WorksheetsMinerals, Rocks, and Soil Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
This cools and hardens to form igneous rock.
Lava
Magma
Sediment
Soil
Rock that forms when magma cools beneath the surface is called...
Intrusive Igneous
Extrusive Igneous
Intrusive Metamorphic
Extrusive Sedimentary
Rock that forms when lava cools on the Earth's surface is called...
Extrusive Metamorphic
Intrusive Igneous
Intrusive Sedimentary
Extrusive Igneous
If a mineral has large crystals, what does that mean about how long it had to cool down?
If there are large crystals the mineral cooled very quickly
If there are large crystals the mineral cooled very slowly.
Pieces of rocks, pebbles, mineral grains, and shell fragments that form some kinds of rock are known as...
Dust
Sand
Sediment
Depositive
What process(es) are needed for sediment to form?
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
Pressure
What two processes are needed for sedimentary rock to form?
Weathering and Pressure
Erosion and Deposition
Pressure and Heat
Heat and Weathering
What two things are needed for metamorphic rock to form?
Heat
Weathering
Pressure
For an igneous rock to become sedimentary it needs to...
Be heated up and melted.
Be weathered down and then compacted.
Be put under heat and pressure.
The property of a mineral that describes the way light reflects off of it is called what?
Breakage
Streak
Luster
Density
What scale is used to measure the hardness of a mineral?
Scoville Scale
Carat Scale
Moh's Scale
pH Scale
The mineral test that leaves behind the powder of a mineral that is used for identification is called what?
Breakage
Luster
Streak
Density
The three types of rocks are...
Igneous
Obsidian
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Intrusive
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid, with a crystal structure and composition is called a what?
Rock
Mineral
Ore
Element
A hard substance composed of one or more minerals is called...
An Element
An Ore
A Rock
A Mineral
The process of rocks changing from one type to another is called...
The Citric Acid Cycle
The Light-Dependent Cycle
The Mineral Cycle
The Rock Cycle
The bottom most layer in a soil profile is called what?
Eluviated Soil
Subsoil
Parent Material
Bedrock
What substance makes top soil a dark healthy color?
Water
Minerals
Organic Matter
Sediment
The uppermost layer of a soil profile that contains the most nutrients is called...
The Eluviated Layer
The Parent Material
The Topsoil
The Subsoil
What is more fertile? Loamy soil or sandy soil?
Loamy Soil
Sandy Soil
What did we call the long period of drought in the late 1920s into the 1930s where all of the healthy topsoil blew away?
Black Sunday
The Dust Bowl
The Exhausted Times
The Dirty 20s
Which option has the layers of a soil profile in the correct order from top to bottom?
O, A, B, C, R, E
R, B, C, E, O, A
B, E, O, C, R, A
O, A, E, B, C, R
Where does the majority of the organic matter found in the soil come from?
Decomposing Plant Parts
Decomposing Animal Parts
Decomposing Waste
What is dirt?
Soil without air pockets to help with growth.
Soil without any water content.
Soil with plenty of nutrients but no water.
Soil with no organic matter mixed in.
What can be added to soil to make it healthier for plants to grow in?
Minerals
Organic Matter
Nutrients
All of the Above
