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pca rocks and metal test
rocks and metal
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Science
5th Grade
01/08/2009

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a scientist who studies the structures of the earth
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geoligist
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a molten rock that has erupted through the earths surface
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magma
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decaying plant and animal material
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humus
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any material in God's creationwhich is helpful to man.
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natural rescorse
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a solid that has a definete shape with flat surfaces and sharp edges
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crystal
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a rare beautiful mineral that is very rare
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gemstone
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a formation which looks like a stone icicle hanging from the roof of a cave
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stalagtite
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a stone formation growing up from the floor of a cave
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stalagmite
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no longer in extincence
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extinct
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the hardend sap of tree
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amber
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molten rock is called
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magma
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the solid unmovable rock beneath the earths surface
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bedrock
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a famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park is called
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Old Faithful
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a hard rocklike object which looks like a mudball and has crystals inside is called a
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geode
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oil in its natrual state is called
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petroleum
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a fossil is formed when the mud that buries a plant or animal quickly hardens around it is a
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mold
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plant and animal remains that have turned into stone are
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petrified fossils
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quartz gets its color from
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impurities
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a radioactive metal is
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uranium
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soil is formed by the process of
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weathering
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a rock that floats
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pumice
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the hardest substance
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diamand
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most of the rock deep below the surface of the land
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granite
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the only metal that is liquid at room tempature room
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mercury
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the rarest gemstone
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ruby
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was once limestone
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marble
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the best conductor of electricity
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silver
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the best low cost electrical conductor avalible
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copper
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a soft yellow metal that can be hammered into thin sheets
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GoLd
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the most useful metal
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iron
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volcanic glass
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obsidian
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a rock that is made of sand
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sandstone
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a rock that smells like mud when it gets wet
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shale
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what is soil
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loose earth containg humus and weathered rock
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how is a cave formed
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acid in the water disolved in the rock
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name 2 ways in which physcal weathering breaks down or wears down rock.
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frozen water and extreme temputure change
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how does a geyser work??
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it gets so hot that it turns into steam and brings a lot of pressure to the top and KABOW!!! it explodes :)
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obisidain is which type of rock
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IgNeOuS~!
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sandstone is a:
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sedimentary rock
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slate is
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meatamorphic
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pumice is
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igneous
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limestone is
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sedimentary
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marble is
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metamorphic
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shale is
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sedimentary
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granite is
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igneous
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the first layer of the earth is
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the crust (which is a solid)
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the 2nd layer of crust is called:
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the mantle (which is both liquid and solid.)
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what molten rock is in the mantle?
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magma!!
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3rd layer of the earth:
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outer core (liquid)
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4th layer of the earth:
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inner core (solid)
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