Bedrock

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/bedrock

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the formation processes?Includes igneous (cooling magma/lava), sedimentary (compaction/cementation), and metamorphic (heat/pressure transformation) rock types
2. Why is bedrock important for building things like bridges and skyscrapers?Bedrock gives strong support for structures, so engineers use it to make sure buildings and bridges stay stable.
3. How does bedrock help us get water?Fractured bedrock can store and let water flow, so it supplies wells and feeds rivers and lakes.

Lithosphere: The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Regolith: A layer of loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock.
Aquifer: An underground layer of permeable rock, sediment, or soil that holds and transmits groundwater.