Through studying rocks and how they form geologists can understand more about society’s greatest challenges relating to natural resources, the environment, climate and hazards.
Pupils will learn how to identify and classify common igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks found in the UK. They will examine the different surface, and deep Earth processes that can change one rock type to another in the rock cycle. Pupils will learn how this cycle is dependent on plate tectonics, and how it is linked to other Earth cycles.
Geography Specification Links:
- Plate tectonics
- Landscape systems
- Rocks and weathering
- Geographical skills