Weathering, Earth's Layers, and 3 Types of Rocks

What are the two types of weathering?

• chemical

• acid rain

• metamorphosis

• physical

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) igneous rock

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(b) sedimentary rock

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(c) metamorphic rock

• sandstone

• pumice

• marble

• shale

• basalt

• slate

• limestone

• granite

• obsidian

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Name the type of scientist who studies the earth.

• biologist

• paleontologist

• geologist

• archeologist

Click on the circle on the illustration of the earth's mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Click on the circle on the illustration of the earth's outer core.

Click on the circle on the illustration of the earth's crust.

Click on the circle on the illustration of the earth's inner core.

Match the following

• geode

• used for arrow heads

• gypsum

• easily broken into flat sheets

• flint

• used in plaster of Paris

• mica

• "mud ball"

• graphite

• used in pencils

Match the following

• silver

• liquid at room temperature

• iron

• source of nuclear power

• mercury

• most useful metal

• uranium

• best conductor of electricity

• aluminum

• lightweight, silvery colored, rustproof

Match the following

• mineralogists

• scientists who study minerals

• diamond

• hardest of all substances

• petroleum

• brown or black rocklike substance used for fuel

• coal

• oil in its natural state is called crude oil or ____

• ruby

• rarest gemstone