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1. What properties can help us tell one rock from another?

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2. How can you tell your mock rock from another mock rock?
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3. Why do geologists try to look carefully at the different properties
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4. What is the difference between rocks and minerals?
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5. How can minerals in a rock be separated?
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6. What were some of the ingredients you found when you took your mock rock
apart? If you had a rock made of other ingredients, would it be the same as
your mock rock?
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