Quiz about Ch 3 Soil, Rocks, Minerals

Question 1

Soil is a natural resource?

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 2

What is erosion caused by? (2)

Accepted Answer

wind

Accepted Answer

flowing water

Answer

lightning

Answer

sun

Question 3

The breaking down on rocks into smaller pieces is called:

Accepted Answer

weathering

Answer

humus

Answer

humus

Question 4

What are rocks made of?

Accepted Answer

minerals

Answer

foods we eat

Answer

dead animals

Answer

layers of soil

Question 5

Which layer of soil has large, unbroken pieces of rock?

Accepted Answer

bedrock

Answer

topsoil

Answer

subsoil

Question 6

God designed the surface of the earth to always be the same.

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False

Answer

True

Question 7

When plants and animals decay, what do they do?

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break apart or rot

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survive and grow

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break down rock into smaller pieces

Question 8

A landslide is an example of ____________.

Accepted Answer

erosion

Answer

weathering

Question 9

A layer of soil that contains humus and is where the plants grow is the....

Accepted Answer

topsoil

Answer

bedrock

Answer

subsoil

Question 10

The movement of rocks and soil is called:

Accepted Answer

erosion

Answer

humus

Answer

weathering

Question 11

What does the Mohs scale identify?

Accepted Answer

hardness

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color

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crystal shape

Question 12

What are minerals that are hard to find called?

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precious minerals

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common minerals

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both common and precious minerals

Question 13

What are hard pieces of the earth's surface called?

Accepted Answer

rocks

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soil

Answer

humus

Question 14

What is the cause of weathering?

choose all that apply

Accepted Answer

flowing water

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plants

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wind

Accepted Answer

ice

Question 15

Where in the Bible can you find that God created the earth with water and dry land?

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Genesis

Answer

Matthew

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Exodus

Answer

Psalm

Question 16

How do scientists classify rocks?

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by how they are formed

Answer

by their size

Answer

by their texture

Question 17

Which layer of soil has larger pieces of rock than topsoil and contains less humus than topsoil?

Accepted Answer

subsoil

Answer

bedrock

Answer

topsoil

Question 18

A solid material in nature that was never alive is called a mineral.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 19

The layer of soil formed from the remains of living things that have died and decayed.

Accepted Answer

humus

Answer

topsoil

Answer

subsoil

Answer

bedrock

Question 20

What word means to take care of and to use a natural resource wisely?

Accepted Answer

conserve

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squander

Answer

develop

Question 21

Which rock forms when layers of sediment are pressed together and harden?

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sedimentary

Answer

igneous

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metamorphic

Question 22

Which rock forms when melted rock cools?

Accepted Answer

igneous

Answer

metamorphic

Answer

sedimentary

Question 23

Which rock forms when igneous or sedimentary rock are changed by great heat and pressure?

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Answer

igneous

Answer

sedimentary

Question 24

What is an opening in the earth that allows melted rock to come to the surface?

Accepted Answer

volcano

Answer

mountain

Answer

ocean

Question 25

Match the statement with the worldview:

Plant and animal kinds were created by God with the ability to adapt.

Accepted Answer

biblical view

Answer

evolutionary view

Answer

both a biblical and evolutionary view

Question 26

Match the statement with the worldview:

Adaptation is a characteristic of a living thing that helps the living thing survive in its environment.

Accepted Answer

both a biblical and evolutionary view

Answer

biblical view

Answer

evolutionary view

Question 27

Match the statement with the worldview:

Adaptation can result in one type of plant or animal changing over millions of years into another kind of plant or animal.

Accepted Answer

evolutionary view

Answer

biblical view

Answer

both a biblical and evolutionary view

Question 28

Match the statement with the worldview:

Most fossils formed during the flood in Noah's day.

Accepted Answer

biblical view

Answer

evolutionary view

Answer

both a biblical and evolutionary view

Question 29

Match the statement with the worldview:

What we know about extinct plants and animals comes from their fossils.

Accepted Answer

both biblical and evolutionary view

Answer

biblical view

Answer

evolutionary view

Question 30

Match the statement with the worldview:

Fossils of fish and seashells are found on mountains because millions of years ago the mountains were part of the ocean floor.

Accepted Answer

evolutionary view

Answer

biblical view

Answer

both biblical and evolutionary view

Question 31

Match the statement with the worldview:

Adaptation can result in one kind of plant or animal changing over millions of years into another kind of plant or animal.

Accepted Answer

evolutionary view

Answer

biblical view

Answer

both biblical and evolutionary view

Question 32

Match the statement with the worldview:

Fossils of fish and seashells are found on mountain because the mountains were once covered by water from the flood.

Accepted Answer

biblical view

Answer

evolutionary view

Answer

both biblical and evolutionary view

Question 33

I need to be able to label the three layers of soil on my test.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 34

What is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces called?

Accepted Answer

weathering

Answer

erosion

Answer

humus

Ch 3 Soil, Rocks, Minerals

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