Mad Scientist
A good scientist always practices____________
SAFETY
Soil
Name the two types of rocks that we tumbled
Granite and Conglomerate
We live in what county and state?
Lawrence County, Alabama
The best 4th grade Science teacher you've ever had is _____________
Mrs Brooke!
This type of scientist studies the weather
Meteorologist
Soil is made of these 3 things___________
Rocks, Humus, and Organisms
The rock that was "untouched" was called the___________
Control
The name Alabama means ____________
"To clear the thicket"
The river that forms part of the border between Alabama and Georgia is the
Chattahoochee
This type of scientist studies ocean life
A Marine Biologist
Name all the different types of rocks
Pebbles, Silt, Sand, Clay, Gravel
Weathering is when big rocks break into smaller rocks
Alabama became a state in this year
1819
Helen Keller was ______ and _________.
She was born in _______________.
blind, deaf, Tuscumbia
The scientific word for the "guess" of how an experiment will turn out.
Hypothesis
What is HUMUS
Dead plants and animals that have become part of the soil
What is the difference between physical and chemical weathering
Physical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces WITHOUT changing what its made of. Chemical weathering changes the mineral makeup.
Thousands of year ago people came to Alabama in search of _____________
Food
George Washington Carver's nickname is the
"Peanut Man"
In our video on Scientists- most all of the scientist said that they put together ______________ or solve ______________.
puzzles, problems
What evidence does the composition of soil provide about where it came from.
Soil is made of humus and rocks such as gravel, silt, sand, pebbles, and clay. In our investigation we found out that when we add water to soil and let it settle- it forms layers and based off of how much of each kind of material is in each layer- it gives us clues about where it comes from. Example- sand/desert gravel/mountains humus/forest.
Name 4 ways weathering occurs in nature
Landslides, water freezing in cracks, Tornadoes, Wind storms, Earthquakes, Tsunami, etc.
William Wyatt Bibb was Alabamas first ________ and he was also a ______________
governor, doctor
What is the name of our Science Unit 1? (First line in our Table of Contents that we highlighted)
Soils, Rocks, and Landforms