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WorksheetsSoil & Rapid Changes
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 15mins
Rocks are broken into smaller and smaller pieces over time by all of the following. Select all that apply.
Flowing Water
Blowing Wind
Cooling Sand
Moving Ice
A volcano directly changes the Earth's surface by ________.
adding heat to the atmosphere
building up layers of hardened lava
releasing water vapor into the air
shooting out clouds of ash and smoke
Which components are used to make soil? Select all that apply.
Rocks
Plastic bottles
Decomposed Plants and Animals
Which of the following processes causes land to form?
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Landslides
Hurricanes
Which location would most likely produce soil with the least organic matter?
Forest full of trees and shrubs.
Prairie with lots of grasses and flowers.
Mountain top with extremely cold winds.
Valley with lots of rain.
A landslide is the sliding down of rock and soil. Which image best represents a landslide?
Plants and animals become part of the soil when they _________.
die and decay
produce offspring
grow and develop
absorb nutrients
Which events force melted rock from deep in the Earth toward the surface and build it up on the Earth’s surface?
Lanslides
Volcanic Eruptions
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Students wanted to learn more about how soil is formed, so they conducted an investigation of how rocks weather. They shook jars of rocks with water and without water. What question could the students be trying to answer?
Are rocks and water composed of the same material?
How does water affect the weathering of rocks?
Does salt water heat more quickly than fresh water?
What kinds of rocks are found at the bottom of lakes?
Rocks near the ocean get broken into smaller pieces. What causes this change in the rocks?
Leaves falling from the trees.
Clouds forming in the sky.
Water crashing against the rocks.
Salt dissolving in the water.
Select all the images that show an earthquake which is the splitting and shifting of rock.
What are two ways you can cause an eruption for a volcano model at home?
Water and salt
Diet Coke and Mentos
Vinegar, Baking Soda and Dish Soap
Orange Juice and Flour
How would the soil be different in an area that gets very little rainfall?
There would be very small pieces of rock.
There would be lots of insects and worms.
There would be a greater variety of plants.
There would be less water, and plant and animal remains.
Eli’s class is visiting a delta to make observations. The students observe rich soil. What is most likely the reason for this?
The soil was carried into the delta by the wind.
Rocks in the delta were ground into soil.
Rocks from the ocean were ground up by ocean waves.
Weathered rock was washed into the delta by a flowing river.
