Explorers
This explorer sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
The king and queen of _______ gave Columbus the three ships that he sailed to the Americas.
Spain
A landform that is completely surrounded by water is called an _______.
Island
This type of natural disaster has an eye.
Hurricane
_______ happens when rocks and sediments are picked up and moved to another place.
Erosion
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
The Silk Road was a trade route across this continent.
Asia
Compasses point north because the Earth is a giant _______.
Magnet
This can happen when an area does not get enough rain.
Forest fire.
A big sheet of ice called a ______ carved out the Finger Lakes.
Glacier
This explorer's father and grandfather also explored Asia, but he became famous because he wrote a book about it.
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus was born in this country.
Italy
Christopher Columbus aimed to circumnavigate the globe with his fleet. What does "circumnavigate" mean?
To travel all the way around the world.
If an earthquake happens on the ocean floor, it could trigger a ________.
Tsunami.
What are the 4 different ways that erosion can take place?
wind, water, ice, gravity
This explorer wrote about many animals that Europeans had never seen before, such as rhinos, crocodiles and tigers.
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean Islands after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Where did he think he was?
India
Columbus' crew brought something other than weapons with them from Europe that killed many of the Native Americans. What was it?
Smallpox (and other diseases) (yucky)
One of these forms when lower layers of rock and soil erode away.
Sinkhole.
If water gets into cracks in a rock and then freezes, what might happen to the rock? (2 answers for DOUBLE POINTS!)
It might break into pieces as the water thaws back to water. This is called mechanical weathering.
Sacagawea helped these 2 explorers navigate across North America.
Lewis and Clark
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to circle the Earth in this type of vehicle.
A space shuttle.
SUPER BONUS:
What were the names of Columbus' 3 ships?
Niña, Pinta, Santa Maria
When earth's tectonic plates spread apart, push into each other or slide against one another, it can cause an ________.
Earthquake
When rocks are dissolved into smaller and smaller pieces, this is called _______.
Chemical weathering