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The Science of rocks
The rock cycle
Question | Answer |
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Why is the rock cycle important? | |
What is a naturally occurring solid of one or more minerals? | Rock |
What is the continual process by which a new rock forms from an old rock? | Rock Cycle |
What is the process by which material is laid down? | Deposition |
What is the process by which wind,water,and ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another? | erosion |
The chemical makeup of a rock? | Composition |
What is the correct following?What is the quality of a rock based on shapes and sizes and positions of a rocks grains? Color,Texture,Streak,Cleavage? | Texture |
Is sandstone fine grained,medium grained or coarse grained? | Medium grained |
Uplift and Erosion that exposes Igneous rock? | Sediment |
What are some examples of what humans used for rocks earlier? | Spear points,knives,an scrapers |
What causes movement in the earth to have the rocks inside the earth be moved to the top? | Uplift |
Why is weathering important? | Because it breaks down rocks into fragments |
Why is texture important? | Because it show clues to were the rock was formed |