Rock Hunt

Directions:  Answer the following questions by clicking each question.  Write your answers on the page given to you.
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1.  What are the three different kinds of rock?

2.  For thousands, even millions of years, little pieces of our earth have been eroded.  In this sentence, eroded means--broken down and worn away by _______ and  _______.

3.  Where do the little bits of earth settle after they are washed downstream?  (settle means to come to a stop)

4.  Name three examples of sedimentary rock. (see the bottom of the page)

5.  Pick one of the three examples of sedimentary rock you chose and click on the name.  Tell what this rock is used for.

6.  How do sedimentary and igneous rocks change?

7.  Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have "morphed" into another kind of rock.  "Morphed" means _______________.  (use context clues to figure this out, or look it up @ dictionary.com)

8.  What are two examples of metamorphic rock?

9.  Igneous rocks are called _____________ rocks and are formed either underground or above ground. 

10.  When magma appears above the earth, it is called ______________.

14.  What are three examples of igneous rock?

15.  What can granite be used for?

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