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Science
Rocks and soils
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Match the objects to the material it is often made from.
roof
⇔
rock ✓
road
⇔
tarmac ✓
window
⇔
glass ✓
chair
⇔
wood ✓
Which of these describe a physical property of a material?
flexible ✓
brown ✓
expensive
rare
rough ✓
If you wanted to observe a rock more closely which of these pieces of equipment could you use?
a ruler
a tape measure
a hand lens ✓
a weighing scale
a microscope ✓
Which of these statements describes a rock?
Rock is a natural material. ✓
Rock is a human-made material.
Rock comes from Earth's crust. ✓
When we compare rocks, we observe
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and differences to be able to group them together.
'similarities' ✓
We can work like a scientist to carry out an
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to find answers to questions.
'investigation' ✓
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