Title: Activity: Live Lab
Course: HRT 114 Introduction To Soil Science > Section: HRT 114 Introduction To Soil Science

Activity: Live Lab

Lab Exercise on Rocks and Minerals
Identify and Categorize Various Samples of Rocks and Minerals.

Learn the technique of using dichotomous keys for identification of specimens of rocks and minerals.  Once identified, learn the importance of these substances to the parent material of soil, which is one of the five main factors in the formation of soil. Also, stressed is the nutrient value of rock to the soil.

The two exercises have a value of 10 points each.

All exercises should be turned in by the end of class.

A Quiz on Unit 1 with a value of 100 points will be administered during this lab as well.