Soils, Rocks and Landforms Vocabulary Investigation 1

Rocks that are smaller than sand, but bigger than clay.

• silt

• soil

• pebbles

• gravel

A mix of humus, sand,silt,clay,gravel and/or pebbles.

• silt

• soil

• gravel

• concrete

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A solid earth material made of two or more minerals.

• gem

• humus

• mineral

• rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks that are smaller than gravel, but bigger than silt.

• gravel

• pebble

• boulder

• sand

Any natural resource that makes up Earth, including soil and water.

• earth materials

• conglomerate

• physical weathering

• chemical reaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Rocks that are smaller than pebbles but bigger than sand.

• humus

• gravel

• silt

• boulder

Bits of dead plant and animal parts in the soil.

• humus

• pebbles

• rocks

• gravel

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging is called?

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

• chemical reaction

• acid rain

The rubbing, grinding, and bumping of rocks that cause physical weathering is?

• basalt

• acid rain

• abrasion

• chemical weathering

A form of precipitation containing acid, which forms when carbon dioxide gas in the air dissolves in water droplets is?

• calcite

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• acid rain