Soil (A)
The outermost layer of the continental crust is covered by _____.
What is soil?
Generally, the darker soil is, the more __________ rich it is.
What is nutrients?
What are the three types of rocks?
What is metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary?
How long does it take the earth to rotate on its axis once?
What 24 hours?
What is crescent, gibbous, quarter, quarter, full?
What are the four mixtures of soil?
What is weathered rock, organic matter, water, and air?
Put the soil particles in order from largest to smallest:
clay, sand, silt
What is clay, silt, sand?
Which statement best explains how sedimentary rock is formed?
A. Air, wind, gravity, and water deposit sediments that are layered and pressured over time.
B. Erosion and weathering produce sedimentary rock from sand.
C. Igneous rock is pressured to become sedimentary rock.
D. Larger rocks push sediments together
What is A?
What is revolution?
This moon phase is when you can see all of the moon.
What is a full moon?
What is the main ingredient of soil?
What is weathered rock?
What is leaching?
What is removal of nutrients in soil due to water passing through the soil?
What is plate movement?
How long does it take the moon to revolve and rotate around earth?
What is 27.3 days?
What is the difference between waining and waxing?
What is appear smaller and bigger?
Name the 3 decomposers and give examples of each.
What is Fungi, Bacteria, Invertebrates?
Examples will vary
The particles that make up soil are categorized into three groups by size. What are the three groups?
What is clay, silt, and sand?
What is composition and texture?
What is the difference between equinox and solstice?
Varies
Why do we only see one side of the moon?
What is rotation/revolution is the same?
Why is it important to practice soil conservation methods?
A. to maintain the fertility and moisture of the soil
B. to prevent soil erosion and keep the bedrock in place
C. to maintain the fertility of the soil and prevent soil erosion
D. to maintain the moisture of the soil and keep the bedrock in place
What to maintain the fertility of the soil and prevent soil erosion?
Draw a soil Horizon and give a characteristic of each.
Answer will vary.
Explain how each rock type is formed and give an example of each.
What is:
Sedimentary- sediments cemented tightly together
metamorphic- intense heat and pressure
igneous- when magma cools
Examples will vary.
The part of the Earth that is tilted toward the sun is having this ________, while the part tilted away is having __________.
What is summer and winter?
Draw and label the moon phases
Varies