Name That Rock

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Name That Rock

• By Kathy Ringer

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The Rock Cycle
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Igneous

• fire rocks
• underground or above ground

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Examples of Igneous

• Granite
• Scoria
• Pumice
• Obsidian

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Sedimentary Rocks

• Pieces (Crystals and minerals) are pressed
  together to make a rock

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Examples of Sedimentary

• Examples
• Sandstone
• Limestone
• Shale
• Conglomerate
• Gypsum

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Metamorphic

• Morphed sedimentary and igneous rocks
• Flattened grains

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Examples of Metamorphic

• Slate
• Graphite
• Marble
• Quartz

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Cool and Fun Facts

• Petrology is the study of rocks
• Magma inside the Earth
• Lava outside the crust of the Earth
• Crystals are minerals that form when they are
  free to grow in nature. Crystals that grow up
  against each other in rocks have straight edges
  and they very often show flat shiny faces that
  reflect light like tiny mirrors.

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Sites

• http//www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/ind
  ex.html
• http//volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Sl
  ideshow/Slideindex.html
• http//school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/r
  ocks
• http//www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/KKhp/R
  ocksandMinerals/Earth.html

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Did you Name That Rock?