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Question 1

• Sort these rocks from largest to smallest

C
B
A
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Answer to question 1

• B, C, A

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Question 2

• What is the name of a building that might show
  different kinds of rocks to people?

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Answer to question 2

• museum

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Question 3

• What is the difference between SMOOTH and ROUGH
  textures?

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Answer to question 3

• Smooth feels nice or dull or flat, rough is bumpy
  or pointed

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Question 4

• What is a tool you can use to observe rocks?

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Answer to question 4

• Hand lens

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Question 5

• What three rocks are alike?

1
4
5
3
2
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Answer to question 5

• 1, 3, and 4

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Question 6

• Describe a crystal.

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Answer to question 6

• Smooth, shiny (luster), clear, pointed

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Question 7

• Where are three places you can find rocks?

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Answer to question 7

• In the earth, in dust, sand,

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Question 8

• What is the name of the scientist who studies
  rocks?

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Answer to question 8

• A geologist

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Question 9

• What two rocks are most alike?

a
b
d
c
e
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Answer to question 9

• B and c

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Question 10

• Which is biggest
• Cobble, pebble, boulder

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Answer to question 10

• Boulder

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Question 11

• What is a rock?

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Answer to question 11

• Solid material of the earth

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Question 12

• What is the thing that looks like a net that a
  scientist uses to sort rocks?

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Answer to question 12

• Mesh screen

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Question 13

• Sort these from smallest to largest
• Clay
• Sand
• Silt
• Boulder

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Answer to question 13

• (Smallest) clay
• Silt
• Sand
• Boulder (largest)

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Question 14

• Rocks are earth materials that are
• solid, liquid, or gaseous (air)?

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Answer to question 14

• Solid

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Question 15

• Other than color, what are three ways to sort
  rocks?

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Answer to question 15

• Shape, weight, luster (shinny), patterns

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Question 16

• A reddish rock made from the froth of the top of
  lava is called what?

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Answer to question 16

• Scoria

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Question 17

• Dark, smooth rocks that started as lava from a
  volcano are called what?

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Answer to question 17

• Basalt

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Question 18

• What could WEATHER do to a rock?

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Answer to question 18

• Wear it down, erosion

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Question 19

• A light-colored, soft rock made from ash from a
  volcano is called what?

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Answer to question 19

• Tuff

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Question 20

• Describe what to do while observing rocks?

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Answer to question 20

• Look, touch, feel, and use different tools to
  observe. Record your observations.