The Big Rock
The Big Rock
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Aladdin
Annotation: Traces the origins of a granite rock located near the Adirondack Mountains and describes how it reveals information about the history of the earth.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #4589216
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin
Copyright Date: 1988
Edition Date: 1999 Release Date: 12/01/99
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: 0-689-82958-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-689-82958-1
Dewey: 552
LCCN: 00266923
Dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.
Language: English
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Word Count: 1,083
Reading Level: 5.3
Interest Level: 1-4
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.3 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 18858 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:5.4 / points:3.0 / quiz:Q24481
Lexile: 890L

This is the story of a very old rock.

The "'big rock" is a granite boulder that began as molten rock millions of years ago. Through the ages, the mountains above it wore down, the ocean flooded the region, and then new mountains heaved the rock upward, to the surface of a New York State forest.

Even though the dinosaurs and other living things have come and gone, the rock remains as a survivor of the Ice Age and silent witness to the earth's continuing evolution. Once you know its story, you will never again overlook another rock like this one.


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