Big Rocks Vocab
This hard foundation is usually under layers of dirt, gravel or sand
Bedrock
Make sure to ______________ in today’s review so you do well on tomorrow’s test.
Participate
What do scientists study balanced rocks to learn more about?
Earthquakes
Which is less destructive, an accident in real life or a cartoon?
A cartoon.
What are “Cosmic rays”?
Sun
Water made this cut in the ground.
Gully
To be completely certain about something.
Ensure
Deserts like the Mojave and Antarctica have changed the MOST/LEAST/NOT AT ALL over time.
Least
What carved the balanced rocks?
water
Which is easier to knock over, delicate little rocks or big heavy rocks?
Delicate, little rocks
My friend and I missed the same question on the test. The teacher thought we cheated, but it was just a ______________.
Coincidence
Antonym for “the whole thing.”
Element
The researchers believe that, like the redwood forests, balanced rocks should be ___________________.
protected
Could a small earthquake have happened where a very big, sturdy rock is balanced?
Yes
In “Odd Hobby,” Richard Brune isn’t a scientist, but he loves this anyway.
a) Taking photographs
b) Studying rocks
c) Flying airplanes
b) Studying rocks
Antonym of “sudden”.
Gradual
To be specific or detailed about something.
Specify
old
The author mentions that a boulder has a line of quartz crystals that line up perfectly with the bedrock. This proves...
a) The rock has always been there.
b) The rock rolled there from somewhere else.
c) It doesn't prove anything.
Name a time when there was a lot more water in the Mojave Desert.
The Ice Age.
A tall, ______________ stack of binders fell off the table.
Precarious
If your team misses this question, it will (AFFECT or EFFECT) your score!
affect
This is the major element that changes the land.
Water
How does rock change when it’s hit by the sun?
a) It develops a marshmallow shape.
b) It forms a different element (beryllium-10).
c) They turn strange colors.
b) It forms a different element (beryllium-10)
If you were in a desert where a lot of delicate balancing rocks were standing, what can you conclude?
a) You're in Antarctica.
b) There's been a lot of sunlight.
c) There hasn't been many big earthquakes.
c) There hasn't been many big earthquakes.