What are rocky parts?

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!

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Examples

  1. A mountain range is made up of many rocky parts.
  2. The rocks in a riverbed are examples of rocky parts.
  3. You can find rocky parts in caves and on the beach.

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