Science 7 Unit 5 Planet Earth Topics 1-3

The dark colored, rich layer of soil that contains humus and small grains of rock:

Scratches and scrapes in bedrock caused by rocks frozen in glaciers:

A mineral has a hardness greater 5 if:

Obsidian is an example of which rock type:

Example of a sedimentary rock:

Best chance of finding a fossil is to look at this type of rock:

TRUE or FALSE: Acidic fluids can be made by bacteria and fungi.

The landform indicated by the arrows in the picture below:

The wearing down of rock by windblown particles that strike the rock:

Rock damage that is caused by water that repeatedly freezes and thaws:

TRUE or FALSE: A mineral that is gold in color will always leave a gold streak on porcelain tile.

True or false: I will study tonight.

Decaying material in soil:

Sediments are formed from:

The building blocks of rocks:

Conglomerate is an example of which rock type:

The visible evidence of layers in rock:

Agent of erosion responsible for landslides and rock slides like Frank Slide:

Example of chemical weathering:

The shininess of a mineral is which property?

On Moh's Hardness Scale, the hardest mineral is:

Basalt is an igneous rock formed on Earth's surface. So it was most likely made from:

Mechanical weathering is

TRUE of FALSE: There are over 3000 minerals!

TRUE or FALSE: Igneous extrusive rocks tend to have larger crystals than igneous intrusive rocks.

Limestone is a sedimentary rock that can form the metamorphic rock called:

Large rocks caught up in a glacier and then left behind when the glacier melts back are called 

Metamorphic rocks are formed from

Granite, the most common rock, is made of the minerals feldspar, mica, and ....

Mica is a mineral that breaks along smooth, flat surfaces. This property of minerals is called: