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READING COMPREHENSION
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Course: _____ Date: _______
The rock of ages
PHOTOCOPIABLE MATERIAL
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Geology 1.º ESO
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In no more than five lines, summarise the main idea of the text.
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Suggest another heading for the text.
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What does the phrase ‘sandstone in the making, still to be solidified and awaiting diagenesis’ mean?
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What is the writer referring to when he writes ‘cuts an ever-deeper gorge through the plateau’?
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How do you think this phenomenon occurs in nature? What is the process called?
