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4th Grade Science
Chapter 3 - Rocks and Minerals - TEST PREP
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4th Grade
03/09/2012

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What is your favorite or an interesting mineral and what is it used for?
Definition
answers may vary, but examples could include diamonds for jewelry and talc for paint
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What is your favorite or an interesting igneous rock and what is it used for?
Definition
answers may vary, but examples could include granite for building and pumice for scrubbing stones
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What is your favorite or an interesting sedimentary rock and what is it used for?
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answers may vary, but examples could include limestone for chalk and coal for fuel
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What is your favorite or an interesting metamorphic rock and what is it used for?
Definition
answers may vary, but examples could include marble for buildings and statues and lapis lazuli for jewelry
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Crystals, lava, magma, extrusive, and intrusive are associated with what kind of rocks
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igneous
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Pressure, layers, fossils, and conglomerates are associated with what kind of rocks
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sedimentary
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Bands, extreme heat and pressure, and from other rocks are associated with what kind of rocks?
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metamorphic
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Do extrusive rocks have small or large crystals and why?
Definition
They have small or no crystals because they cool quickly outside the earth's surface.
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Do intrusive rocks have small or large crystals and why?
Definition
They have large crystals because they cool slowly inside of the earth.
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