Rocks made to order:
- Every man women and child uses 10 tons of rocks a year
- 38,000 tons of rock are used for one lane
- 400 tons are for houses
- Rocks are mined or might be found underwater or exploded
- Roads need to be very strong so there are different layers
- 'Blacktop' roads only lasts 8 - 10 years
Water Recycles Rocks
- Cave Popcorn - Formed on cave walls
- Stalactite - an icicle shaped formation which grew from the top of the roof
- Stalagmite - formation that grew up from the floor
- Flowstone - Deposited by water running down the wall
Rocks tell Stories
- Each Rock has three basic and common minerals: mica, quartz, feldspar
- Sandstone rests on a surface, the sandstone was carried over by water or wind
- The sand that makes up the fragments of rocks from Sandstone it comes from old rocks, which are then transported by river. After that they are mixed together with natural cement.
- Sandstone is made of Muscovite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Plagioclase
- Granite is a igneous rock, one that got solid by a hot state.
- Granite is made of: Biotite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Plagioclase
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