Glossary

= Glossary of Terms = = Hello from 307! = = We are off to a great start in geology! = = mock rocksrocks that Miss Davis made in her magical kitchen laboratory! = = depth--how fat or skinny the rock is! = = diameter measuring across = = circumference-measuring around the rock = = geologystudying the earth = = geologist-rock/mineral scientist = = property--observing characteristics: size, shape, color, smell, weight, what they look like, what they feel like = = We will be back soon!!!!!!!!!!!!! = = Great job, 307! We learned all the same words! Cool, huh? = = 307 is back! = = Some new words we are learning: minerals ( parts of a rock)(partes de una piedra), = = rock (roca), vial (la botella), petri dish (plato de ciencia), minerals ( gypsum, calcite, flourite, quartz), weighing (pesando), balance (balanza), data (informacion) = =We love learning science vocabulary!= =From your pals in 307! = = = = Hello again from your scientific friends in 307! = =We are really "rolling" (do you get our joke? like rockin and rolling---ha ha) along with our vocabulary!= Some new words.... See you soon!!!!!! More vocab from 307... granitea rock which is used to make buildings---made of many minerals mosaic---a beautiful piece of art made of rocks gemstone---a very precious mineral---usually expensive like jewelry! igneous rocksform from volcanoes metamorphic rocks-change sedimentary rocks-form in the water from sediments fossils-bones or insects or plants that get sort of stuck in a rock rock cyclehow rocks go through many changes mountain---a huge piece of rock geode/crystals earthquake/richter scale/tremble volcano/lava/chamber Mount Rushmore Stonehenge The Stone Age
 * scratch test---something scientists to do to discover hardness
 * Moh's Scale of Hardness---the numbers that show softness or hardness of a rock
 * acid-what geologists carry to check for calcite
 * some names of rocks: quartz/ marble/ gypsum/ flourite/basalt/ sandstone
 * acid rainwhat happens when polluted rain hits the rock, just like the vinegar hitting our rocks
 * rockmade of minerals, like calcite for example
 * mineralmakes up the rock, cannot be broken down further
 * SUPERSCOPE!---Miss Morin's AMAZING and HUGE microscope which showed the calcite FIZZLING in the vial!
 * claimswhat we KNOW
 * evidenceHOW we know
 * mlmilliters (how we measured the vinegar)

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