Limestone rock is an underground storage area for drinking water.
Rocks are part of soil. Soil holds plants in place. Plants help regulate climate by taking carbon dioxide out of the air during photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.
Nutrient minerals are stored in rocks. They move out of rocks during weathering.
Nutrients that get into plants become part of food chains.
Nutrients are important for our nutrition and health.
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Name 2 things that would happen if ...
rocks stopped being made or stopped breaking apart.
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It is never ending. Some rocks are being made while others are breaking apart.
Rocks are made when volcanoes spit them out or when critter shells are cementing together on the ocean floor.
Rocks are broken apart when rain beats down on them and small parts are washed away.
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ROCK CYCLE
THE ROCK CYCLE FOLLOWS NATURE'S RULES
Nature's Natives™ is a simplified representation of how nature works.
ENVIRONMENTAL BASICS
WE GET TO...
TAKE A BREATH
EAT GOOD FOOD &
DRINK SOME WATER!
ROCK CYCLE AND WATER
ROCK CYCLE AND CLIMATE
ROCK CYCLE AND NUTRITION
VOCABULARY
Crust- Earth's outer layer of rock.
Dissolve- A solid or gas becoming part of a liquid.
Drought- Unusually little rainfall over a long period of time.
Erosion- The process of Earth's surface being worn away by wind, rain or glaciers.
Foraminifer- A shelled amoeba that lives in the ocean. Its shell is part of limestone rock.
Glacier- A very large mass of ice. Glaciers form in very cold weather. Glaciers at the North Pole also cover most of Greenland.
Limestone rock- A sedimentary rock which is formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms
(e.g., foraminifers).
Groundwater- Water that is under the surface of the ground.
Mineral- A natural inorganic material.
Mixture- A combination of different things that do not react chemically-like sand and water. The parts of the mixture have a random distribution.
Polar ice cap- An area of land at a polar location that is covered with ice.
Sea level- The average height of the seas (oceans).
Shell- A natural hard outer covering that an animal makes or uses for protection.
Soil- Soil consists of tiny grains of rock and minerals.
Solution- A liquid mixture that has a solid (e.g., salt or sugar) dissolved in liquid (water). The solid minor component (solute) is evenly distributed in the liquid, the larger part (solvent).
Volcano- A mountain that has a vent in it that reaches down below the surface of Earth.
Weathering- When rocks are broken down into small parts due to rainwater, frost and tree roots.
