Earth's Surface

The rock that forms from cooled magma or volcanic lava is ____ rock.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Organic material can be found in some sedimentary rock because living things were ____.

• buried quickly in sediment during the Flood

• buried quickly in sediment, at different times, over millions of years

• changed into igneous rock by heat and pressure

A rock is a hard, solid material made of ____.

• organic material

• one or more minerals

• two or more vitamins

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Quartz looks like a six-sided pyramid. What mineral property is this an example of?

• crystal shape

• hardness

• streak

Weathering is ____.

• the process that breaks down and changes rocks

• the moving of sediment from one place to another

• the dropping of sediment in a new place

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Chemical weathering is caused by ____.

• acid rain

• a flowing waterfall

• water or wind abrasion

Breaking rocks into smaller pieces without changing the composition of the rocks is ____.

• chemical weathering

• erosion

• physical weathering

The largest component of soil that has the roughest texture is ____.

• clay

• sand

• silt

The layer of soil in which most plants grow is ____.

• bedrock

• subsoil

• topsoil

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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The dropping of sediment by water or wind in a new place is called ____.

• abrasion

• transportation

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition