Uses for Rocks
Different Rocks
Ways to Sort Rocks
Definitions
This and That
100
A type of jewelry worn on your finger that can be made from rocks
Ring
100
A kind of rock that you would find on a beach. It is very small.
Sand
100
Rocks come in many different shades and can be sorted according to this
color
100
A mixture of earth materials
soil
100
Are rocks a solid, liquid, or gas?
Solid
200
A place where students go to learn and it can be made from rocks
School
200
This is another name for dust and it is the smallest type of rock.
Silt
200
When you are talking about how big or small a rock is this is called what?
size
200
The ingredients that make up rocks are called what?
Minerals
200
What are different ways that rocks can be moved?
By water or wind
300
Bottles, jars, and vases are made out this. This is made from rocks
Glass
300
Part of the soil made of dead plants and animals
Hummus
300
Some rocks are shiny and some are dull. When you sort rocks you can sort them by looking at their what?
Luster
300
A place where people dig out rock is called a what?
Quarry
400
Cars drive on this and it is made from a combination of rocks
Roads/Streets
400
Some rocks are smooth and some are rough. You can sort rocks according to their what?
Texture
400
Part of a plant or animal that lived long ago and has now turned to rock is called a what?
Fossil
400
Name something in your home made out of rock
Answers will vary
500
Name three things that can be made from rocks
Buildings, jewlery, glass
500
The heaviest and biggest type of rock is a what?
Boulder
500
Some rocks are round and some are square. This is becasue rocks have different what?
Shape
500
When dead plants and animals break down into small pieces this is called what?
Decay
500
Put the rocks in order from largest to smallest
Mountain, Boulder, Stone, Pebble, Gravel, Sand, Clay, Dust
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