Moving Earth
Question: What are three natural things that can move and change land?
Answer: Wind, water, and ice
Question: What is a glacier?
Answer: A large, slow-moving mass of ice
Question: What two natural forces shaped places like the Grand Canyon?
Answer: Water and ice
Question: What is one way humans can change the land?
Answer: Farming
Question: What do fossils tell us about dinosaurs?
Answer: They lived millions of years ago
Question: What can carry soil and rocks to new places?
Answer: Water
Question: How do glaciers form?
Answer: From snow that packs together over many years
Question: What happens when wind wears away rocks over time?
Answer: Erosion
Question: What is another way humans change Earth’s surface?
Answer: Building cities and towns
Question: What is a fossil?
Answer: The remains or traces of a living thing
Question: What slowly moves and can scrape the land?
Answer: Ice
Question: What can melting glaciers create?
Answer: Rivers and runoff
Question: How are layers of Earth built up over time?
Answer: By wind and rain
Question: What does stewardship mean?
Answer: Taking care of the Earth
Question: What kind of environment did Alberta have long ago?
Answer: Lush tropical forests
Question: What can blow sand and dirt to form new land shapes?
Answer: Wind
Question: What can glaciers do to the land as they move?
Answer: Carve valleys and shape the land
Question: What is it called when land is worn away and moved?
Answer: Erosion
Question: What is one way people can protect soil?
Answer: Planting trees or plants
Question: Where can fossils be found in Alberta?
Answer: The badlands and other areas like Grande Cache and Fort McMurray
Question: What do we call natural things that change Earth’s surface over time?
Answer: Natural forces
Question: What is causing glaciers to melt faster?
Answer: Both natural and human causes
Question: What is it called when soil and rocks are dropped in a new place?
Answer: Deposition
Question: Do only humans change Earth, or do natural forces also play a role?
Answer: Both humans and natural forces
Question: Are fossils only found underground?
Answer: No