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Pop the sedimentary rocksRead the answer and worked solution →Run the hardness scaleRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the metamorphic rocksRead the answer and worked solution →Metallic or non-metallicRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the rock familiesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Minerals and rocks bingoRead the answer and worked solution →External forces acting on the earth's surface, powered by the sun, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The wearing down of relief by exogenic forces is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Diastrophism and volcanism are which type of geomorphic process?Read the answer and worked solution →Mountain building by severe folding of long narrow crustal belts is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Epeirogeny is described as which kind of building process?Read the answer and worked solution →Force applied per unit area on earth materials is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Temperature and which other climatic element control most exogenic processes?Read the answer and worked solution →Weathering is described as which kind of process, because little material moves?Read the answer and worked solution →Solution, carbonation, hydration and oxidation are which type of weathering?Read the answer and worked solution →Most physical weathering is caused by thermal expansion and:Read the answer and worked solution →The flaking off of curved sheets from rocks, leaving rounded surfaces, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Weathering that concentrates valuable ores by leaching away other material is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Mass movements carry rock debris down slopes under the direct influence of:Read the answer and worked solution →Slipping of rock debris with a backward rotation is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Debris avalanches and landslides are most frequent in which Indian range?Read the answer and worked solution →Erosion and transportation are controlled by which form of energy?Read the answer and worked solution →Karst topography develops only where rocks are permeable and:Read the answer and worked solution →During deposition, which materials settle out first?Read the answer and worked solution →Soil formation is also called:Read the answer and worked solution →How many basic factors control soil formation?Read the answer and worked solution →Removal of silica from soil in wet equatorial climates is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Calcium carbonate nodules formed in tropical soils are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the exogenic processesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the sedimentary rocks

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Other terms
  1. Granite
  2. Marble
  3. Schist
  4. Basalt
Matching terms
  1. Sandstone
  2. Shale
  3. Limestone
  4. Chalk
  5. Coal
  6. Loess
Instructions
Pop only the sedimentary rocks. Leave the igneous and metamorphic ones.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 5, Minerals and Rocks._

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Run the hardness scale

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Questions
  1. Correct
    1
    Choices
    1. 1
    2. 3
    3. 7
  2. Correct
    3
    Choices
    1. 1
    2. 3
    3. 7
  3. Correct
    7
    Choices
    1. 1
    2. 3
    3. 7
  4. Correct
    8
    Choices
    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 10
  5. Correct
    9
    Choices
    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 10
  6. Correct
    10
    Choices
    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 10
Instructions
Pick the lane with the right hardness number for each mineral.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 5, Minerals and Rocks._

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Slice the metamorphic rocks

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Does not match the category
  1. Basalt
  2. Shale
  3. Chalk
  4. Tuff
Matches the category
  1. Slate
  2. Schist
  3. Marble
  4. Quartzite
  5. Gneissoid
Instructions
Slice only the metamorphic rocks. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 5, Minerals and Rocks._

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