Earth Science Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Compare and Contrast Text Features Captions Charts Labels Glossary Science Content Rocks and Soil Scott Foresman Science 3.7 ISBN 0-328-13826-6 ì<(sk$m)=bdicgf< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U by Lorrie Oestreicher Vocabulary What did you learn? decay 1. How are metamorphic rocks formed? igneous rock 2. Name some different ways minerals are used. loam 3. What are the three layers of soil? metamorphic rock 4. In this book you have read about minerals. Write to explain how scientists identify minerals. Use details from the book. 5. Compare and Contrast Compare and contrast ways igneous rock forms and the effects these ways have on the rock. Rocks and Soil by Lorrie Oestreicher mineral nutrient rock sedimentary rock soil Photographs: Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R) Background (Bkgd) Opener: ©Mark Newman/Lonely Planet Images; Title Page: ©Douglas Peebles/Corbis; 2 ©J. A. Kraulis/ Masterfile Corporation; 4 (B) ©Douglas Peebles/Corbis, (CL) ©DK Images; 6 (BR) ©DK Images, (CL) Royal Museum of Scotland/©DK Images, (TR) Getty Images; 7 (T, CC) ©DK Images; 8 ©DK Images; 10 (CL) ©DK Images, (TL) ©M. Claye/Jacana Scientific Control/Photo Researchers, Inc., (CCT) ©Ross Frid/Visuals Unlimited, (CC) Getty Images, (CCB) ©Royalty-Free/Corbis, (CLB, BL) ©DK Images; 12 (CC) ©G. I. Bernard/Animals Animals/Earth Scenes,(CR) ©Jeremy Burgess/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc., (BR) ©Dr. Parvinder Sethi; 13 ©Peter Hulme; Ecoscene/Corbis ISBN: 0-328-13826-6 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in