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Materials from the Earth
Soil
Natural Resources
Chapter Vocabulary
100
This material forms in the earth from non-living matter.
What is a mineral?
100
This is found in soil and a material that plants and animals need to live and grow.
What is a nutrient?
100
This is used for making glass.
What is sand?
100
This means to slowly break down or rot.
What is decay?
200
These are the hardened parts or marks left by an organism that lived a long time ago.
What are fossils?
200
This soil feels very smooth because the particles are close together.
What is clay soil?
200
We pump this natural resource out of the earth to heat our homes.
What is liquid fuel/gas.
200
This is to change something so it can be used again.
What is recycle?
300
This is a material that can be burned for useful heat.
What is fuel?
300
This soil is very loose and easy to dig.
What is sandy soil?
300
This is a fuel that forms from plants that gre in swampy areas millions of years ago. It's a type of rock.
What is coal?
300
This is to use a resource carefully so it won't be used up.
What is conserve?
400
This is something that comes from the earth and is used by living things.
What is a natural resource?
400
This is formed when organisms die and decay.
What is humus?
400
This is a type of rock that forms in layers out of bits of snad, rocks, soils, and sometimes shells.
What is sandstone?
400
This is where garbage is buried.
What is a landfill?
500
These are rocks that have large amounts of useful minerals.
What is ore?
500
This soil is a mixture of different kinds and holds water well. It has many nutrients.
What is loam?
500
This is a natural resource used for making glass.
What is sand?
500
This is what we should do to old paper, cans, bottles, plastic, etc.
What is recycle?