Earth's Features/Random
Fast Changes to Earth
Slow Changes to Earth
Natural Resources
Weather Changes
100
Large bodies of salt water.
What are Oceans?
100
A shaking of the Earth's surface.
What is an earthquake?
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces over time.
What is weathering?
100
Is a tree a natural resource? Why?
Yes, because it is a plant and it comes from nature.
100
What is the word for how the air feels outside?
Weather
200
Huge areas of land on Earth are called...
What are continents?
200
A place where hot melted rock comes out of the ground.
What is a volcano?
200
The movement of weathered rock from one place to another.
What is erosion?
200
Something made from a natural resource for people to use.
What is a product?
200
Measures the temperature either in Fahrenheit or Celsius
What is a thermometer?
300
Hot melted rock INSIDE a volcano is called...
What is magma?
300
An overflow of water on land.
What is a flood?
300
Can most plants survive in a drought? Why?
There is no water. The land is very dry.
300
Name 3 products.
Pasta, towels, paper, furniture, pencils, paper, t-shirt....
300
This instrument measures the amount of rain fall or precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
400
What can stop erosion?
Trees and other plants
400
Melted rock that flows onto land.
What is lava?
400
A long time with very little or no rain is called?
What is drought?
400
Name 3 natural resources.
Air, water, soil, trees, rocks, wheat, plants....
400
A group of tiny drops of water or ice crystals are called...?
What are clouds?
500
Name 2 products we can make or get from animals.
Eggs, clothing....
500
Fast earth changes can happen in _______, _________ or _________. (hint: think of the time)
minutes, hours or days
500
__________ and __________ can cause erosion.
What is wind and water?
500
Is paper a natural resource or a product? Why?
Product - because it is something made by people for us to use.
500
Name the 4 types of clouds.
Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus, Cumulonimbus
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