Chapter 6

Question 1

Minerals ofter clues about how a rock ____________

Answer 1

Forms

Question 2

Nonliving, natural substances that make up rock are called_________

Answer 2

Minerals

Question 3

Minerals can be identified by their _______________ color, ____________ luster and streak

Answer 3

Properties hardness

Question 4

Minerals are building blocks of _________

Answer 4

Rocks

Question 5

A rock that forms from melted rock is __________ rock

Answer 5

Igneous

Question 6

Melted rock, called ________, cools and hardens to form ingenious rock

Answer 6

Magma

Question 7

Igneous rock classified by how quickly they _______ and the size of the mineral grains that form

Answer 7

Cools

Question 8

Layers of substances are pressed and cemented together to form ________ rock

Answer 8

Sedimentary

Question 9

Scientists compare the position of layered rocks to find a rock’s ____ age

Answer 9

Relative

Question 10

A rock layer of any ________ in that rock have the same relative age

Answer 10

Fossil

Question 11

If you look at soil with a hand lens, you will find small pieces of rock, minerals, and_______

Answer 11

Humus

Question 12

You might not see them, but soil is made up of ____ air and ______ as well

Answer 12

Water living things

Question 13

When plants and animals die ____ and fungi decompo Ethel

Answer 13

Bacteria

Question 14

All layers of a soil profile are called ______ and include topsoil _________ and weathered ________

Answer 14

Horizons supsil bedrock

Question 15

The property of soil that refers to the size of soil,

Particularly is called ___

Answer 15

Texture

Question 16

Other properties of soil are color

Answer 16

Permission

Question 17

I am the name for a layer of a soil

Answer 17

Horizon

Question 18

I am the layer of soil under the top soil

Answer 18

Subsoil

Question 19

If the soil not hold o

Another water it couls

Answer 19

Dry up