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Rocks and Fossils

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ROCKS AND FOSSILS

BY MAKENA
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Igneous rock is made of heat and fire.Two kinds of igneous rock are peridotite and pegmatite.

Photo by Camera John

Sedimentary rock is formed by layers over time. Three examples of sedimentary are limestone, conglomerate, and breccia.

Photo by Dru!

Metamorphic rock means to change. Two kinds of metamorphic rock are
slate and gneiss.

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Fossils are made of animals that have been dead for a long time. Fossils are more likely to be in sedimentary rock.

Photo by jeco

Paleontologists use a tool called x-ray cameras to keep from hurting the fossils. Paleontologists will go on long trips not seeing a single fossil.

Photo by Hitchster

Where does soil come from? Soil is made up of leaves, rocks, tree limbs, and dead bugs and parent material.

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The crust is not warm. In fact it is 0 degrees Celsius. It is 30 km thick.

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The mantle is very humid it is 1,000 degrees Celsius. The mantle is 2,900 km thick.

The outer core is very hot it is 3,700 degrees Celsius. The outer core is 5,200 km thick.

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The inner core is very humid it is 4,300 km hot However the inner core is not thick.

Photo by Jed Sullivan

What is weathering? Rock is dissolved worn away,or broken down into smaller and smaller pieces and that is what weathering is?

Photo by kevin dooley

What is erosion? Rock weakened broken up by weathering it is a erosion. It is what happens when rock and sediments are pick up and mired to another place by ice,water,wind,and gravity.