The study of rocks reveals significant information about the Earth's history and the processes it has undergone. Rocks are categorized into three primary types: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary, each undergoing transformations through cooling, heat, pressure, and compaction.
Evidence
Cooling and heat
Compact/cement
Rate of cooling
Heat pressure
Fossils. Igneous,
metamorphic,
sedimentary.
Claim- Different stages of rocks
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Final Answer to the Driving Question: How they change, how to determine the age, and what type they are.
Why does the surface of the Earth look like it does today?
Connections- Have went to different museums with the same animals plants.
Evidence
Similar coastlines
Same animals
Same fossils
Same Plants
Plate Boundaries
Convection
Claim- Continental drift.
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Driving Question: What can we learn from rocks?
How do we determine the age of the Earth?
Connections- Broke the rocks with a sledge hammer.
Evidence
Age of the rocks
Formation of Earth
Radioactive decay
Nonconformity and conformity
Half Life
The Earth was first really hot then it started to cool down