ROCKS
USES OF ROCKS
SOIL
SIZES OF ROCKS
OTHER FUN STUFF
100
THIS ROCK IS LIGHT OR WHITE IN COLOR
TUFF
100
NAME SOMETHING YOU CAN MAKE FROM GRAVEL?
SIDEWALKS, CEMENT, ROADS
100
WHAT ANIMAL LIKES TO LIVE IN SOIL
WORMS
100
WHAT IS SMALLER, SAND OR SILT?
SILT
100
WHAT DID WE USE TO LOOK AT OUR TINY ROCKS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER?
MAGNIFYING LENS
200
THIS ROCK IS A REDDISH COLOR
SCORIA
200
WHAT CAN BE MADE FROM PEBBLES?
JEWELRY, STREETS, SIDEWALKS,CEMENT
200
LIST THREE THINGS IN SOIL
CLAY, SAND, SILT, ROCKS, PEBBLES, GRAVEL, WORMS, HUMUS
200
WHAT IS BIGGER, BOULDER OR PEBBLES?
BOULDERS
200
WHAT DID WE USE TO SEPARATE THE ROCKS?
SCREENS
300
THIS ROCK IS DARK IN COLOR, MAYBE GRAY OR BLACK
BASALT
300
WHAT CAN BE MADE FROM SAND?
SIDEWALKS, CEMENT
300
PLANTS AND ANIMALS DECAY INTO TINY PIECES CALLED WHAT?
HUMUS
300
WHAT IS BIGGER GRAVEL OR PEBBLES?
PEBBLES
300
WHAT IS TEXTURE?
HOW SOMETHING FEELS
400
DO ROCKS GET LIGHTER OR DARKER WHEN THEY GET WET
DARKER
400
WHAT IS A USE FOR CLAY?
POTTERY,
400
WHAT ARE TWO PURPOSES OF HUMUS?
TO PROVIDE NUTRIENTS FOR PLANTS AND HELP THE SOIL HOLD WATER
400
WHAT IS SMALLER COBBLES OR PEBBLES?
PEBBLES?
400
WHAT CAUSES RIVER ROCKS TO CHANGE SHAPE OR TEXTURE?
THE WATER MOVES IN RIVERS WHICH CAUSE THE ROCKS TO RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER.
500
WHAT ARE TWO WAYS TO SORT ROCKS
SIZE AND COLOR
500
WHAT ARE USES FOR BOULDERS?
CHURCHES, STATUES
500
WHAT DID WE USE AS THE HUMUS IN OUR SOIL CUPS THAT WE MADE?
SPRINKLES
500
WHAT IS THE ORDER OF ROCK SIZES FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST?
CLAY, SILT, SAND, GRAVEL, PEBBLES, COBBLES, BOULDERS
500
EXPLAIN HOW WE MADE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE SILT IN OUR SAND FROM OUR EXPERIMENT.
WE PUT SAND IN A VIAL AND ADDED WATER, SHOOK IT UP AND LEFT IT OVER NIGHT TO SETTLE. THE FINE LAYER ON TOP IS THE SILT.
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