Rocks and Minerals Quiz

Scientists can ____ at a rock and tell how it was created.

• look

• touch

• weigh

• feel

Soil with ______ can hold the most nutrients.

• larger particles

• smaller particles

• medium particles

• small and medium particles.

Ture or False

Loam is made of a mix of very small, medium and large particles.

• True

• False

A canyon is created by ________wearing down rock over thousands of years.

• sun

• plant roots

• a river

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_________ and _______ wear away rock to make new formations.

• Wind and sun

• Wind and sand

• Ocean waves and water

• Ocean waves and wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A _______ would smooth the surface of a rock quicker than lake water.

• rushing river

• wind

• creek

• pond

True or False

Wind and rain do not move topsoil to new locations.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these is NOT used to identify a rock?

• Luster

• Texture

• Weight

• Smoothness

The soil with the smallest particles holds the _____ water.

• most

• least

• some

• none

Scientists can see by looking at rocks which one is the _________.

• smoothest

• roughest

• heaviest

• hardest