through heat and/or pressure Metamorphism
81%
Sedimentary rock made up of compressed and carbonised plant material Coal
80%
Igneous rock, fine-grained and almost black in colour Basalt
77%
Resistance to flow of a magma Viscosity
74%
Materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water Erosion
72%
Layer of hot, dense rock deep beneath the surface Mantle
72%
Bubbles formed by volcanic gases in lava, that become "frozen in" as the lava cools Vesicle
72%
Slow breakdown of rock at the Earth's surface, due to climatic and biological processes Weathering
66%
A body of igneous rock that cooled and crystallised from magma deep underground Intrusion
44%
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