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All about rocks

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What's the name of a scientist who studies rocks?   It's called a geologist.  
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Rocks are made of different what that fits together?   It is called grains.  
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Each grain is made of how many chemcal?   Each grain is made of one chemicle.  
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The chemicles in rocks are called what?   It is called minerals.  
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What is a mixture?   Two or more diferent kind of minerals that are not chemically joined to each other.  
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The combination of size and shapes of grains is called what?   It is called texture.  
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What is it called when the grains of the rock are all fit together?   It is called interlocking.  
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What is interlocking grais sometimes called?   It is called crystal.  
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Rocks made of interlocking grains are often hard or breakable?   It is often hard.  
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What rock is made of molten rock being cool down?   It is called igneous rock.  
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What rock is form when existing rock are heated and squashed?   It is called metamorphic rock.  
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What rock is form when tiny grains of existing rock became stuck together?   It is called sedimentary rock.  
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What two type of rocks are interlocking?   They are igneous and metamorphic rock.  
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Rocks made of rounded grains can absorb water because it can get into the what between the grains?   It absorbs water get in between the rock.  
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What is porous?   Rocks that have tiny holes in them.  
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What is called when water can run though the rock?   It is called permeable.  
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Rocks can be what when you slice them thinly enough?   It can be transparent.  
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What is chemicle reaction?   A reaction which new substances are made.  
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Limestone and chalk are weathered easily or difficult when rain water react with them?   They react easily whe rain water react with them.  
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Rain contains dissolved gasses from air that make it sligtly what?   Which make it slightly acidic.  
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What is physical changes?   A change that does not involve new chemicle being made.  
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When it is hot, the minerals in rocks will what?   It will expand.  
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When it is cold, the minerals in rocks will what?   It will contract.  
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What is it called when rocks are worn away or broken up by physical processes.   It is called physical weathering.  
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What is a freeze-thaw action?   When water get into a crack in a rock and freezes. The freezing water expand and makes the crack bigger.  
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