Earth Science 5th Grade

What kind of soil is most likely found in the desert?

• dark, damp soil
• dry, sandy soil
• sticky, red soil
• think, muddy soil

Molten rock that flows from a volcano onto earth's surface is

• lava
• magma
• sediment
• sand

Which type of soil is made up of very, very tiny grains of rock?

• humus
• sand 
• loam
• clay

A fossil is

• the imprint or remains of something that lived long ago
• sedimentary rock formed from layers of sand and mud
• the soft part of the animal from long ago

Weathering occurs when rock

• get wet in the rain or snow
• is worn away or broken down into smaller and smaller pieces.
• melts

The three main categories/stages of volcanoes are: _____, _______, and _______          

• active,dormant,extinct
• explosive, cooling, dying
• A volcano does not have catagories

Renewable resources are

• resources that cannot be reused or replaced
• resources that will never run out
• resources that can be replaced to be used over and over again
• resources such as fossil fuels

Sedimentary rock is Not formed by

• the constant layering of the sediments
• pressure on sediment layers
• compaction and cementation
• doing experiments

A mixture of bits of rock and once-living parts of plants and animals is called _______

• soil
• decomposers
• rocks
• plants

________   is the part of the soil that is made of decayed organic materials.

• humus
• rock
• erosion
• covering