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Rocks, Minerals, & Fossils
rock cycle, types of rocks, soil, minerals, fossils
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Geology
3rd Grade
11/23/2008

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Rocks are made from _______________.
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Minerals
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How can you compare minerals?
Definition
Look at color, texture, brightness, and streak.
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What is STREAK?
Definition
When you rub a mineral on something it leaves a mark called a streak.
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What is an example of a rock made up of many different minerals?
Definition
Granite
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An example of a rock make up of only one type of mineral is ______________.
Definition
Limestone
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Rocks and minerals are used to make many things such as:
Definition
roads, bricks, cement, glass, jewelry, and electronic devices
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Metamorphic Rocks
Definition
rocks formed when rocks are squeezed and heated
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Sedimentary rocks
Definition
rocks formed when pebbles, sand and mud pile up and become cemented together into a rock
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Igneous rock
Definition
"fire made" rocks form when melted rock (magma/lava) cools and hardens
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How does igneous rock become sedimentary rock?
Definition
Igneous rock can be eroded by wind and rain and weather and broken into sand and pebbles which later become cemented together
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How can igneous rock become metamorphic rock?
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It would have to be pressured and heated to make it change.
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How would sedimentary rock or metamorphic rock become igneous rock?
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It is melted and then cooled.
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Soil
Definition
a mixture of small rocks, sand, minerals, and humus
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Humus
Definition
a material found in soil that was once living or was formed from living things
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Topsoil
Definition
the top layer of soil made of small dark particles and some humus
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Solid rock
Definition
the bottom layer in soil, below the subsoil
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Subsoil
Definition
layer of soil below the topsoil; made of larger particles and NOT humus
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Loam
Definition
a kind of soil with clay and sand; plants grow well in this soil
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Fossil
Definition
an imprint or remains of something that lived a long time ago.
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What are fossils good for?
Definition
Teaching us about the Earth's past.
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Where are most fossils found?
Definition
sedimentary rocks where they become cemented in with other materials
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Fossils may also be found in hardened tree sap called ___________.
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Amber
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Imprint
Definition
a fossil that is a shallow print or mark in solid rock
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Cast
Definition
a fossil made inside a mold; minerals seep into the mold and harden to take the form of the mold
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Fossil fuel
Definition
fuel formed from the remains of plants and animals from long ago
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Which of the follow is NOT a fossil fuel? Oil, coal, natural gas, granite
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Granite
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What is fuel used for?
Definition
It is burned for energy.
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Substances in nature that are NOT plants or animals are called __________.
Definition
Minerals.
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What are the three types of rocks?
Definition
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
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The cycle where rocks change from one type to another is called the _________.
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Rock cycle
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