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Soil
Types of Rocks
Properties of Minerals
Vocabulary
Rockin' out
100
The different types of soil are...
Sand, silt, clay, and humus.
100
Obsidian is an example of...
Igneous Rocks
100
How shiny or dull a rock looks when light shines on it.
What is luster?
100
What is a sedimentary rock?
A rock formed from material that has settled into layers.
100
The process of rocks changing from one kind of rock to another kind of rock over long periods of time.
What is the rock cycle?
200
This type of soil has teeny, tiny bits of rock in it. You seed a microscope to see them.
What is clay?
200
Sandstone is an example of...
What is Sedimentary rocks?
200
Mineral Property that tells how easy or hard it is to scratch the mineral.
Hardness
200
An Igneous Rock is....
A rock that once melted and then cooled and hardened.
200
Give an example of what sedimentary rocks are used for.
What is concrete, buildings, sidewalks, roads, bricks?
300
A mixture of humus, clay, silt, and sand is...
What is loam?
300
These 2 things cause metamorphic rocks to form.
What are heat and pressure?
300
Another way to identify minerals; it leaves the color of the powder behind when rubbed against a rough white tile.
What is streak?
300
An object that is solid, formed in nature, and has never been alive.
What is a mineral?
300
What happens if an igneous rock weathers and breaks apart? What rock does it turn into?
It turns into a sedimentary rock.
400
The three layers of soil are...
Topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock.
400
This must happen for a metamorphic or igneous rock to become a sedimentary rock.
What is erosion or weathering by wind and water?
400
True or False: All minerals are made up of rocks?
False (All rocks are made up of minerals)
400
A naturally formed solid made of one or more minerals.
What is a rock?
400
The hardest mineral.
What is a diamond?
500
Humus is found mostly in this layer?
What is the topsoil?
500
An example of a metamorphic rock...
What is slate or marble?
500
All rocks are made up of these?
What are one or more minerals?
500
Rocks that have been changed by heat or pressure.
Metamorphic Rock
500
The 5 properties of minerals that we discussed in class.
What is luster, streak, hardness, color and texture?