Vocabulary
Rock Types
Soil
Weathering & Erosion
Random
100
What is the definition of weathering?
What is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces called sediments.
100
Obsidian is which type of rock?
What is an igneous rock.
100
How many layers of soil are they, and name all three.
What is 3: topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock/parent material.
100
Soil is formed from what?
What is broken down rock.
100
Name one way metamorphic rocks are used.
What is in buildings or as gemstones.
200
What is a mineral?
What is solid materials formed in nature that are non-living with a crystal structure.
200
Limestone is what type of rock?
What is sedimentary.
200
Name 2 things that live in soil.
What is worms, insects, snails.
200
Give me an example of erosion.
What is mudslide, sand in water, etc.
200
What type of rock are most fossils found in?
What is sedimentary.
300
What is erosion?
What is the movement of rock fragments from one place to another.
300
When limestone turns into marble, what process is this?
What is metamorphic.
300
Name 3 NONliving organisms in soil.
What is leaves, rocks, humus/decomposed material.
300
How could a farmer stop erosion from occurring?
What is by planting crops/trees, and/or building a retaining wall.
300
Are minerals living or nonliving organisms?
What is nonliving.
400
What is a sedimentary rock?
What is a rock formed from sediments that have settled into layers.
400
Gneiss and marble are examples of which rock type?
What is metamorphic.
400
How long does it take to create one inch of topsoil?
What is 1,000 years.
400
Give me an example of weathering.
What is root pry between rocks, water freezing/thawing, and water knocking rocks against each other.
400
Pumice and basalt are examples of which rock type?
What is igneous.
500
What is an igneous rock?
What is a rock that is formed with magma rises from the Earth and cools.
500
Tell me the differences between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?
What is igneous comes from lava heating and cooling, sedimentary is sediments in layers, and metamorphic is rocks changed by heat & pressure.
500
Can plants grow without soil?
What is yes, if they have a way to get to water.
500
What is the difference between weathering & erosion?
What is weathering = breaking down, erosion = movement of materials.
500
Describe all 3 ways that all 3 rock types are formed.
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