Natural Resources and Earth's History
What is the Middle East's biggest resource?
Oil
What is one way to prevent or cause less pollution?
Several possibilities, teacher will decide
What is the only planet known to have life called?
Earth
What is the outermost layer of earth called?
Crust
What is the name of the cycle that explains how rocks change into different rocks?
Rock Cycle
What is sun energy called?
Solar energy
Is "marine debris" an effect of water, land, or air pollution?
Water pollution
What is it called when the moon goes in front of the sun or the sun in front of the moon?
Eclipse
What are the large pieces of earth that move around called?
Plates
What is the name of a rock made up of tiny pieces of sediment that form layers under pressure?
Sedimentary Rock
What is a really old bone of a dead animal or plant from long ago called?
Fossil
What is the name of the cycle that includes precipitation, evaporation, condensation, and so on?
Water Cycle
How many planets are there?
8 (9 if you include Pluto)
What is the boundary between two plates where volcanoes and earthquakes happen called?
Fault
What is the name of a rock that is formed under heat and pressure?
Metamorphic Rock
What does it mean when something goes "extinct"?
The entire species dies out.
What is it called when earth is changing temperatures due to pollution and greenhouse gases?
Climate Change
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
What type of boundary is there when two plates move away from each other?
Divergent boundary
What is the name of a rock that is made in when lava cools and hardens?
Igneous Rock
When did modern humans first appear?
2 million years ago
What is the name of the measurement of how much pollution you cause?
Human footprint
What is the moon phase called when you can't see the moon at all in the sky?
New Moon
In what state in the United States are there lots of volcanoes due to that state being on a boundary?
Hawaii
What is it called when rock is broken down by things like wind, rain, and water?
Erosion