Rock and Soil Review

Cooled magma becomes:

When was the surface soil the warmest? The coldest?

Other components of soil include:

Sand particles hold more water than silt

Hot, molten rock deep below Earth’s surface is called:

Which correctly lists the order of water passed through the funnels, from fastest to slowest?

Where would you expect to find metamorphic rock forming?

Water, wind, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

How do minerals form?

Which type of soil is most fertile?

Soil is inorganic

Fossils are often found in this rock.

The picture shows how a rock forms at the bottom of the ocean. What type ofrock is this?

The rock cycle is a _ process that builds, destroys and changes the rocks in the Earth’s crust:

Fast cooling magma forms large crystals

All of the following are examples of erosion EXCEPT:

The ingredients of soil are the same all over the world:

Which piece of information about the rock will best help the student to identify it?

Abrasion is a form of ____________ weathering:

Soil can be found covering the upper-most layer of continental crust:

The 4 main ingredients in soil are:

Water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock is called.

The basic component of soil is:

Roger poured water over a pile of sand. Some of the sand washed away. This process is similar to which of the following?

Leaching is the removal of nutrients and substances in soil due to:

Which soil horizon is know to have humus?

Making steps on the sides of hills to help control soil erosion is called

Soil forms as rock is broken down by:

Minerals form as hot magma/lava cools

The process by which material is laid down

In which soil horizon would one expect to find the greatest amount of decayed organic matter?

The 3 basic types of rock are:

Plate movements start the rock cycle by helping to form magma