Rocky parts are chunks or pieces of something hard that you can touch and move around.
Imagine you're playing with a big pile of lego blocks, each block is like a rocky part. Just like how you can pick up one lego block at a time, you can also pick up pieces of rock from the ground. These are rocky parts too!
What Makes Something a Rocky Part?
Rocky parts are usually made of stone, which is like a really tough version of clay or sand.
- If you dig in the garden and find a pebble, that’s a rocky part.
- If you break off a piece from a bigger rock, that's also a rocky part.
- Even if you have a big boulder, and it breaks into smaller bits, each of those bits is still a rocky part.
So, next time you’re outside, look around, you might find rocky parts hiding in plain sight!
Examples
- A mountain range is made up of many rocky parts.
- The rocks in a riverbed are examples of rocky parts.
- You can find rocky parts in caves and on the beach.
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See also
- What are repeated eruptive cycles?
- How Do Volcanoes Shape Landscapes?
- What is geology?
- What Makes a ‘Volcano’ Different from a ‘Mountain’?
- What is uplift?