PPTX: 3FF FEM Les. 1: Form. of Rocks, Soils, & Fossils

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Pressure PUSHING rock together = ​

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Sediments STICKING together = ​

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compaction

cementation

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When plants and animals are buried under SEDIMENT they become ​

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When plants and animals become part of the SOIL it is called ​

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Multiple Choice

The layer of soil underneath topsoil is called -

• loam

• humus

• clay

• subsoil

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why sand is not the best type of soilfor growing certain types of plants?

• Sand does not hold enough water for plant growth.

• Sand holds too much water for plant growth.

• Sand is too light of a color for plant growth

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What causes sediments to stick together and become solid rock?

• Fossils

• Soil texture

• Pressure

• Humus

Multiple Choice

Humus is made of -

• weathered rock

• fossils of ancient organisms

• minerals

• decaying plants and animals

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can be found in soil?

• Sand

• Decaying organic material

• Clay

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following processes help the most in the formation of sedimentary rock

• Rotation and revolution

• Compaction and cementation

• Melting and cementation

• Melting and condensing

Multiple Choice

A student rolled 3 balls of clay and stacked them on top of each other as shown below.

The student pressed them together, forming on single mass of clay. The student is using the clay balls to model -

• Water retention of soil

• Formation of sedimentary rock

• The different fossil fuels

• The states of matter

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best completes the diagram?

• Moving

• Compacting

• Braking

• Softening