Natural Resources
Name a natural resource
water, soil, plants, animals, etc
What does it mean to conserve natural resources?
By saving, protecting (reduce, reuse, recycle)
What is pollution?
Something harmful to the environment.
What is a force?
A push or a pull?
What is an orbit?
One object in space going around another object.
What are natural resources?
Things from nature that people use.
How can we conserve water?
Turning it off while doing things like brushing our teeth.
Smoke from a factory pollutes what?
Air
Gravity is ________
a force that pulls things down.
A star and all the planets that revolve around it is called _________
A solar system
How do we use plants?
For food, wood for building
What are the 3 Rs?
Reduce, reuse, recycle
What part of the environment would trash in a river pollute?
The water
________ is a force caused by magnets.
Magnetism
Name the 9 planets in order from closest to the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name a man-made object
multiple responses
How can we use the 3 Rs on a water bottle?
Use less bottles, use them more than once, put them into a recycling bin
When humans drive cars, are they reducing pollution?
No.
Describe a force that acts at a distance.
Gravity, magnets of the same pole
True or false: some planets are named for Roman gods
True.
Is sunlight natural?
Yes.
Can a poster be reused, reduced, or recycled? If so, which and how?
It can be recycled because it is paper. It can be turned into another paper product.
Give an example of one way to reduce pollution
multiple responses
What force keeps the planets orbiting the sun?
The sun's gravity
The moon _____ Earth and the _____ orbits the sun.
orbits; Earth