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Soil, Rocks, and Minerals

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the loose rock and bits of decaying plant and animal material is called...

a)

humus

b)

bedrock

c)

soil

d)

fossils

2.

The remains of living things that have died and decayed is called...

a)

topsoil

b)

humus

c)

minerals

d)

quartz

3.

When something .............. it breaks apart or rots.

a)

decays

b)

grows

c)

photosynthesizes

d)

cries

4.

Water, ice and wind are all things that can cause...............to a rock.

a)

weathering

b)

melting

c)

sadness

d)

pain

5.

A ............is a hard piece of the earth's surface.

a)

tree

b)

rock

c)

tent

d)

tortoise

6.

An opening in the earth that allows melted rock to come to the surface is called a..............

a)

cave

b)

volcano

c)

river

d)

mineral

7.

The.................we can see today are evidence of the worldwide flood.

a)

flowers

b)

fossils

c)

soil

d)

books

8.

Minerals are made of living things.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which one is not a part of soil.

a)

water

b)

air

c)

humus

d)

honey

10.

The three main layers of soil are...

a)

topsoil, subsoil and bedrock

b)

topsoil, subsoil and volcanoes

c)

minerals, subsoil, and bedrock

d)

subsoil, diamonds, and bedrock

11.

Scientist classify rocks by.....

a)

how big they are.

b)

how they are formed.

c)

what color they are.

d)

how they taste.

12.

The Mohs Scale shows us the.........of minerals.

a)

color

b)

hardness

c)

size

d)

smell