What Can We Find on Earth
Soil
Water
Protecting the Earth
Potpurri
100
What is anything people can use from nature?
A natural resource.
100
What is silt made of?
Medium bits of rock.
100
Water that is not salty is called _____________ water.
fresh
100
Waste that harms the land, water, and air.
Pollution
100
I put old paper in the _______________ bin so it can be used to make new paper.
recycle
200
We make products like shampoo, iced tea, and lotion from this natural resource.
Water.
200
Why are soils different colors?
They have different materials in them.
200
A large body of water with land all around it.
A lake.
200
How does riding bikes help the earth?
It keeps the air clean.
200
My birdfeeder is an old water bottle I filled with seeds and hung from a tree. I am ___________ the water bottle.
reusing
300
What natural resource do we use to make socks?
Cotton plants.
300
What can we use to observe the bits of rock in soil more closely?
A magnifying glass or hand lens.
300
What is a difference between a river and an ocean?
A river has fresh water, an ocean has salt water. The size: oceans are bigger than rivers.
300
What does reduce mean?
To use less of something.
300
What products can humans make from rocks?
Jewlery, houses
400
Name 5 natural resources.
Examples: Water, Air, Rocks, Soil, Plants, Animals
400
If we observe one soil is brown and one is black, which property are we observing?
The color.
400
Name one way we can stay safe around water.
Stay with a parent.
Wear a life jacket.
Learn how to swim.
Stay in the shallow end.
Any other appropriate response.
400
To use old things to make something new
Recycle
400
I use a sieve to sort the soil into different parts. What makes up soil?
Bits of rock and once living things.
500
Something made by people or machines for people to use.
A product.
500
What is one product you can make from soil?
Bricks (or any other appropriate answer).
500
Why do we need water?
To stay healthy. To drink it.
500
I fill my water bottle when it is empty. I am ____________ it rather than throwing it away.
reusing
500
What makes soil rich or best for growing plants?
once living things