Understanding Rocks and Geology

What do geologists need to learn in order to understand the stories that rocks tell?

• The process of rock erosion

• The history of ancient civilizations

• The language of rocks

• The art of rock sculpting

In geology, what are chemical elements compared to?

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• Sentences

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Which mineral is described as a simple 'word' made up of silicon and oxygen?

• Garnet

• Zircon

• Quartz

• Monazite

What do geologists call the way minerals fit together to form rocks?

• Composition

• Formation

• Structure

• Texture

What do zones within minerals represent in the life of a rock?

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• Words

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• Letters