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Rock Stars
and Spoiled
Soiled Brats
Down on
the rocks
Soiling
Soil
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Home of the Rock, paper,
Flinstones
scissors
The Earths crust is made of
this
What is rock?
A rock type that forms
when particles from other
rocks or the remains of
plants and animals are
pressed and cemented
together.
What is sedimentary rock?
These are the particles
of minerals and other
rocks that make up a
rock.
What are grains?
The look and feel of a
rock’s surface
What is texture?
Igneous, sedimentary
and metaphormic
What are the three major rock
groups?
Crumbly, dark brown soil
that is a mixture of humus,
clay and other minerals
What is topsoil?
Loose layer of leaves
and other plant material
on top soil
What is litter?
The loose weathered
material on Earth’s
surface in which plants
can grow
What is soil?
A layer of soil made
mostly of clay and other
particles, but with little
humus
What is subsoil?
A layer of soil that
differs from the layers
above and below it
What is soil horizon?
Solid layer of rock
beneath the soil
What is bedrock?
Soil made of about
equal parts
clay, sand and silt
What is loam?
Organisms that break
down animal and
plant remains and
wastes
What are
decomposers?
Process that breaks down
rock through chemical
changes.
What is chemical
weathering?
Type of weathering in
which rock is physically
broken into smaller pieces
What is mechanical
weathering?
Skeletons of living organisms
that grow together to form a
structure
DAILY DOUBLE
What is a coral reef?
Two forces that can change
rocks into metamorphic
rock
What are heat and presure?
Anything in the
environment that humans
use
What are natural
resources?
The management of soil to
prevent its destruction
What is soil
conservation?
A farmer plants different
different crops in a field
each year
What is crop rotation?
A thick mass of tougth
roots at the surface of
the soil
What is sod?
Organisms such as mold
and mushrooms
What are fungi?
A measure of how well
the soil supports plant
growth.
What is fertility?
A type of rock that that forms
from the cooling of molten
rock at or below the surface.
What is igneous
rock?
A type of rock that forms from
an existing rock that is
changed by heat, pressure,
chemical reactions.
What is metamorphic rock?