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Soil
Rock Cycle
Types of Rocks
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What is a mineral?
What is a nonliving crystal structure.
100
How many layers of soil are there in a soil profile?
What is 3.
100
Name all 3 steps in the rock cycle.
What is sedimentary, igneous, and sedimentary
100
A glassy, shiny black rock that is heavy is probably which type of rock?
What is obsidian, or igneous.
100
How many years does it take to create one inch of topsoil?
What is 1,000 years
200
What is the difference between thawing and freezing?
What is one is hard solid, one is liquid
200
Name the 3 layers of soil, bottom to top.
What is bedrock/parent material, subsoil, and topsoil
200
If you take a sedimentary rock and apply heat & pressure, what will happen?
What is : it will turn into a metamorphic rock.
200
A rock that is red in color and sandy is probably which type of rock?
What is sandstone.
200
Why is it necessary to prevent soil erosion?
What is so the plants don't blow away and get destroyed, so crops will stay, etc.
300
What is the definition of a metamorphic rock?
What is a rock that has been changed by heat & pressure.
300
Which layer of soil is the darkest, and WHY is it the darkest?
What is topsoil, and because it has decaying matter inside of it.
300
If you take a metamorphic rock and you watch it become weathered and broken down, what type of rock would it become?
What is sedimentary.
300
Limestone that turns into marble fits which type of rock?
What is metamorphic.
300
What are two ways a rock sample can be identified as a rock and NOT a mineral?
What is a rock has a combination of minerals, is sedimentary/igneous/metamorphic, is usually more than one color, has a band coloration, etc.
400
What are nutrients?
What is things that help a plant or animal grow.
400
Why would someone build a retaining wall on a sloping hill in their backyard?
What is to keep soil from eroding.
400
Describe how an igneous rock is created.
What is magma in the earth heats up and explodes, turning into lava that cools and creates crystals as it cools.
400
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
What is weathering = broken down rocks, erosion = the movement.
400
Why would soil feel gritty?
What is because it has mineral particles in it, or it may have pieces of clay.
500
Tell me what a sedimentary rock is?
What is a rock formed in layers of sediments
500
Tell me 2 nonliving, and 2 living things in the soil.
What is rocks/dead leaves/minerals/decaying animals/live animals/water/air
500
Limestone is a rock with shells and dead animals in it. What does it turn into, and how is that particular rock used?
What is marble, and it's used in creating pretty buildings.
500
Name one type of igneous, one type of sedimentary, and one type of metamorphic rock.
What is sandstone, conglomerate, granite, obsidian, marble, and gneiss.
500
Give me two examples of weathering and two examples of erosion.
What is : 1. plants or ice/water freezing 2. wind blowing it or water carving it.