Soil Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What are hard pieces of the earth's surface | Rocks |
How are rocks classified? | form |
What is an opening in the earth that allows the hot, melted rock inside to come to the surface ? | volcano |
What is any part or mark of a living thing that is naturally preserved after it dies? | fossil |
What are solid materials in nature that were never alive? | minerals |
What are minerals identified by? | hardness, crystal shape, color and streak |
The surface of the earth is always ___. | changing |
The breaking down of rocks is called ___. | weathering |
_____ are the remains of living things that have died and decayed | Humus |
What is the layer that is solid, unbroken rock? | Bedrock |
What is the second layer of soil that does not contain humus? | Subsoil |
What is the layer of soil where plants grow and contains humus? | Topsoil |
What forms when layers of sediment are pressed together and harden? | Sedimentary rock |
What forms when hot, melted rock cools? | Igneous rock |
What forms when igneous or sedimentary rocks are changed by great heat and pressure? | Metamorphic rock |
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