Rocks
Are rocks made of one thing or many?
Many
Are minerals made of one thing or many things?
One thing
What is bedrock mostly made of?
Rocks
What is weathering
The breaking down of rocks, soil or minerals
What is the landform we find between two mountains?
Valley
What is something commonly found in rocks?
Minerals
What is luster?
Which layer of soil is the darkest?
Top soil
What is erosion?
The action of rocks, soil, or minerals from one location to another
Sediments are dropped into the ocean to create an island. Which process created this island?
Deposition
What are the three types of rocks?
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
What are three ways we can identify minerals?
Luster, hardness, color, streak
What does clay feel like?
slippery when wet, hard when dry
What is deposition?
Sediments are (dropped) added to a landform.
A fast moving river is created by the water moving sediments as it cuts through the land. This river shows which process?
Erosion
What is the cycle called that shows the process of rocks changing?
Where can we find minerals?
In rocks
which soil layer is made of decaying plants and animals, and is dark brown or black in color.
Top soil (hummus)
Name two ways we can see erosion happen.
wind and water
Sand carves out an arch in a large rock formation. Which process created the arch in the rock?
Weathering
Describe sedimentary rocks.
They form in layers, often by water.
What is the name of the scale we use to determine a minerals hardness?
Name the three layers of soil
top soil, subsoil, bedrock
What are the two types of weathering?
What is the name of the landform which is tall raised land that is flat on the top?
Plateau