Vocab.
A layer of loose materials on Earth's surface that is made up of bits of rocks, humus, air, and water
What is soil?
This is a mineral that is used to make jewelry.
What is silver?
What are tiny pieces of rocks called?
What is sand?
Earth's land is made of this
What is soil?
Nothing scratches diamond.
What is true?
Solid nonliving materials that are found in nature
What are minerals?
A way to test a mineral to learn its name
What is a streak test?
This size of rock is made of smaller rocks you can hold in your hand.
What is gravel?
This is the hardest mineral on earth.
What is diamond?
Salt is the softest mineral.
What is false? (Talc is the softest mineral).
A piece that makes up rock or soil
What is a grain?
Granite is a rock that is mostly made of what?
What is different kinds of minerals?
This property of rocks describes the different materials that mix together. Pressure squeezes the layers together and over time, the layers harden into rock. What is this property called?
What are layers?
This is a property of minerals that you can observe with sight.
What is color?
Some rocks form in layers.
What is true?
A part of soil made of bits of decayed plants and animals
What is humus?
Both rocks and soil can best be described as materials that are found where?
What is naturally found on earth?
The texture of sandy soil can be described as?
What is having large grains?
The coins in your pocket may contain this mineral.
What is copper?
If water drains quickly through soil, the soil will be too wet.
What is false? (The soil will be too dry.)
This is a name given to large rocks.
What are boulders?
When studying soil samples, you will mostly find this in all of the samples
What is humus?
This property of rocks comes from the size of its grains. Rocks with larger grains are rough or coarse. Rocks with small grains are smooth or glassy. What is this property called?
What is texture?
The tip of your pencil is a mineral called?
What is graphite?
The 4 parts of soil are rock pieces, minerals, air, and water.
What is false? The 4 parts are rock pieces, humus, air, and water.