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rocks
rocks and minerals
Types of rock
The Earth
DO YOU DARE?!?
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what do you find interesting about rocks?
They are different shapes, sizes, designs, colours.
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Are minerals organic or inorganic?
They are inorganic. They are NOT made of anything that was once alive.
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How is an IGNEOUS rock formed?
Lava cools and makes igneous rock.
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The earth has how many layers?
4
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What is weathering?
Is the process that breaks rocks and minerals into small pieces.
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Where do you go to collect rocks?
house, beach, forest
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What are 3 things geologists use to classify minerals?
They use colour, texture, shape, size, lustre, hardness, taste, feel...
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How is a sedimentary rock formed?
Layers of earth, animals, leaves settle on top of each other. Over time the layers fuse together and make sedimentary rock!
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What is the second layer of earth called?
Mantle.
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What is erosion?
The process of wearing away the earth by wind, ice, and water.
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What are people who research rocks called?
Geologists
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If a mineral was a chocolate bar what type would it be?
Solid chocolate.
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What is the definition of Metamorphic rock?
A type of rock formed from sedimentary or igneous rock/
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What is one thing you know about the inner core?
HOT LAVA! YIKES!! Too warm for me!
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What are the three types of rocks?
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
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What are 2 ways you know you have a mineral?
It is made up of the same thing throughout and it is made of crystals.
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What changes igneous or sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock?
The rocks are changed by intense heat, pressure, or hot fluids from the earth.
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What is the crust made of?
Leaves, trees, earth. dirt, old layers of dirt...
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What is a fossil?
They are remains of plants or animals that are found/contained in rocks.
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Are rocks organic or inorganic?
They are Organic. This means they are made of things that were once alive.
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Name 3 minerals and how you use them in your everyday life.
clay, diamond, gold
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Limestone is an example of what type of rock?
Sedimentary because it has layers.
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How might soil from a warm sunny place differ from a cold mountainiour area?
Sunny will have more plant life, cold will have less plant life and more rocks.
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What is one way we can protect our lands from erosion?
Fences, glue, ice, cover..