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Earth Science Review: Minerals, Rocks, Soils, Weathering & Erosion

Review sheet covering mineral properties, rocks, soils, weathering, erosion, and more. Includes questions related to mineral identification, properties, the MOHS hardness scale, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, and soil horizons.

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Earth Science Review: Minerals, Rocks, Soils, Weathering & Erosion

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  1. You need a sheet of paper on your desk!

  2. Science Review

  3. Mineral Properties

  4. Name Me...

  5. Rocks

  6. Soils

  7. Weathering & Erosion

  8. Grab Bag

  9. Weathering Erosion Grab Bag Minerals Name Me... Soils Rocks $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  10. Why is color NOT the best property used to identify a mineral? Give an example

  11. Answer: Completely different minerals may share the same color OR The same mineral might come in a variety of colors. ex. Quartz

  12. Define Luster. What are the two main subcategories?

  13. Answer: Luster is the way a mineral reflects light.

  14. Name and spell the title of the hardness scale

  15. Answer: MOHS hardness scale

  16. Name the 10 minerals on the MOHS hardness scale.

  17. Answer:

  18. Name 3 UNIQUE or SPECIAL mineral properties.

  19. ANSWER: Fizz with acid Odor Fluorescence Radioactivity Double Refraction Double Refraction

  20. I am yellow. I am soft. I can smell like rotten eggs. Who am I?

  21. Answer: Sulfur

  22. I am a very soft. I am used in pencil lead. Who am I?

  23. Answer: Graphite

  24. I am a rhombus. I fizz in acid. I exhibit double refraction. Who am I?

  25. Calcite Answer:

  26. I am thin. I am flexible. I come in sheets?

  27. ANSWER: Mica

  28. I am gold in color. I have a green- black streak? Who am I?

  29. ANSWER: Pyrite

  30. Molten material found ON the Earth's surface.

  31. Answer: lava

  32. Define "parent rock"

  33. Answer: The original rock before it undergoes metamorphism

  34. Describe the relationship between rate of cooling and crystal size in igneous rocks.

  35. Answer: Slow cooling, Intrusive, large crystals Fast cooling, extrusive, small or no crystals

  36. In which type of rock do you typically find fossils?

  37. Answer: Sedimentary Rocks

  38. Where would you find enough HEAT and PRESSURE to create a metamporphic rock?

  39. Answer: Deep within the earth

  40. What is the solid layer of rock beneath the soil?

  41. ANSWER: Bedrock

  42. The decayed organic matter in soil is called

  43. Answer: Humus

  44. Label the soil horizons

  45. ANSWER: A B C

  46. How do soil organisms improve the soil?

  47. ANSWER: They provide, waste, fertilization, and break up the compacted soil.

  48. List three out of the four main soil decomposers

  49. ANSWER: fungi, protists, bacteria, worms

  50. Define: Weathering

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