Water Cycle
Rocks, Minerals, and Soil
Fossils
Environments and Animals
Weather
100
Most of the water on Earth is found here.
What is the ocean?
100
This is what all rocks are made of.
What are minerals?
100
This is the type of rock where fossils are most commonly found.
What is sedimentary rock?
100
This is the type of environment Utah would be if left in its natural state.
What is a desert?
100
These clouds look thin and wispy and can signal an upcoming change in the weather, such as a storm approaching.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
This is what happens when liquid water changes to water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200
This type of rock is formed from layers of sediments under lots of pressure.
What is a sedimentary rock?
200
This is what trilobite fossils found in limestone around Utah shows.
What is Utah used to be the sea floor of an ancient ocean? What are some parts of Utah used to be swampy wetlands? (Other answers may be acceptable)
200
This environment would have the most coniferous trees.
What is a forest?
200
This is what causes rain to turn to snow.
What is a colder temperature?
300
The stage of the water cycle where water vapor changes into liquid water.
What is condensation?
300
This type of rock is created from another rock that has been changed by heat and pressure.
What is a metamorphic rock?
300
This fossil is created when an animal steps into the mud, is sometimes buried, and eventually hardens into solid rock.
What is a trace fossil?
300
Name five different categories of vertebrates.
What is a mammal, reptile, fish, bird, and amphibian?
300
This is the name of the tool that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
400
This is what determines what state of matter water takes.
What is temperature?
400
These are the three layers of soil.
What are topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock?
400
This type of fossil is created in amber, tar, or ice and keeps the organism close to its original state.
What is a preserved remains fossil?
400
Name an important difference between a reptile and an amphibian.
A reptile breathes air all its life, but an amphibian lives part of its life cycle underwater. Reptiles have dry, scaly skin while amphibians have slimy, smooth skin. (Other answers may be acceptable)
400
This is the name of a tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
500
This is the source of energy that causes liquid water to turn into water vapor.
What is the sun?
500
This is the process of breaking apart rocks and moving the sediments to another place.
What is weathering and erosion?
500
This type of fossil is formed when an organism dies, leaving behind an imprint of its shape which fills with minerals and sediments. This creates a "copy" of the original organism.
What is a mold and cast fossil?
500
This is what you must know about an animal or plant to use a classification, or dichotomous, key.
What are physical characteristics?
500
This is the name of a tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
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