Vocabulary
Properties for Rocks + Minerals
Properties for Soil
Usefulness of Rocks and Minerals
Usefulness of Soil
100
Something that is not alive but is found in nature and is useful.
What is NONLIVING NATURAL RESOURCE?
100
Black, blue, tan, beige, orange, gray, and red are all words that can describe this property of rocks and minerals.
What is COLOR
100
Dark brown, black, orangish red, and tan are all words that can describe this property of soil.
What is COLOR
100
Roads, statues, and houses can all be made with this.
What is a ROCK
100
A soil that is dark in color, contains lots of humus, and holds water well would be good to use for what?
What is GROWING CROPS OR PLANTS
200
A nonliving natural resource that is made up of one or more minerals.
What is ROCKS
200
Shiny, dull, glassy, waxy, and chalky are all words that can describe this property of rocks and minerals.
What is LUSTER
200
Damp, soggy, wet, and dry are all words that can describe this property of soil.
What is MOISTURE
200
A type of mineral that people value for their beauty and can be used to make jewelry.
What is a GEM
200
A soil that is reddish in color and contains clay would be good to use for what.
What is POTTERY
300
A nonliving natural resource that contains decayed plants and animals, weathered rocks, minerals, and living things.
What is SOIL
300
Scratchy, smooth, rough, bumpy, and sharp are all words that can describe this property of rocks and minerals.
What is TEXTURE (how it feels)
300
Rocky, silky, smooth, bumpy, and gritty are all words that can describe this property of soil.
What is TEXTURE (how it feels)
300
This can be put in food to make it more flavorful or nutritious.
What is a MINERAL
300
Soil that would help farmers grow crops.
What is SOIL THAT HAS LOTS OF HUMUS IN IT (DARK BROWN OR BLACK)
400
To sort things into groups by a characteristic they have in common.
What is CLASSIFY
400
Strong, weak, tough, flimpsy, and soft are all words that can describe this property of rocks and minerals.
What is HARDNESS
400
Coarse and fine are both words that can describe this property of soil.
What is TEXTURE (how the grains look)
400
This is in your pencil to help you write.
What is a MINERAL (graphite)
400
Soil is a _________ to many animals.
What is HOME
500
What something is made up of.
What is COMPOSITION
500
Fine and coarse are both words that can describe this property of rocks and minerals.
What is TEXTURE (how the grains look)
500
A soil that is dark brown or black in color would be an indication that this is in it.
What is HUMUS
500
Both minerals and rocks can make these things that you find in your kitchen.
What are PLATES, GLASSES, SILVERWARE, and some FOOD and DRINKS.
500
Because soil grows plants, it is useful to humans because the plants give us _____________ and __________.
What is FOOD and OXYGEN
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