Soil and Natural Resources
What type of soil would have a large amount of decomposing plants and animals?
a. gravel
b. loam
c. clay
d. sand
b. loam
What does the Sun give energy to?
a. the Milky Way Galaxy
b. other stars
c. organisms
d. all of the above
c. organisms
What would you not use in an investigation about weather?
a. wind speed and air temperature
b. precipitation and humidity
c. Celcius thermometer and rain guage
d. meter stick and spring scale
d. meter stick and spring scale
Which of the following is not a planet?
a. Pluto
b. Moon
c. Sun
d. all of the above
What would have occurred if the room started to shake and books fell off the bookshelf?
a. landslide
b. earthquake
c. volcano
d. hurricane
b. earthquake
What is the process where rocks or Earth's surfaces are being chipped away by elements?
Which does not happen in soil formation?
a. decay
b. time
c. earthworms
d. metamorphosis
d. metamorphosis
What is the Sun composed of?
gases
Why would you want to track the weather?
a. predict the weather for the upcoming week
b. look for patterns in temperature
c. determine what date winter will begin
b. look for patterns in temperature
What is the center of our Solar System?
the Sun
What tool would you use to measure how wide the damage is from a landslide?
a. yard stick
b. graduated cylinder
c. meter stick
d. ruler
c. meter stick
What would the top layer of soil most likely be made of?
a. wet sand and sticky clay
b. small pieces of rock and decaying organisms
c. rough gravel and smooth pebbles
d. soil bedrock
b. small pieces of rock and decaying organisms
a. The Moon stays in one place as the Earth orbits the Sun.
b. The Moon travels around the Earth as the Earth orbits the Sun.
c. The Sun travels around Earth as the Moon orbits the Sun.
d. Earth orbits the Moon as the Sun stays in one place.
b. The Moon travels around the Earth as the Earth orbits the Sun.
What are the 4 types of precipitation?
rain, sleet, snow, hail
What planet is between Mars and Saturn?
Jupiter
Which forces rapidly change Earth's surface?
a. decomposing rocks and soil
b. earthquakes and volcanoes
c. weathering and landslides
d. tsunamis and thunderstorms
b. earthquakes and volcanoes
Which is the best way to conserve natural resources?
a. throw away paper in the trash can
b. pour water down the sink
c. plant trees because you used logs to build a treehouse
d. having a car wash
c. plant trees because you used logs to build a treehouse
Put the Earth, Sun, and Moon in order from smallest to largest.
Moon, Earth, Sun
What is the measure of how hot or cold something is?
temperature
What is the only planet that has life on it, that we know of?
Earth
What type of rapid change to Earth's surface has a magma chamber?
Which of the following is a natural resource?
a. candle
b. sunlight
c. computer
d. picture frame
b. sunlight
Which could you use to describe the sizes of the Earth, Sun, and Moon?
a. Sun-marble, Moon-baseball, Earth-beach ball
b. Sun-baseball, Moon-beach ball, Earth-marble
c. Sun-beach ball, Moon-marble, Earth-baseball
d. Sun-beach ball, Moon-baseball, Earth-marble
c. Sun-beach ball, Moon-marble, Earth-baseball
What do you use to measure the amount of rain that fell?
rain guage
Write the 8 planets in order from the Sun. Spelled correctly.
What is caused by an earthquake underwater?
tsunami