Earth and the Moon
Types of Rocks/Minerals
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Earth's Surface and its processes
Weather
100
List the following in order from BIGGEST to SMALLEST; moon, Earth, sun.
What is sun, Earth, moon.
100
What characteristic can you observe on a rock just by looking at it.
What is grain size.
100
Which of these is a renewable resource? (oil, coal, metal, or wood)
What is wood
100
What landform exists only at places where land meets and ocean
What is a coastline
100
What property does an anemometer measure.
What is wind speed
200
How long does Earth take to revolve around the sun?
What is about a year.
200
What property of minerals could most likely be tested using a paper clip
What is magnetism
200
Which part of a forest is nonrenewable?
What is soil?
200
Which of these best describes the result on rocks from weathering by a fast-moving river? (rocks with large cracks, smooth, rounded rocks, rocks with jagged edges, or large rocks carried from different places)
What is smooth, rounded rocks
200
What are you trying to explain when you put a paper cup with a piece of paper inside it, upside down in water?
What is that air takes up space.
300
Why are the months of December and January colder in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is the Earth's axis is tilted away from the sun.
300
Name two properties of minerals.
What are (accept 2 from list) color, streak, hardness, cleavage, magnetism, luster, reaction to acid
300
What are the main parts of soil?
What is humus and rocks
300
How can weathering, erosion, and deposition most help people?
What is it can cause soil to form.
300
In what form does water exist in the air
What is water vapor
400
Describe the motion of the Earth and the moon.
What is the moon revolves around Earth.
400
This type of rock forms when existing rock is changed by heat or pressure
What is metamorphic
400
Which one of these human actions will waste water? (taking shorter showers, watering the lawn less often, letting a leaky faucet drip, or running the dishwasher only when it is full)
What is letting a leaky faucet drip
400
Give an example of how erosion may effect a beach.
What is waves pick up sand and carry it away causing a beach to get smaller.
400
What changes does water go through when a cloud is formed?
What is condensation or gathers around dust particles
500
Describe the motion of Earth and the moon through space: include revolving, moon, Earth, and sun, in your answer.
Earth revolves around the sun, and the moon revolves around Earth.
500
If a scientist finds fossil A towards the surface of a sedimentary rock and fossil B farther down. What can you conclude about the two fossils?
Fossil B is older because it was lower in the layers.
500
Name two fossil fuels.
What is coal, oil, natural gas. (only need two)
500
Which is the best description for Earth's layers: (it is solid rock all the way through), (it is mostly solid metal with a hot liquid core), (it has a thin outer crust, a liquid middle layer, and a solid core), or (it has a thin outer crust, solid rock middle layer, and a liquid metal core.)
What is it has a thin outer crust, a liquid middle layer, and a solid core.
500
What type of front is approaching when there are strong storms predicted for an area?
What is a cold front
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