Y3: Rock and soil learning

Soil is made of

• minerals, rock and water

• water and rock

• minerals, rock, air, water and organic material

• rock and mud

Which type of soil is the best for planting?

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Which layer is the bottom layer in the soil?

• bedrock

• topsoil

• subsoil

• parent rock

What happens first when a fossil is made?

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Which type of fossil can you see here?

• a cast fossil

• a trace fossil

• an actual remain

How is igneous rock formed?

• by layers of sediment being pressed together

• by existing rock being pressured together

• by lava and magma

Which type of rock is limestone?

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

Which type of rock is obsidian?

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

What is the correct scientific name for the process by which rocks break down in small pieces?

• erosion

• weathering

• sedimentation

• the rock cycle

Which type of rock is slate?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock