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Earth's rocks and minerals are incredibly varied, but they have many features in common. This book explores the main types of rocks, looking at their characteristics, properties, and uses.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	15 août 2013
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781406270235
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	33 Mo

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Essential Physical Science

Chris Oxlade

Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at 7 Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582 To contact Raintree, please phone 0845 6044371, fax + 44 (0) 1865 312263, or email myorders@raintreepublishers.co.uk. Text © Capstone Global Library Limited 2014 First published in hardback in 2014 The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner, except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS (www.cla.co.uk). Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission should be addressed to the publisher. Edited by Andrew Farrow and Abby Colich Designed by Cynthia Akiyoshi Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd 2014 Illustrated by HL Studios Picture research by Tracy Cummins Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed in China by China Translation and Printing Services ISBN 9781406259957 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Oxlade, Chris. Rocks and minerals.  (Essential physical science) 1. RocksJuvenile literature. 2. MineralsJuvenile literature. I. Title II. Series 552dc23 ISBN13: 9781406259957

AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Capstone Library: pp. 14 (Karon Dubke), 15 (Karon Dubke), 18 (Karon Dubke), 19 (Karon Dubke), 30 (Karon Dubke), 31 (Karon Dubke); Getty Images: pp. 13 (Carsten Peter/Speleoresearch & Films); 20 (Alan Majchrowicz), 21 (Ed Reschke), 25 (Dave Hamman), 28 (G. R. ‘Dick’ Roberts/NSIL), 32 (Ed Reschke), 35 (Jason Edwards); Photo Researches: pp. 10 (Phillip Hayson), 11 (Charles D. Winters / Science Source); Shutterstock: pp. 4 (© kojihirano), 5 (© scyther5), 7 (© PavelSvoboda), 9 (© beboy), 17 (© Qing Ding), 22 (© VLADJ55), 23 (© Ronald Sumners), 26 (© Katrina Brown), 27 (© berna namoglu), 37 (© Patryk Kosmider), 40 (© Offscreen), 41 (© Manamana), 42 (© John Copland); Superstock: pp. 16 (Brad Lewis / Science Faction), 29 (Universal Images Group), 34 (Louie Psihoyos / Science Faction), 36 (DeAgostini), 39 (PhotoAlto), 43 (Cubo Images). Cover photographs of pebbles reproduced with permission from Superstock (Westend61). Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of material reproduced in this book. Any omissions will be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publisher. Disclaimer All the internet addresses (URLs) given in this book were valid at the time of going to press. However, due to the dynamic nature of the internet, some addresses may have changed, or sites may have changed or ceased to exist since publication. While the author and publisher regret any inconvenience this may cause readers, no responsibility for any such changes can be accepted by either the author or the publisher.

Contents

What are rocks and minerals?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What’s inside the Earth? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 What minerals are there? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 What sorts of rock are there? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 How do rocks change? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 What are fossils? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 How do we use rocks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 What have we learned about rocks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Find out more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Eureka moment! Learn about important discoveries that have brought about further knowledge and understanding.

Some words are shown in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

i know Discover fascinating facts about rocks and minerals.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Read about the latest research and advances in essential physical science.

What are rocks and minerals? You are never very far from a rock! Standing on the Earth’s surface, there are usually rocks a few metres below your feet. Rocks form the surface of the Earth, and continue down into ItheLEarIthNfor many kilometres.

There are many different types of rock. You might have heard of some of them. How about sandstone, marble, or granite? If you haven’t heard of them, you’ll almost certainly have seen them. In many places, such a mountains and coasts, rocks are exposed at the Earth’s surface. We also see them in homes and around town, as many buildings are constructed from rock. Materials such asgraveland sand are made up of particles of rock.

These amazing red, orange and white towers of sandstone rocks can be seen in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, USA.

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