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Rocks Worksheet #1

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There's not much to this geology handout. There are black and white drawings of five rocks on the top: basalt, gneiss, conglomerate, granite, and sandstone. Five multiple choice questons regarding characteristics and formation of the samples follow the pictures. Perhaps you could use this as a quick quiz during your middle school rock unit.

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metamorphic rocks, rocks, rock formation, sedimentary rocks, types of rocks, basalt, granite, sandstone

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rock formation, types of rock, metamorphic, sedimentary, basalt, conglomerate, gneiss, granite, sandstone, ignious, science
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5th - 8th
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