1.
Which rock is
often used to
make beautiful
statues?
4.
2.
3.
Name a hardwearing rock used
to make
doorsteps
Which white rock
makes up the
White Cliffs of
Dover?
5.
6.
Name a rock that What do you call Which rock is
floats in water.
a place where
used to make
rock is dug out of cement?
the ground?
7.
8.
Which material is What is the large
used to make
oven called that
bricks?
is used for
making bricks?
10.
11.
9.
Name a rock
which can be split
into very thin
layers.
12.
Name some rocks Name some rocks Which is the
which have grains which have
granite city in
crystals
Scotland?
13.
What do we call
the material used
to stick bricks
together?
16.
What is slate
used for?
14.
Which rock is
used to make
cheese boards
and chess sets?
17.
What do we call
the best type of
garden soil?
15.
Which soil type
gets waterlogged
and floods after
lots of rain?
18.
What do we call
the type of soil
used for planting
seeds in pots?
19.
20.
Which soil type
What do we call
drains very
giant rocks?
quickly after lots
of rain?
22.
Which have the
most air spaces,
grainy rocks or
crystal rocks?
23.
Which rocks
absorb water,
grainy rocks or
crystal rocks?
21.
What do we call
small rounded
stone rocks?
24.
Name a rock
which absorbs
water?
25.
Which rock is
used to make
glass?
28.
26.
Are bricks
natural or
man-made?
29.
When you
27.
Which are
more likely to
have fossils grainy rocks or
crystal rocks?
30.
What is limestone look at soil under What materials
used for?
a microscope
are used to make
what is between concrete?
the particles?
Year 3 Treasure Hunt Rocks and Soils pupil answer sheet
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Year 3 Treasure Hunt Rocks and Soils teachers answers
Name _______________________
Date_____________
1
marble
2
granite
3
chalk
4
pumice
5
a quarry
6
limestone
7
clay
8
a kiln
9
slate
10 any of these
limestone, sandstone,
millstone grit, chalk
11 any of these
marble, granite
12
Aberdeen
13
mortar
14
marble
15
clay soil
16
making tiles for
cottage roofs
17
loam
18
(potting) compost
19
sandy soil
20
boulders
21
pebbles
22
grainy rocks
23
grainy rocks
24 any of limestone,
chalk, sandstone,
millstone grit
25
sand or sandstone
26
man-made
27
grainy rocks
28 any of these - walls,
29 any from
air (spaces) /bits of
roots / humus /water
30 cement, sand,
gravel and water
buildings, making cement,
road chippings or similar