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Rock Attributes
Types of Soil
Uses of Rocks
Properties
More About Soil
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Rocks usually have more than one of these. Some examples are pink, gray, blue, red.
What is color?
100
Usually a reddish color. Absorbs a lot of water.
What is clay?
100
Rock that is used to build walls on houses and buildings.
What are bricks?
100
The opposite of float. (Most rocks do this.)
What is sink?
100
The animal that helps break apart soil and mix soil for plants to grow.
What is a worm?
200
Some words to describe this quality are little, big, gigantic, tiny, and large.
What is size?
200
Made up of tiny rocks. Can be found on a beach or a desert.
What is sand?
200
Sand is made into this. (We find it on windows.)
What is glass?
200
If a rock can stick to something metal, it is this.
What is magnetic?
200
The part of the soil that feeds the plants what they need to grow.
What are nutrients?
300
If I say the rock is round, I am describing this attribute.
What is shape?
300
Dead plants and animals in soil.
What is humus?
300
Rock that we drive on.
What are streets?
300
Can be described as heavy or light.
What is weight?
300
Hard substances found in rocks like quartz, copper, and gold.
What are minerals?
400
Some words to describe this property are rough, smooth, bumpy, and pointy.
What is texture?
400
The best soil for growing plants.
What is loam (or soil with humus)?
400
A shiny, hard rock/mineral that you mine from the earth. (eg. the sink is made out of it)
What is metal?
400
To have little spots on it.
What is speckled?
400
It makes the rocks move or change over time.
What is water or wind?
500
Not shiny
What is dull?
500
It is tinier than sand but bigger than clay.
What is silt?
500
These are made out of clay formed into a shape and then dried.
What are pots or vases or dishes?
500
Inflexible, not soft.
What is hard?
500
Someone who studies rocks.
What is a geologist?