A solid non-living substance found in nature. (page 194)
What is a mineral?
100
A non-living material made of at least one mineral.
What are rocks?
100
A mixture of minerals, weathered rock, and other things.(page 208)
What is soil?
100
Trace or remains of something that lived long ago. (page 218)
What is a fossil?
100
The energy to heat home comes from this. (page 220)
What are fuels?
200
This is how you tell minerals apart from each other. (page 194)
What are properties?
200
A rocks mineral pieces,called grains, is what determines this property of rocks that may be fine or coarse. (page 198)
What is texture?
200
The three main layers of soil. (page 209)
What are topsoil (dark),subsoil (lighter), and bedrock (solid)?
200
A mark in the mud that could harden into rock. (page 215)
What is an imprint?
200
A fuel that forms from the remains of ancient (means very old) plants and animals is called.... (page 220)
What is fossil fuel?
300
The color of the powder left when a mineral is rubbed across a white tile. (page 195)
What is streak?
300
Rock formed when melted rock cools and hardens.
What is an igneous rock?
300
Soil that holds the most water. (page 211)
What is clay?
300
An empty space in a rock where something once was. (page 219)
What is a mold?
300
Natural resources that can be replaced such as plants,animals,water,and air... (page 221)
What are renewable resources?
400
This property describes how light bounces off a mineral.
What is luster?
400
Rock formed from layers of sand and other weathered material as well as once-living animals or plants. (page 200)
What is sedimentary rock?
400
Soil that holds little water.(page 211)
What is sand?
400
A copy of the mold's shape. (page 219)
What is a cast?
400
Fossil fuels take millions of years to form so they cannot be replaced easily. These are called...(page 221)
What are non-renewable resources?
500
This describes how easily a mineral can be scratched. Moh's scale is used to identify this property.
What is hardness?
500
This rock is made by changes through both heat AND pressure. (page 201)
What is metamorphic rock?
500
Mixture of sand, silt, and clay -- best for growing plants. (page 211)
What is loam?
500
(Okay, this is not a fossil question but I added a soil question here -- surprise!) This is decayed plants and animals that make soil dark and add nutrient. (page 208)
What is humus?
500
This is another energy source that uses the sun for energy.(page 222)