Rocks and Minerals

What is the correct identification of the two types of soils?

• Soil A: silt; Soil B: sand

• Soil A: sand; Soil B: clay

• Soil A: humus; Soil B: silt

• Soil A: clay; Soil B: humus

Luster is a property that helps identify minerals. What tool would be helpful to determine if a mineral has luster?

• A Nail

• A Penny

• A Flashlight

• A Ceramic Tile

Topsoil is rich in which substance?

• Salt

• Humus

• Sulfur

• Cholorphyll

Charlie’s class visited a garden. In one area, they saw plants growing from trays filled with potting soil. What does the soil contain that plants can use for growth?

• Light

• Nutrients

• Oxygen

• Sugar

Which characteristic helps to identify the rock as sedimentary?

• It has a grainy look.

• It has rocks cemented together.

• It has minerals lined up in bands.

• It has remains of animals or plants in it.

Which type of rock is being described?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Crystal

The materials used to form igneous rocks are

• Sandstone and Shale

• Magma and Lava

• Granite and Quartz

• Gold and Silver

Heat and pressure deep inside the earth can change limestone to marble. What type of rock is marble?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Crystal

Tiny bits of rocks and shell are pressed together to make layers. What kind of rock has these layers?

• Magma

• Crystal

• Igenous

• Sedimentary

Grace’s chart shows answers to a guessing game about a certain rock.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Fossils