ROCK ON- PLANET EARTH!

Directions:  Visit the web sites to find the answers and write you answers in the blanks.

1.)  The three layers of the Earth are __________________________________________________________________________
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http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/pltec/index.html

2.)  The three basic types of rocks on the Earth are _______________________________________________________________  
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http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/K_12.html (Click on Rock Cycle)
http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/rxmin/rock.html

3.)  How is igneous rock formed? _______________________________________________________________________________
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http://fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/rocks/create/igneous.htm
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/rkcycle/igneousrks.html
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html (link not working)

4.)  How can there be a rock that floats? _________________________________________________________________________
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What is the rock called?  _____________________________________________________
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/floatingrock/b3_alt.html

5.) What is the gemstone for your birth month, and what does that stone stand for (or mean)? ___________________________________
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http://www.americangemsociety.org/consumers/Gift_Guide/birthstones.asp
http://www.aquariusbeads.org/id16.html
http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html

6.)  Choose a rock or mineral saying, and tell us what it means __________________________________________________________
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http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/StoneSayings.htm

7.)  Read how the rocks were made. Take the quiz to test your rock smarts.
http://fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/quiz/index.html

Explore the sites listed on the web page

MCDOUGAL LITTELL

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page01.cfm?chapter_no=investigation

BACKYARD GEOLOGY

http://www.backyardnature.net/g/geology.htm

ROCK HOUNDS

http://fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/index2.html

GEOGRAPHY FOR KIDS

http://www.geography4kids.com/

ROCKS FOR KIDS

http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/TableofContents.html

MINERALOGY FOR KIDS

http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/K_12.html

SMITHSONIAN KIDS COLLECTING

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/collecting/index.html

VOLCANO WORLD

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/

THE CHILDREN”S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/index2.html

THE DYNAMIC EARTH

http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/text/index.html