Let's rock! (Heinemann Library)
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1) Crystals
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Take a quest on the journey of rock! Explore how they form, change, move, evolve and erode.
Introduces basic information on crystals, explaining crystal formation, types, and locations, as well as the ways people research and use them.
2) Fossils
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Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Includes not only clear descriptions of how various types of fossils are formed but also information on why most dead creatures do not fossilize and how scientists can determine how an animal moved from petrified footprints. The book even explains how the placement of fossils has helped paleontologists to figure out how dinosaurs behaved. Numerous color photos include some of fossil eggs and of a coelacanth, which is considered a living fossil.
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Igneous rocks
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Metamorphic rocks
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5) Minerals
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Explains how minerals form, what their physical properties are, and what information they reveal about the Earth's past.
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Sedimentary rocks
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Soil
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