Vocabulary
The largest area of land on Earth.
What is continent?
What is ocean?
The continent we live on.
What is North America?
The two ways that Earth can change.
What is quickly and slowly?
The reason it is important to use natural resources wisely.
What are some resources can't be replace?
Something found in nature that is useful to people.
What is natural resource?
The two parts of Earth.
What is land and water?
The number of continents on Earth.
What is 7?
Earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides.
What are ways that Earth changes quickly?
Turning off the water while brushing your teeth.
What is reduce?
An opening in Earth's crust that can erupt with lava, ash, and hot gasses.
What is volcano?
The Three R's to help use natural resources wisely.
What is reduce, reuse, and recycle?
The number of oceans.
What is 5?
Weathering and erosion.
What are ways that Earth changes slowly?
Plastic, paper, and cans.
What are things that can be recycled?
The wearing down of the Earth's surface by water or wind.
What is weathering?
The hard objects found in the Earth that have bright, beautiful color.
What are minerals?
Soil is necessary for this to live and grow.
What are plants?
The movement of broken down rocks and soil.
What is erosion?
Trees, sunlight, honey, wind, and water.
What are examples of natural resources?
A mixture of very small bits of rocks, minerals, and other materials.
What is soil?
The types of soil found on Earth.
What is sand, silt, clay, humus, and loam?
The material that makes rock and gives it their colors.
The causes of weathering.
What are water, wind, and plant roots?
To create, build things, and make things.
What are ways people use natural resources?