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Geologist Activity Badge
Like a Rock
By Barb Stephens
Use these words to fill in the blanks below.
volcanoes
| mountains
| geologist's hammer |
magnifier
| sedimentary rock
| chisel |
igneous rock
| safety glasses
| geysers |
fossils
| earthquake
| metamorphic rock |
- ______________
- Rock made by the cooling of magma; not layered; examples are granite and
basalt.
- ______________
- Sediment that under great pressure becomes rock; it is layered; examples
are sandstone, shale and conglomerate.
- ______________
- Baked rock or rock that has changed form; examples are marble and quartzite.
- ______________
- Used to pull rocks out of the hillside and for breaking them apart.
- ______________
- Used with a hammer to chip stone as well as for digging things loose.
- ______________
- These help protect eyes while digging and exploring.
- ______________
- This is a special type of glass that is used to make things appear larger
so they can be examined more closely.
- ______________
- Holes in the ground through which streams of melted rock pour out of the
earth; may form into a mountain peak.
- ______________
- Steam and boiling water that is blown into the air.
- ______________
- Rocks in one area (under great pressure from other rocks) that crack together
and cause the phenomenon of "shaking" earth.
- ______________
- This land feature can be formed by volcanic action, erosion, or by uplift.
- ______________
- A trace of animal or plant life from millions of years ago that has hardened
into rock.
Data supplied by Pack 114
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