Rocks and Weathering
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Read the passage below. At the end of each sentence, stop and ask yourself if you COMPLETELY understand the
sentence. If you do, highlight it yellow; if you don’t highlight it another color. After you have read the entire passage,
use resources (chapter 7 of text, online resources, classmates, Mrs. Moose, etc.) to understand the non-yellow
statements you have marked. Add any helpful notes/diagrams to the left margin.
1. How would you describe the shape of a rock that has just broken off of a larger block of rock?
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2. What is the process that changes the shape of rocks?
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3. What part of a rock does weathering attack most rapidly?
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4. Why does a rock tend to become rounded?
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5. After a rock is rounded, how does weathering affect it?
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