What type of mining is done to extract resources in shallow deposits?
shallow mining
Give 1 example of a foliated rock.
slate, schist, gneiss
The appearance of this rock is found in enormous blocks. What is this rock?
granite
Give 1 example of a volcanic rock.
rhyolite, basalt, andesite
What are the two types of metamorphic rocks?
non-foliated and foliated
What type of rock is formed by a process that transforms existing rocks because of temperature and pressure?
metamorphic
Give an example of a construction material that industrial rocks provide.
cement, concrete, ceramic
What type of rock is number 2?
metamorphic
What fossil fuel is a solid black or brown substance that is produced by the transformation of plant remains?
coal
What fossil fuel is a thick, black or dark brown liquid?
oil
______________ are natural aggregates formed by grains of a single mineral or several different minerals.
rocks
Is this peat or coal?
coal
What type of igneous rock is formed outside the Earth's crust?
volcanic
Give 1 example of a non-foliated rock.
Quartzite, marble, amphibolite
Give 1 example of a plutonic rock.
granite, diorite, gabbro, peridotite
What type of rock is created when the sediment deposited in sedimentary basins is transformed?
sedimentary rocks
What type of sedimentary rock is this?
clastic rock
What type of rock is number 1?
Igneous
What type of igneous rock is formed inside the Earth's crust?
plutonis