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Did You Know?
A Book About Geology
Adapted from “Amazing Facts About Rocks” by Chelsea Downie, Katie DiRe,Becky Ruddy,
Kelly Schultz, and Holly Im-Hamper and Pebbles, Sand and Silt by Penny Creek First
Grade Teachers by K. Gooding
Did you know rocks are the nonliving
solid material of the Earth?
Geologists use many different tools.
Hammers are used to separate
rocks and look at the different
layers.
A magnifying glass or a microscope is
used by a geologist to closely observe
properties of rocks and minerals.
I just thought you would like to know.
Did you know rocks are the nonliving
solid material of the Earth?
Some rocks are formed from lava
coming out of an erupting volcano.
When the lava cools and hardens, it
separates and forms basalt, tuff, or
scoria.
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Did you know rocks are the nonliving
solid material of the Earth?
Basalt is formed when
lava that has erupted
from a volcano cools and
hardens. A basalt rock is
gray and smooth.
Tuff is formed from the
ash created when a
volcano erupts. Tuff is
white, soft, and dusty.
Scoria is formed from the
bubbly top of lava. Scoria is
red and rough. It usually
has holes in it.
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Did you know rocks are the nonliving
solid material of the Earth?
Another way rocks are formed is by
erosion. Erosion is when the wind, the
rain, and the sun break away the earth’s
surface and make rocks over time.
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Did you know rocks are the nonliving
solid material of the Earth?
Erosion turns a boulder into a cobble.
Erosion turns a cobble into a pebble.
Erosion turns a pebble into gravel.
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Did you know rocks are the nonliving
solid material of the Earth?
Erosion turns gravel into sand.
Erosion turns sand into silt.
Erosion turns a silt into clay.
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Did you know rocks are the nonliving
solid material of the Earth?
A boulder is bigger than 2 hands.
A cobble fits in your hand.
A pebble is about the size of popcorn.
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Did you know rocks are the nonliving solid material of
the Earth?
Gravel is about the size of an
M&M.
A grain of sand is the size of a
granule of sugar.
Silt is smaller than sand but bigger than clay.
Clay is the size of cocoa powder.
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