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Rocks and Minerals

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  • What are the three types of erosion?
    wind, water, and glacial
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  • What are three types of minerals used for jewelry?
    diamonds, emeralds, turquoise
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  • What is marble used for?
    It is used to make statues and kitchen counter tops.
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  • What rock is used in the building industry?
    limestone
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  • What are fossils?
    Fossils are the remains of plants and animals in rocks.
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  • What is magma?
    magma is hot liquid stone inside a volcano.
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  • What is lava?
    Lava is magma that is outside of a volcano.
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  • What type of erosion do oceans and rivers cause?
    water erosion
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  • What is an iceberg?
    A large piece of ice that floats on water. It comes from a glacier.
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  • What is the hardest mineral? How do we know it is the hardest?
    Diamond. It is 10 on the Mohs Scale. It can scratch all other minerals.
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  • What is the softest mineral? How do we know it is the softest?
    Talc. It is 1 on the Mohs Scale. All the other minerals can scratch it.
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  • metals that come from minerals can make ______.
    utensils.
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  • What type of rock is clay?
    sedimentary rock
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  • What type of rock is marble?
    metamorphic rock
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  • What type of rock is basalt?
    igneous rock
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  • what type of rock is granite?
    igneous rock
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