What type of rock is formed when a volcano erupts?
What is igneous rock?
100
What type of soil is found on many forms?
What is loam?
100
Sedimentary rock is made by...
What is bits of rock that settle in layers?
100
Which mineral is found in table salt?
What is halite?
100
The softest mineral on Mohs Scale?
What is talc?
200
Which is NOT a property of a mineral?
a. color
b. hardness
c. streak
d. temperature
What is d. temperature?
200
What causes large rock land forms to get their shape?
What are wind and water?
200
Metamorphic rock is made by...
What is heat and pressure?
200
Which mineral is found in pencil lead?
What is graphite?
200
List the soils in order from top to bottom.
What is topsoil, subsoil, bedrock?
300
What is the process that moves pieces of rock and soil?
What is erosion?
300
List the grains of soil in order from greatest to least?
What is clay, silt, and sand?
300
How are soils different?
What is they have different textures, rock sizes and different abilities to hold water?
300
What are two tests that can help you identify a mineral?
What is hardness, streak, color, luster, shape?
300
Which layer of soil has lots of humus?
What is topsoil?
400
What four things make up soil?
What is water, air, humus, and tiny pieces of rock?
400
Which process breaks down rocks into smaller pieces?
What is weathering?
400
Small rocks may be moved by...
What is wind, water and erosion?
400
The measure of how difficult it is for a mineral to be scratched.
What is hardness?
400
The main difference between sand, silt and clay is...
What is their grain size?
500
What type of soil is made up of powdery grains of rock?
What is clay?
500
Igneous rock is made by...
What is melted rock that cooled?
500
List two minerals that are used to make jewelry.
What is garnet, amethyst, quartz, and gold?
500
What is rock made of?
What is one or more minerals?
500
Over time, one kind of rock can become any other kind. The process of rocks changing from one kind of rock to another kind of rock is called... (ref. p. 76)