{"id":5326,"date":"2020-12-01T20:10:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T20:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=5326"},"modified":"2024-01-24T01:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:48:40","slug":"what-is-a-rock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a rock?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5326\" class=\"elementor elementor-5326\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a5992b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a5992b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0653a35\" 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data-id=\"1d2f7c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Rocks<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b45b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"75b45b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-rocks-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5364 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-rock\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a rock?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5363 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/igneous-rocks\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Igneous Rocks<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5362 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sedimentary-rocks\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sedimentary Rocks<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5361 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/metamorphic-rocks\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Metamorphic Rocks<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5360 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/physical-weathering-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Physical Weathering<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5359 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/chemical-weathering-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Chemical Weathering?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5358 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/biological-weathering\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Biological Weathering?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5357 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/erosion-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Erosion<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5356 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-rock-cycle\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is the Rock Cycle?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d3dcbe elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9d3dcbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fcdcac elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8fcdcac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-22bf586\" data-id=\"22bf586\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c31f56d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c31f56d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a rock?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b4a817 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b4a817\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rocks are very tiny grains of different minerals, compressed together in a chemical reaction to form a larger mass. Rocks make up the non-water part of the earth\u2019s crust.<\/p><p>A <b>mineral<\/b> and a rock do not mean the same thing. A mineral is made up of an individual element or a combination of elements. It has the same substance throughout. A rock is made of a combination of two or more different minerals. Rock may also contain organic compounds.<\/p><p>They come in infinite sizes, shapes, colors, weights, textures, and strengths. Rocks constantly change from one type to another, and from place to place, in a cycle known as the <b>rock cycle<\/b>. This change does not occur in short periods\u2014they take thousands to millions of years to change.<\/p><p>Rocks may be hard or soft. It depends on the way the tiny grains interlock with each other. Rocks with rough grains fitting perfectly into each other tend to leave no room for moisture. As a result, they are harder and <b>non-porous.<\/b> Granite is a good example.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5509\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/porous-and-non-porous-rock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/porous-and-non-porous-rock.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/porous-and-non-porous-rock-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Rocks with rounded or fine grains often have spaces that hold moisture and tend to be softer. They crumble quicker than hard rocks. Rocks that have lots of spaces that hold water, or through which water can pass are called <b>porous rocks<\/b>. Sandstone is a great example.<\/p><p><b>Soils, sands, and rocks.<\/b><br \/>Sand is the fine debris resulting from broken-down rocks (weathered). Sand, therefore, carries the same or similar properties as the rocks that they came from. Soils are sands that contain air, water, and organic materials, in proportions that support the growth of plants and organisms that live in them. Many plants and animals rely on soils for survival.<\/p><p><b>How do rocks form?<\/b><br \/>Different rocks form from different processes. In the next few pages, we will see how the three main rock types (Igneous Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks, and Metamorphic Rocks) form.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-823064d\" data-id=\"823064d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c39e497 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c39e497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-156bb37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"156bb37\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-07701a2\" data-id=\"07701a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8411a12\" data-id=\"8411a12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c944ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3c944ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/igneous-rocks\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocks What is a rock? Igneous Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Metamorphic Rocks What is Physical Weathering What is Chemical Weathering? What is Biological Weathering? Erosion What is the Rock Cycle? What is a rock? Rocks are very tiny grains of different minerals, compressed together in a chemical reaction to form a larger mass. 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