LANDFORMS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
FOSSIL FUELS
NIGHT AND DAY
5TH GRADE TEACHERS
100
How are canyons formed?
River weathering and eroding high lands over thousands of years.
100
Compaction and cementation of leaves, soil and grass over millions of years creates what natural resource?
Coal
100
What are fossil fuels made from?
Dead plants and animals.
100
What is the length of Earth's rotation?
24 hours
100
Before 5th grade, Mrs. Vandercook taught what grade?
First
200
How are u-shaped valleys formed?
By glaciers.
200
Most sedimentary rock forms in the ocean. This is because oceans -
A) emit much less pollution than most other habitats
B) receive the majority of the Sun's energy
C) have fewer plants and animals than on land
D) are where most bits of broken rock get deposited
D) are where most bits of broken rock get deposited
200
TRUE OR FALSE
Natural gas and oil are fossil fuels.
TRUE
200
What is the length of Earth's revolution?
365 days.
200
What month is Ms. Conn getting married?
April
300
What landform would we see river streams slowing down when it gets to a larger body of water and depositing sediments that it carried along the way?
Delta
300
Bits of broken rock
Sediments
300
Fossil fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -
A) plants use the nutrients in sediments to grow
B) organic matter is buried along with sediments
C) rivers carry sediments down mountainsides
D) sediments are used by humans as a resource
B) organic matter is buried along with sediments
300
Draw lines and arrows to show movement of Earth and the Moon in relation to each other and the Sun.
300
What is Mr. Dooley's favorite card game?
Magic
400
How are caves formed?
Water eroding the rocks.
400
During this process, the bits of rock are pressed tightly together.
Compaction
400
Exerting a force on something else is known as?
Pressure
400
What causes shadows to change lengths during the day?
Earth rotating.
400
Ms. Prengler and Mr. Lam ran into each other recently at what grocery store?
A) Tom Thumb
B) Trader Joes
C) Kroger
D) Market Street
B) Trader Joes
500
Mr. Dooley was digging up a hole in his backyard for a fire pit last weekend. He covered the dirt from the hole with a tarp. He will finish the fire pit this weekend. Why did he cover the dirt with the tarp?
In case the weather changes and it rains or gusty winds will move that dirt back into the hole that he dug.
500
Forms from dead plants that sink to the bottoms of swamps over millions of years.
Coal
500
Made from plant or animal material.
Organic matter
500
What happens to the length of shadows in the afternoon?
The length of the shadows increase.
500
Who is the only 5th grade teacher that does not have an iPhone?
Mr. Dooley