Rocks
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Water and Soil
100

used for chalkboards

slate

100

used to write on chalkboards

chalk

100

using natural resources wisely

conservation

200

floats

pumice

200

shiny black rock used for arrowheads

obsidian

200

rivers of ice that move very slowly

glaciers

300

used to make the Washington Monument

marble

300

made from layers of sand

sandstone

300

the wearing away of the earth's topsoil

erosion

400

made from seashells

limestone

400

made from mud or clay

shale

400

a deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of some rivers

delta

500

Pebbles or cobbles cemented together

conglomerate

500

forms most of the earth's crust under the continents

granite

500

matter that settles to the bottom or sides of a body of water.

sediment