The formation of stalagmites and stalactites happens through the capillary action between porous rocks and water rich in minerals. The rocks attract the water and the moisture accumulates until gravit ...
Some minerals are harder than others because of how strongly their atoms are bound together at the molecular level. How do we find out which minerals are harder and which are softer?It is an education ...
The goal of this project was to examine the ways in which solar radiation affects the heat of two different surfaces, land and water.It is an educational content by education.com.By clicking on the ti ...
Limestone is composed of tiny shells that fell to the ocean’s floor when sea creatures died. The pressure from other shells, the water and sand washing over them squashes the tiny shells together into ...
There are three basic types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Sedimentary rocks are distinguished by their layered formation on the earth's surface. Igneous rocks are formed by the cool ...
Your feet may already know what specific heat is: Your toes felt nice and cool in the ocean on a summer day. Then, you decided to walk barefoot to the ice cream stand. The sand was much warmer than th ...
Rocks are ever changing.They can be smoothed by water, broken off by wind, and cracked by ice.If you found a rock in your backyard then traveled back in time 1,000 years, that rock would look totally ...
The soil composition in people’s backyards containsminute particles of magnetic material called rare-earth metals.Larger quantities of rare-earth metals lie in deep underground.The particles belong to ...
Can you be a mineral detective? In this cool experiment on identifying rocks and minerals for kids, you’ll develop an understanding of some of the characteristics of different minerals. Minerals look, ...
Weathering is a set of physical, chemical and biological processes that alter the physical and chemical state of rocks and soil at or near the Earth’s surface.Chemical weatheringis the process by whic ...