Rocks and Soil

What are the three main types of rocks?

• Fossil, igneous, clay

• Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

• Sandstone, marble, granite

• Magma, sedimentary, lava

What type of rock is formed by heat and pressure?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Fossils

• Metamorphic

What type of rock is formed by minerals, small pieces of plants, and other organic matter that has been compressed and deposited over time?

• Igneous

• Fossils

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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Igneous rocks are formed due to the cooling and hardening of lava or magma.

• True
• False

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Which layer of soil has the most organic material and nutrients?

• Bedrock

• Subsoil

• Topsoil

• Parent Rock

What is bedrock?

• The bottom layer that holds solid rock

• The top layer that is made of dead plants and animals

• The middle layer of soil

• The layer of soil that has little rocks in it

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What are the five layers of soil in order (top to bottom)?

• Parent material, hummus, bedrock, topsoil, subsoil

• Topsoil, subsoil, hummus, parent material, bedrock

• Hummus, topsoil, subsoil, parent material, bedrock

• Bedrock, parent material, subsoil, topsoil, Hummus

Sandstone and Coal are metamorphic rocks.

• True
• False

What is an example of a metamorphic rock?

• Slate

• Coal

• Sandstone

• granite

Pumice and Granite are examples of igneous rocks

• True
• False