The part of the Earth's surface that is not covered by bodies of water
What is land?
100
Minerals were created by people?
What is False
100
How shiny or dull an object is.
What is luster?
100
The natural breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces. This is done by wind and water because both of these move rocks and smash into other rocks and they break down.
What is weathering?
100
Name all the things that are in soil.
What are sand, silt, clay, humus, water and air.
200
A solid that was formed in nature and that was never alive.
What is a mineral?
200
Our bodies contain minerals?
What is True?
200
Scratching a rock is one way to tell if it is:
a. shiny or dull
b. black or white
c. hard or soft
What is c?
200
The movement of weathered rocks and soil. This is mainly caused by wind and moving water.
What is Erosion?
200
Color, texture, smell, and how quickly water passes through it.
What are the properties of soil?
300
Natural nonliving solids made up of one of more minerals
What are rocks?
300
Minerals are found in the food we eat and in the jewelry we wear.
What is True? Halite is found in salt and gold and diamonds are minerals we wear.
300
What gives rocks its properties
What are the minerals in a rock?
300
The settling down of pieces of eroded rocks and soil. This is done by gravity.
What is Deposition?
300
Which type of soil does water pass very quickly through?
a. sandy soil
b. clay soil
What is sandy soil?
400
Small pieces of minerals in rocks
What are grains?
400
Fossils form when bones or shells of dead organisms turn to rock.
What is True
400
Color, shape, size, texture and luster
What are the properties of rocks?
400
The loose top layer found on the surface of the Earth.
What is soil?
400
Soil made up of what is best for plant growth
What is sand, silt, clay and humus?
500
Remains or traces of organisms that lived long ago.
What are fossils?
500
Minerals were once alive.
What is False.
500
True or false. You can feel the texture of a rock with your hands. You can see the texture of a rock with your eyes.
What is true?
500
The part of soil that is made of dead animals and plants.
What is Humus?
500
Where would there be dry sandy soil?
a. the desert
b. the rainforest