3rd Grade Rocks

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3rd Grade Rocks Minerals

• Mrs. Thornburgs Vocabulary Pictures

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Label the parts of the earth.

• 1 _____________
• 2 _____________
• 3 _____________

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Label the parts of the earth.

• 1 Mantle
• 2 Crust
• 3 Core

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What do we call rock that was once melted, but
has cooled and hardened?
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Igneous Rock
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What do we call a rock that forms from material
that has settled into layers that are squeezed
together over time?
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Sedimentary Rock
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What do we call a igneous, sedimentary, or
metamorphic rock that has been changed by heat
and pressure?
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Metamorphic Rock
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What is the process whereby each type of rock can
be changed into another called?
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Rock Cycle
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What is a solid object that was formed in nature
that was never alive?
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Mineral
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What is a solid substance made of minerals called?
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Rock