Rocks and Soil

The basic component of soil is:

 

(a) leaves (b) weathered rock

(c) sand (d) animal droppings

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The rock cycle is a _______ process that builds, destroys and changes the rocks

in the Earth’s crust: 

(a) Fast (b) Slow       

(c) weekly (d) oceanic

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The 3 basic types of rock are:

 

(a) Sedimentary, Sand, and Lava

(b) Igneous, Quartz and Volcanic rock

(c) Minerals, Igneous, Coral

(d) Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

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Cooled magma becomes: 

 

(a) Sand  (b) sedimentary rock  

(c) Igneous Rock  (d) metamorphic rock

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Water, wind, ice and heat  break down rock

a.) weathering

b) depostion

c) erosion

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Water, wind, ice, or gravity transport soil

a.) weathering

b) deposition

c) erosion

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The process by which material is laid down

a.) weathering

b) depostion

c) erosion

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Ritchie finds a rock and wants to know what kind it is. Which piece of information about the  rock will best help her to identify it? 

   (a)  The size of the rock 

   (b)  The weight of the rock

   (c)  The temperature where the rock was found 

   (d)  The minerals the rock contains

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

 

(a)  lava (b)  mantle rock

(c)   parent rock  (d)  magma

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During a severe drought, which will likely cause the most erosion of a farmland?

 

(a)  soil creeping downhill   (b)   water runoff

(c)  ice   (d)   wind     

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