Soil/Resources
Solar System
Weather
Environments
Landforms/Rapid Changes
100
Rock being broken down into smaller pieces.
What is weathering
100
The path a planet takes around the sun.
What is an orbit
100
Snow, rain, sleet and hail are examples of this.
What is precipitation?
100
The process of change by which an organism becomes better suited to its environment.
What are adaptations?
100
The downward and outward movement of rock and soil down the side of a hill or mountain.
What is a landslide
200
Anything people can use that comes from nature. Examples are: air, soil, trees, water, plants, sun, wind and minerals.
What are natural resources
200
This provides the heat energy for the water cycle.
What is the sun
200
This weather instrument is like a graduated cylinder. It measures the amount of precipitation during a specific amount of time.
What is a rain gauge?
200
All the plants and animals found in a particular location.
What are ecosystems?
200
This rapid change occurs when hot magma from below the earth's crust is pushed up and out creating "new land"
What is a volcano
300
This is formed by the weathering of rock and the decomposition of plants and animal remains.
What is soil
300
This is the center of our solar system. It is a medium size star and made up of gases. It provides light and heat energy to our earth.
What is the Sun
300
A weather vane is used to measure this.
What is wind direction?
300
A child learning to play the piano is an example of a _______ behavior.
What is learned?
300
This type of landform usually has steep sides and can be snowcapped.
What are mountains.
400
Name a product that we get from a cow (natural resource)
What is leather, shoes, clothes, purses ect.
400
The moon revolves around the _______
What is the Earth
400
Weather forecasts use this unit when telling the temperature.
What is Fahrenheit?
400
A term we use to describe when the stem and roots begin to grow under the soil.
What is germinate?
400
A low area of land between hills or mountains.
What are valleys
500
Name one way that rocks break down.
What is ice, water, wind or temperature change?
500
The order of the planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
Wind direction is always described as moving from _______ to _______.
What is North to South?
500
When an organism survives and does well in a its environment, we say it ________
What is thrives?
500
Name four of the landforms we learned about in Science.
What are mountains, hill, valleys, plains
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