An Investigation to Find Out Which of Two Rocks is the Hardest
1. You will need two different types of rocks.
2. Call one rock number 1 and the other rock number 2.
3. Rub the rocks together gently. Be careful - do not let particles of rock get
into your eyes, do not rub your eyes with your fingers while you are doing
this investigation.
4. If rock number 1 comes off on to rock number 2 (you can see some of rock
number 1 stuck on rock number 2), then rock number 2 is harder than rock
number 1.
If rock number 2 comes off on to rock number 1, then rock number 1 is the
hardest.
Now think of a way to put 4 different rocks into order of hardness.
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