Rocks

A ​ (a)   is material made up of one or more minerals.

• rock
• diamond
• mantle

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Click on the part of the cookie that represents the rock.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Igneous Rocks

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(b) Sedimentary Rocks

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(c) Metamorphic Rocks

• "changed rocks" can form from many kinds of rock.

• Rocks that form when melted rock hardens.

• over a long time layers of sediments can form as they are squeezed and stuck together.

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Match the following: use pages C42-C47

• Basalt, Pumice, Granite

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• Quartzite, Marble, Slate, Gneiss

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• Sandstone, Limestone, Shale

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Click on all of the properties you use to classify rocks. (Based on how they form.)

• color

• texture

• (bubbling) whether or not calcite is present

• streak

True or False: A rock is a material made up of one or more minerals. Like minerals, some rocks form at or near Earth's surface. Others form deep in the crust or in Earth's middle layer, the mantle.

• true

• false

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True or False: Most sediments are dropped by moving water when it slows down, such as when a river or stream enters a lake.

• true

• false

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In which type of rock are fossils found?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

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