Landforms
Bodies of Water
Fast Changes
Slow Changes
Fossils
100
True or false. A glacier is a landform.
False. A glacier is made of ice, which is frozen water.
100
What covers most of Earth?
Water
100
What type of fast change is this?
Volcano
100
True or false. Weathering and erosion take a long time.
True
100
True or false. Fossils can be old teeth or shells.
True
200
What do we call a natural feature on Earth?
Landform
200
What is a large body of moving ice?
Glaciers
200
What type of fast change is this?
Earthquake
200
What is when wind, water, or other causes move rocks and soil?
Erosion
200
What is a print or part of a plant or animal that lived long ago called?
Fossil
300
Would you see a hill on a plain?
No. Plains are flat and hills are raised parts of the land.
300
Name 3 bodies of fresh water.
-Ponds
-Lakes
-Rivers
-Streams
-Glaciers
300
How are earthquakes and volcanos similar?
They both change land quickly.
300
What is when water, ice, or wind breaks down rocks into smaller pieces?
Weathering
300
What is a plant or animal that no longer lives on Earth called?
Extinct
400
What is the difference between a mountain and a hill?
A mountain is a high, large landform with a peak. A hill is a raised area of land that is not as tall as a mountain.
400
Put the following in order by size.
-Ponds
-Oceans
-Lakes
-Oceans
-Lakes
-Ponds
400
How are earthquakes and volcanos different?
Earthquakes cause the land to crack. Volcanos can explode and send rock/ash into the air and on the ground.
400
Name 2 things that cause weathering.
-Water
-Wind
400
Name 2 things that fossils show us.
-size and shape of animals long ago
-clues about things that don't live on Earth anymore
-how the Earth has changed
500
Name the vocabulary word that goes with each definition.
1. A large, flat area of land.
2. The low land between mountains or hills.
3. Land that is completely surrounded by water.
1. Plain
2. Valley
3. Island
500
Match each body of water below.
1. A fresh water source that forms when water fills low places on land.
2. A large body of salt water that covers most of Earth.
3. This water source runs downhill and is headed towards the ocean or another body of water.
1. Lakes/Ponds
2. Ocean
3. Rivers/ Streams
500
Where do most of the volcanos happen on Earth?
Ring of Fire
500
Name three things that cause erosion.
-Glaciers
-Living things
-Gravity
-Water
-Wind
500
How do fossils form?
1. Animal Dies
2. It is covered by layers of mud and sand
3. These layers and what is left of the animal turn to rock
4. A print of the animal is left behind