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What does it mean to classify items like rocks?

to sort by putting similar things together

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What is erosion?

the removal of weathered rock and soil

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What contains tiny particles of soil that hold water well and provide nutrients? Hint: A type of soil

clay

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What is the removal of weathered rock and soil?

erosion

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What are the properties rocks are sorted by?

hardness, streak, luster, cleavage

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What do we call soil that is rich in nutrients and important to crops?

fertile

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What is soil with large particles, such as pebbles, and is very rough?

gravel

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A scientist who studies Earth's layers of soil and rock is a ___.

geologist

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small grains of worn-down rock, few nutrients, does not hold water well

sand

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A hardness scale that is used to determine how hard a rock is

Mohs Scale

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The wearing away of land features by wind, water, ice, and gravity is ___.

erosion

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Soil with small particles usually holds more water than rocky soil. (true or False?)

True

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Which of the following would NOT help you identify a mineral? texture, hardness, weight, color

weight

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