What characteristics do scientist who study rocks use the help identify rocks?

An unknown mineral scratches glass (5.5), but cannot be scratched by an iron nail (4.5). How can this mineral be described?

Rocks are classified by the process of their formation. What type of rock is formed from small particles cemented together?

One way minerals can be identified is observing the way in which they break. Which testing characteristic is being used?

The type of rock that forms from liquid rock that has cooled and hardened is

If sedimentary rock is heated to high temperatures and exposed to high pressure while buried deep underground forms what type of rock?

The Grand Canyon was most likely formed by

The process of soil conservation that involves plowing along the contours of the land is

The process by which soil conservation is practiced by making steps on a hillside to slow runoff and erosion is

When farmers disturb the land as little as possible this is the practice of

The rock cycle is the processes that changes one type of rock into another type of rock. What processes can change a metamorphic rock into an igneous rock?

What processes can change igneous or metamorphic rock into sedimentary rock?

How can sedimentary rock be converted to magma?

Gneiss is a metamorphic rock. This means it was formed by

A fossil of a tropical plant was found in Antarctica. We know Antarctica does not have a tropical climate. What can be inferred about the fossil being found in Antarctica?

A fossil of an alligator has been found in the extreme north close to Canada. What can you inference can be made about this find?

A soil profile is broken into horizons. These horizons are O (litter), A (topsoil), B (subsoil), C (weathered bedrock) and R (parent material-bedrock). From what you have learned about soil, which layer has the most humus (decayed organic matter)

A coral fossil was found in limestone in South Georgia. This fossil was very similar to coral reefs near the equator. What can be inferred by this fossil find in South Georgia?

Weathering is a process that breaks down rock. One means of weathering is chemical weathering. Which of the following would cause chemical weathering?

Which example below describes a process in cold climates where the action of water breaks rock into sediment and helps form soil?

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