Kasco Stone Granite Facts Test

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Throughout our site, you may have seen

Granite Facts that looked like the photo to the left. The following is a test to see what you’ve learned since visiting our site. Please review our site again and when you are ready, take the Granite Facts Test. We will email you the results and a reward for correctly answering each question. Good Luck!

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1. According to the National Association of Home Builders, the number _____ remodeling project in America is Granite Kitchen Countertops. HINT

2. Granite is the most abundant _____ rock found on Earth. HINT

3. The Great Pyramid of _____ (c.2580 BC) contains a huge granite Sarcophagus, a funeral receptacle for a corpse. HINT

4. New _____'s state nickname is "The Granite State", in reference to its geology and its tradition of self-sufficiency. HINT

5. Marble is a metamorphic rock. It was once _____, but over time, the combination of the intense heat and pressure caused the _____ to re-crystallize. HINT

6. Many large _____ temples in southern India, particularly those built by the 11th century king Rajaraja Chola I, were made of granite. HINT

7. Granite is the _____ hardest material on earth (second only to diamonds), making it scratch resistant and an ideal work surface. HINT

8. Granite slabs are usually ten feet long, six feet wide and two inches thick. One granite slab weighs approximately _____ pounds. HINT

9. Engineered stone is non-porous therefore, food and moisture cannot penetrate the surface — the main source of growth for harmful _____. HINT

10. Engineered stone is made of approximately 93% crushed _____ and 7% resin and coloring agents. HINT

11. Quartz surfacing offers more color consistency than granite, making it easier to pick colors from samples without having to visit a _____ _____. HINT

12. _____ _____was named the 2008 Business of the Year by the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce. HINT

13. Blue granite is the official stone of the State of South _____ where granite can be found in abundance. HINT

14. Granite, Soapstone, Onyx, and Marble are not the same but are usually all referred to as “_____” HINT

15. While most fabricators don’t, at Kasco Stone, we under _____ all of our counter tops and vanities so that the underside is nearly as shiny as the top. HINT

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