Rocks and Minerals
Land Changes
Soil
Landforms
100
This is one of the properties of rocks that describes how shiny or dull a rock is.
What is luster?
100
This is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
This is the loose top layer found on the surface of Earth.
What is soil?
100
This is the natural shape that occur's on Earth's surface.
What is landform?
200
This is a mineral found in our bones.
What is calcium?
200
These two things cause weathering.
What are water and air?
200
This is the part of soil that is made up of dead animals and plants.
What is humus?
200
This landform is higher than the surrounding land and flat on top.
What is plateau?
300
These are natural nonliving solids made up of one or more minerals.
What are rocks?
300
This is the movement of weathered rocks and soil.
What is erosion?
300
This is the type of soil that water passes through quickly.
What is sandy soil?
300
This landform is a lowland between steep mountainsides.
What is a valley?
400
These are the remains or traces of organisms that lived long ago.
What are fossils?
400
This is the settling down of eroded pieces of rocks and soil.
What is deposition?
400
This is the type of soil that water passes through very slowly.
What is clay?
400
This landform is a large flat area of land.
What is a plain?
500
These are the six properties used to describe rocks. (Must get atleast 4)
What are luster, texture, color, size, hardness, and odor?
500
This is what causes the rocks and soil to settle down after erosion has occured.
What is gravity?
500
In soil, these breakdown dead animals and plants into smaller pieces, forming humus.
What are oganisms?
500
This landform is higher than the land around it, has steep sides, and has a pointed top.
What is a mountain?
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