True or False: many different materials make up minerals
False
100
This layer of soil contains the most humus
top soil
100
Rocks are made up of?
minerals
200
Name this rock type...It has a grainy texture, it is dark in color, and might be heavy.
What is Igneous Rocks
200
Describe the difference in particle size between sand, clay, loam, and silt.
Clay has very small particles, Sand has very large particles, silt has medium particles, and loam has a mixture of particle sizes.
200
What is texture?
The way something feels to the touch
200
Describe how soil is formed from rocks.
The rocks are broken down by weathering and erosion which creates soil.
300
Name this rock type.... The rock has many layers, but the layers are shaped irregularly.
What is Metamorphic Rock
300
Jamie was digging in her backyard. She dug down until her shovel his some very large and hard. What layer of soil did she find?
Bedrock
300
What is streak?
The color of a minerals powder when it is rubbed against a hard surface.
300
This type of rock is where you will find fossils...
Sedimentary
400
Ashley goes on vacation to a historic Volcanic site. What types of rocks might she find at this volcanic site?
What is Igneous Rocks
400
Name all 5 properties of minerals and what those properties test.
Luster- How shiny a mineral is.
Cleavage- The shape of a mineral after it has been broken.
Hardness- How easily a mineral is scratched
Streak- The color of the minerals power
Color- The color of the actual mineral
400
Students investigate several characteristics of soil. The students. The students observe smaples of common soils. In one sample they observe that water does not drain through the soil easily. When they touch the soil it feels wet and sticky. What type of soil did the student observe?
Clay
400
What is humus
Dead plant and animal particles that have adsorb into the soil to give it nutrients for plants to grow.
400
Which type of rocks can form crystals?
Igneous Rocks
500
Describe the formation of a Sedimentary Rock.
A metamorphic or Igenous rock undergoes weathering, which breaks them into tiny bits called sediments. These sediments are washed away by erosion and settle at the bottom of lakes and rivers. Over time, this forms Sedimentary Rocks.
500
An unidentified mineral scratches quartz but not corundum. According to the Moh's Hardness scale, what could be the unidentified mineral?
What is topaz
500
A student is describing a soil sample. The soil is made up of very large particles and water passes through it easily. Which type of soil is he describing?
Sand
500
Granite......Rock or mineral?
Rock
500
If water gets into a rock and freezes it will most likely?