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SOILS, Minerals and Rocks Test
Friday 5/20/2016
1. Why do plants and soil need each other?
2. What is just right soil? Why does it matter?
3. What is bedrock? How does this contribute to soil formation?
4. All the layers of the soil together are called what?
5. Why are we not covered in layers of dead leaves?
6. What life helps make or maintain soil?
7. What determines the type of soil we have in Columbus, Ohio?
8. Define weathering and be able to give examples of weathering
9. Describe the difference between sand, silt, and clay in terms of their size, texture, and problems
that can occur when there is too much of one in a particular soil.
10. Describe permeability of sand, clay, pebbles, and humus.
11. Describe the porosity of sand, clay, pebbles, and humus.
12. Be able to use a soil texture chart
13. Describe how each horizon of soil forms and the differences
between the horizons
14. What determines the type of soil we have in a specific location?
15. Identify 2 reasons why soil is valuable.
16. Describe 2 ways that soil can be degraded or become infertile.
17. Dust Bowl- Where did happen? Why did it happen? What were the causes of the dust bowl?
18. Describe 4 or more ways that we as human can conserve soil.
19. What is a mineral?
20. What are the special tests you can do to identify mineral? (Refer back to our mineral lab)
21. What are the 5 characteristics that define a mineral? (S, N, I, F/A, C)
22. From a mineral’s properties, be able to identify it using the mineral chart in your journal.
23. Describe the events that led to the creation of the crystals in the Naica crystal cave.
24. How is each type of rock formed?
25. What are the three types of sedimentary rocks? How are they different from each other?
26. What type of igneous rock was the scientist trying to gather from Mount Nyiragongo volcano in
Africa? Why?
27. Why is the rocks cycle called a cycle? GIVE DETAILS
28. Define, describe, and draw how each part of the rock cycle can become another part of the rock
cycle.