Rocks/Landforms
Name one property of a rock.
Rocks can be small or large. They can be heavy or light. They can be smooth or rough. They can be round or flat, shiny or dull.
Can rocks be made of minerals?
Yes, minerals come in lots of different colors.
What is an area at the edge of a lake or the ocean? They are often sandy.
Beach
Some landforms rise above Earth's surface. They weather to create other landforms. What is a high, steep area of land? Plateua or Mountain.
Some of these are volcanoes, but not all of them.
Mountain.
What is an animal that lives in soil?
Worms
Rocks in rivers are smooth or rough?
Rocks in a river become smooth from rubbing against one another.
What kind of rock is bigger? Cobbles or Pebbles.
Cobbles are bigger than pebles.
What is a mound or hill of sand formed by wind? Plain or Sand dune.
Sand dune.
What is a low, flat, level of land? Delta or Plain.
They are found in the center of the United States.
Plain
Coral reefs can be found in which kind of water? Fresh or Salt.
Salt water.
What kind of rock is smaller? Pebbles or Gravel.
Gravel because pebbles are bigger than gravel.
Gravel and sand are mixed together with cement and water. Cement is like glue. It holds the mixture together. When the mixture gets hard, it makes concrete.
What are gravel and sand used to make?
Sidewalks
What is a hill with steep sides and a flat top? Mesa or Butte.
Butte. A butte is smaller than a mesa.
Some landforms are formed by weathering and erosion. What is a low-area between mountains? Canyon or Valley.
Rivers can make a v-shape. Glaciers can make a u-shape.
Valley
Where is salt water found? Streams/Rivers/Ponds/Lakes or Seas/Oceans
Seas/Oceans.
What is an area of high, nearly flat land? Mountain or Plateau.
They cover a lot of area.
Plateau.
Pebbles and gravel are part of the mixture called asphalt. What can asphalt be used to make?
Streets and playgrounds.
Some landforms are formed by eruption. Lava, ash, and gases escape from ?
Volcano
What is a fan-shaped deposit of earth materials? They form at the mouth of a river or stream.
Delta
Where is fresh water found? Seas/Oceans or Streams/Rivers/Ponds/Lakes
streams, rivers, ponds, lakes.
What is weathering?
Wind and water move and rub rocks together. Over time, rocks break apart. They can get smaller and smaller. They can break into very tiny rocks.
Even the tiniest rocks are useful. Clay is made up of rocks that are tinier than sand. They are so small that you can't see only one rock with your eyes.
What can people use clay to mold?
Cups, Plates, Pottery, Etc.
What is a deep shaped v-valley?
Canyon. Rivers erode the steep sides of canyons.
What is a wide, flat-topped hill? Mesa or Butte.
It has at least one steep side.
Mesa
Some of the tiny rocks and minerals in soil are called? Soil or Silt.
Silt.