I-Check 1 Soils, Rocks, and Landforms Review

What type of weathering caused this rock to crack?

• Freeze Thaw

• Wind Abrasion

• Vegetation

• Chemical

What type of weathering caused this arch to form?

• Wind abrasion

• Freeze Thaw

• Acid Rain

• Tree Roots

What type of weathering caused this rock to crack?

• Wind Abrasion

• Chemical

• Tree Roots

• Freeze Thaw

A student wrote a claim and evidence to describe how this landform was made.

Claim: The hoodoo is formed by wind and sand.

What evidence from the picture and your investigations could help support this claim?

Pick two pieces of evidence.

• The patterns of the rock show that it has been worn away by sand in the wind.

• In spring it melts and refreezes.

• The picture shows that it's dry and sandy.

• There is a lot of snow in the picture.

A farmer wanted to plant new crops in a field. Before planting, the farmer wanted to know about the soil. The farmer dug up a shovel full of soil to examine.

It was difficult for the farmer to see all the different materials in the soil. The famer used a similar procedure as us like we did in class to separate the different materials. Draw a soil sample a famer could have put into a vial.

What makes soil A different than soil B?