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Monday, September 16, 2019

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How are rocks made


Rocks, rocks and more rocks. Rocks are everywhere you go, for example on mountains they have
billions of rocks on them. You may be thinking rocks are boring but I am sure you will not once you have
read this. Do you know how old rocks are?  The answer is they are 3.8 billion years old!
Did you know most of earth is covered in rocks? One thing you will find out in this peace is how rocks
are made. 


Rocks come in all different shapes and sizes. They can be humongous rocks or tiny rocks that are
called stones. Another type of rock is boulders. Boulders are big rocks that may have fallen down a cliff.
For example at Kaikoura there was an earthquake in 2017. There are heaps of boulders going into
Kaikoura and there are also humongous rocks. There are also rock faces on the way to Kaikoura.





Can you look at a rock and estimate how old it is? Well I'm sure you can’t unless your a Geologist (that is a rock scientist). This is how rocks are made. Lava pours down then in many years they form into rocks. And they will sometimes break from rocks then that's how they form into stones. Did you know you can make awesome stuff out of stones or with stones. I've seen someone on one of the tvs at the Museum this guy made a knife and cut pounamu!.


I now find rocks really interesting now that I have read facts about them. I hope that you have too.

Do you now find rocks interesting?



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