Unit 5 Lesson 4
What is an effect of a fire on an environment?
Animals move to safer places. Trees are burned.
What is an earthquake?
Shaking of Earth's surface.
What is a drought?
A long time with very little rain.
How can you stop erosion?
Plant trees to hold the soil in place.
What is a product that comes from plants?
Bread, paper
What is a natural resource?
Something that people don't make.
What is a volcano?
A place where hot melted rock comes out of the ground.
What changes the shape of rocks over time?
Weathering and erosion.
What is a natural resource?
Anything from nature that people can use.
What is one natural resource you used today?
Water to brush teeth, shower.
How can people hurt the environment? How do they help the environment?
They help by planting trees. They hurt by causing pollution.
What is a flood?
When streams, rivers and lakes overflow. Too much water.
What changes the Earth's surface FAST?
Flood, volcano, earthquake.
How do people use water?
Drink, cook, bathe, travel by boat
What can you make with cotton?
Socks, t-shirt
How does kudzu change the environment?
It grows over other trees.
What is weathering?
When wind and water break down rock into smaller pieces.
What changes the Earth's surface SLOWLY?
Weathering and erosion.
How do people use plants?
Food, build wood furniture, make cotton clothes, make paper products
What resource do cows give us?
Meat, cheese, milk
How do beavers change the environment? What do they build?
They build dams that make ponds and stop the water from flowing.
When wind and water move rocks and soil.
Can a drought last for minutes or years?
YEARS!
What is a product?
Something made by people or machines for people to use.
How can natural resources change how an area grows? (Seattle story)
They bring jobs and money to the area.