Weathering, Earth's Layers, and 3 Types of Rocks

What are the two types of weathering?

• chemical

• acid rain

• metamorphosis

• physical

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) igneous rock

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(b) sedimentary rock

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(c) metamorphic rock

• marble

• shale

• pumice

• basalt

• slate

• sandstone

• obsidian

• limestone

• granite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Name the type of scientist who studies the earth.

• biologist

• paleontologist

• geologist

• archeologist

Click on the circle on the illustration of the earth's mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Click on the circle on the illustration of the earth's outer core.

Click on the circle on the illustration of the earth's crust.

Click on the circle on the illustration of the earth's inner core.

Match the following

• flint

• used in plaster of Paris

• gypsum

• "mud ball"

• graphite

• easily broken into flat sheets

• geode

• used in pencils

• mica

• used for arrow heads

Match the following

• mercury

• lightweight, silvery colored, rustproof

• iron

• most useful metal

• silver

• best conductor of electricity

• uranium

• source of nuclear power

• aluminum

• liquid at room temperature

Match the following

• coal

• brown or black rocklike substance used for fuel

• petroleum

• oil in its natural state is called crude oil or ____

• ruby

• hardest of all substances

• mineralogists

• scientists who study minerals

• diamond

• rarest gemstone