The Solar System
Three R's
Earth's Water
Earth's Land
Earth's layers
100
What is the name of the big object that orbits (goes around) the earth?
The Moon
100
What are the Three R's? Give an example for each one.
Reduce - Cycle to school uses less gas. Reuse - Use an egg box for paints. Recycle - Make new paper from old paper.
100
What type of water are the oceans made of?
Salty water
100
What word means "the shapes of Earth's land"?
Landforms
100
Name the Earth's layers from INSIDE to OUTSIDE.
Core, Mantle and Crust
200
What is our closest star?
The Sun
200
What is the name of a material from nature that we use in daily life?
Natural Resource.
200
How much of the Earth's surface is covered by the oceans?
3/4 or 75%
200
What is a tall rocky landform with a pointed top?
Mountain
200
Is the Mantle solid, liquid or part solid and part liquid?
Part solid and part liquid
300
Name all 8 planets in our Solar System BACKWARDS!
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus and Mercury
300
What is a hard non-living material called that makes up rocks?
Mineral
300
What type of water are lakes, rivers and streams full of?
Fresh Water.
300
What are the 7 great land areas called?
Continents
300
What is a hole through the Earth's crust to the mantle called?
A volcano
400
Which is the hottest planet?
Venus
400
What Mineral is used to make your pencil?
Graphite
400
Give three examples of how you used water today.
Answer will vary.
400
Can you name the 7 Continents?
Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
400
Which is the hottest layer of the Earth?
The core
500
What is the name of the star pattern that looks like a hunter?
Orion
500
What mineral is used to make Toothpaste?
Flourite
500
What do people build to carry goods and people around the worlds oceans?
Ships or Boats
500
What word beginning with "S" describes the shape of a globe?
Sphere
500
Give 3 reasons why plants and animals cannot live in the mantle or the core.
It's too hot. There is no air. There is no sunlight...
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