Starter quiz
Which of these are types of weather?- rain ✓
- sun ✓
- umbrella
- forecast
- wind ✓
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Which of these materials would be most suitable to make a bench?- tissue paper
- frosted glass
- granite rock ✓
- corrugated cardboard
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Read these descriptions. Which best describes the rock called chalk?- I am hard, impermeable and good for writing with.
- I am flexible, permeable and good for building houses.
- I am rigid, crumbly and good for making statues.
- I am soft, permeable and athletes use me to help them grip. ✓
- I am soft, permeable and useful for making ornaments.
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Look at these results. Which of the questions below would you be able to answer if these were your results?- Which is the most attractive rock?
- Which rock is permeable?
- Which is the hardest rock? ✓
- Where do rocks come from?
- Which rocks scratch easily? ✓
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- When put in water, chalk and sandstone produced bubbles but marble and slate did not. Match the rocks to their permeability.
- chalk and sandstone⇔permeable ✓
- marble and slate⇔impermeable ✓
Look at this slate in a glass of water. It is a test for permeability. What does it show you about the permeability of slate?- Slate is permeable.
- It doesn't show you anything. You can't tell anything by looking at it.
- Slate is impermeable. ✓
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