How do the nutrients necessary for plant growth get into the soil?

• The soil absorbs sunlight.

• Water filters through the soil.

• organic matter is decayed in the soil.

• The soil is exposed to the air.

Soil that drains slowly most likely has a high amount of

• ash

• sand

• clay

• peat

Which soil component has the least capacity for holding water?

• silt

• clay

• sand

• humus

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

• lava

• parent rock

• mantle rock

• magma

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

• lava

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

Soil forms as rock is broken down by:

• weathering

• sunshine

• construction

• deposition

Where would you expect to find metamorphic rock forming?

• At a subduction zone deep within Earth's crust

• Within a magma chamber

• On the ocean floor

• Along the slopes of an erupting volcano

Cooled magma becomes:

• extrusive igneous rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• lava

Abrasion is a form of ________ weathering:

• physical

• oxidation

• chemical

• organic

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

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion