Earth’s Surface and Resources
What are three natural resources?
Water, soil, and sunlight
What form of energy allows you to see things?
What is light energy?
What is the star at the center of our solar system?
What is the Sun?
What tool is used to measure temperature?
What is a thermometer?
What do we call animals that break down dead plants and animals?
What are decomposers?
What causes slow changes to Earth’s surface?
Weathering and erosion.
What kind of energy comes from the vibrations of particles and allows us to hear?
What is sound energy?
What tool is used to identify the position of stars and constellations?
What is a star chart?
What state of matter takes the shape of its container but has a definite volume?
What is a liquid?
What are the basic needs of all living things?
Food, water, air, and shelter.
How can people prevent soil erosion?
By planting trees or using mulch.
Which energy transformation happens in a toaster?
What is electrical to thermal energy?
What causes the seasons on Earth?
The tilt of the Earth's axis.
Which property of matter can be measured using a magnet?
What is magnetism?
What is a food web?
A system of interconnected food chains.
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Renewable resources can be replaced; nonrenewable cannot be replaced quickly.
A solar panel collects what kind of energy?
What is solar (or radiant) energy?
What are the repeating patterns of the Moon called?
What are the moon phases?
What happens to most substances when they are heated?
They expand.
How do inherited traits help an animal survive?
They help the animal adapt to its environment.
What is deposition?
The dropping or settling of sediments in a new location.
What type of circuit is needed for electricity to flow?
What is a closed circuit?
What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
Rotation is spinning on an axis (1 day); revolution is orbiting around the Sun (1 year).
What is the density rule that determines if an object will sink or float?
If it’s more dense than water, it sinks; less dense, it floats
Give an example of a structural adaptation.
Answers vary – webbed feet in ducks for swimming.