Rocks And Minerals

Question 1

Natural nonliving solid with a definite chemical structure

Answer 1

Mineral

Question 2

Forms minerals

Answer 2

Crystal

Question 3

Is how a mineral breaks

Answer 3

Cleavage

Question 4

Solid natural mineral made up of one or more minerals

Answer 4

Rock

Question 5

Forms when magma cools and hardens

Answer 5

Igneous rock

Question 6

Made from pieces of rock and minerals

Answer 6

Sedimentary rock

Question 7

Forms when heat pressure or chemical reactions changed one type of rock into another type of rock

Answer 7

Metamorphic rock

Question 8

To find the age of rocks

Answer 8

Relative dating

Question 9

Any substance that is made of living things

Answer 9

Organic matter

Question 10

Animal remains and plant decaying

Answer 10

Humus

Question 11

Identify and explain the five characteristics sticks of identifying mineral

Answer 11

Color cleavage size

Question 12

Explain the rock cycle

Answer 12

When rock changes to another rock

Question 13

Explain the formation of soil

Answer 13

I don’t know

Question 14

Identify the layers of soil

Answer 14

Topsoil, subsoil, and parrot rock

Question 15

Identify the factors that affect soil formation

Answer 15

Landscapes

Question 16

Contrast soil and a tropical climate versus a desert climate

Answer 16

Tropical doeshave water and a desert climate doesn’t have water