Soil Vocab Log Vocabulary

solid rock found under the soil

bedrock

A solid, natural material that does not come from a living thing. They can be made from a single element (like gold or copper) or from a combination of elements.

minerals

a natural substance that is usually found in soil or foods and that helps plants or your body to be healthy

vitamins

full of healthy vitamins and minerals

nutrient-rich

dead and rotten

decayed

nutrient-rich decayed plants and animals

humus

middle soil layer that contains minerals washed out of topsoil

subsoil

the process of wearing away or otherwise changing Earth's surface, caused by natural forces

weathering

deepest soil layer where rocks are weathering to form new soil

substratum

the uppermost soil layer that contains humus

topsoil

pure substances; the building blocks of everything on Earth

elements

the process of transporting and wearing away rocks or soil as loose particles are moved by water, wind, ice or gravity

erosion

the reamains of plants or animals that turned to stone over a long period of time

fossils

rocks formed by the cooling and hardening of hot magma or lave

igneous rock

materials, usually hard and shiny, that allow electricity and heat to move through them

metals

rocks formed when any type of rock goes through changes caused by extreme heat and pressure

metamorphic rock

supplies of things that are valuable or very useful to people

resources

a hard, solid material that is made of minerals and is found in nature

rock

the series of changes that rock undergoes as it shifts between different types

rock cycle

rocks formed when sediment is pressed together over time

sedimentary rock