Rock and Soil

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What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?

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A rock is made up of minerals.

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What are the three main types of rocks?

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igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

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How are sedimentary rocks formed?

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Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.

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What is the process of weathering?

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Breaking down rocks, soil, and minerals through exposure to the atmosphere, water, and biological organisms.

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What is erosion?

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The process of moving away or displacing soil, rock, or other materials through the action of wind, water, or ice.

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What are the layers of soil called?

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strata

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What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

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Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, while erosion is the transportation and removal of the weathered materials.

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What is the rock cycle?

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The rock cycle is a continuous process that describes how rocks are formed, changed, and recycled over time.

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What are the properties of minerals? Options: liquid, man-made, organic, indefinite chemical composition, random atomic arrangement, and variable physical properties; gas, naturally occurring, organic, definite chemical composition, ordered atomic arrangement, and characteristic physical properties; solid, man-made, inorganic, indefinite chemical composition, random atomic arrangement, and variable physical properties; solid, naturally occurring, inorganic, definite chemical composition, ordered atomic arrangement, and characteristic physical properties

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solid, naturally occurring, inorganic, definite chemical composition, ordered atomic arrangement, and characteristic physical properties

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How are igneous rocks formed?

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Molten rock, or magma, cools and solidifies.