Chapter 6 Lessons 1 & 2 Quiz

1. What are natural, non-living substances that make up rock?

2. What is a characteristic that describes something?

3. What do we call the process where one rock changes to another rock?

4. What do you call decaying plant material?

5. What refers to the size of the particles of soil?

6. What do you call the spaces between the particles of soil?

7. What describes how fast water passes through porous material?

8. What refers to a mineral’s ability to scratch another mineral?

9. What type of rock is formed by tiny pieces of rock, shells, or bits of plants being pressed together?

10. What type of rock is formed by melted rock cooling and hardening?

11. What types of rock are most fossils found in?

12. Which of these is the correct order of the layers of soil?

13. Why is humus important for soil?

14. What is soil not made of?

15. Which of these do earthworms not do to help the soil?

16. What do farmers do to help the soil?

17. Where does water go when it soaks into the soil?

18. What kind of soil has the highest permeability?

19-20. Name two properties of minerals.