Soil is made up of what 5 things?
100 pts. for each!
What is rock particles, minerals, decayed material, water and air.
100
What are some examples of erosion? Different kinds of erosion? (5 total)
100 pts. apeice
What is glacier, waves, gravity, moving water, wind
100
Different kinds of fossils (5 total)
100 pts apiece
What is molds and casts, petrified, carbon film, trace fossils, and preserved remains
200
Frost Wedging
when ice freeze and thaws and then freezes again to make cracks in rocks.
200
Natural Resource
(give 1 example)
What is anything in the environment that people use.
soil, water, etc..
200
How does soil form?
What is rock is broken down by weathering and mixes in with other material.
200
Describe deposition and its affects on creating landforms.
Answers may vary.
200
What do fossils tell us?
200 points apiece
(5 main ones)
Evidence of ancient organism, past climates, past ecosystems, animals change over time, type of animal it was
300
Humus
What is decayed organic material in soil
300
Runoff
What is water moving over the land and carries particles along with
300
Soil is made up of 3 different "Horizons"
Horizon A
Horizon B
Horizon C
Choose 1 and describe what it is.
What is Answers may vary, page 49 in book for answer.
300
Weathering occurs faster in this type of climate?
What is wet and higher temperatures.
Human factors to create acid rain can also be a factor
300
When finding the age of the rock, what layer of rock is the oldest?
What is the lowest layer, each layer above is younger than the one below.
400
Decomposers
organisms that break down the remains of other dead organisms.
400
Define stalactite and stalagmite
What is stalagmite - floor
stalactite - roof
400
What does soil fertility mean?
What is how well the soil is capable of plant growth.
400
Chemical Weathering consists of what? What can be considered an agent of chemical weathering? (5 total)
Get 4 receive 200 points free!
What is water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, acid rain, living organisms
400
How can fossils show age?
In the layer that they are found in. The lower the layer of rock they are found in the older the fossil is expected to be.
500
Mass Movement
Give examples of it. (100 pts. per)
What is process that moves sediment downhill
landslide, mudslide, creep, slump
500
How does a stream form...use vocabulary to describe
What is rill, gully, tributary, etc...
500
What can people do to help preserve soil? Soil conservation.
What is "crop rotation" , "contour plowing"
Page 55
500
Mechanical Weathering is made up of what parts?(5 total)
*BONUS* For every 2 you get right you receive 500 pts.
What is release of pressure, freezing and thawing, abrasion, plant growth, actions by animals
500
Describe carbon dating. How does it work?
What is each plant or animal contains the chemical carbon in them. When they die they slowly lose the carbon as it changes to nitrogen. Scientist find age by the amount of carbon that still remains.