Earth, Soil, Rocks
What is soil? (it is NOT dirt)
A mix of humus and rocks.
Deposition
What is stored in a D-cell battery that makes a light bulb light or a motor run?
Energy
True or False: Letting your weeds grow in your yard is one way to help save the honeybees.
True
Geese flying South during the winter and killer whales following their food source across the ocean is an example of MIGRATION or HIBERNATION?
True or False: When it rains, the water moves slower down a mountain then it does along a flat street.
False
What natural disaster occurs when the soil cannot absorb enough of the large amount of water?
Flood
What two ends of a battery need to be touching to pass along the energy?
Positive and Negative
What do you call a living thing that only eats meat?
Carnivore
In a food chain, when one animal eats another animal or plant, what is being passed along?
Energy
When water gets trapped inside cracks in a rock and the temperature is cold enough for water to freeze, what will happen to the water and THEN what will happen to the rock?
The water will expand and cause the rock to crack or break.
What natural disaster causes a sudden movement of the earth's crust along a fault?
An Earthquake
In a circuit, if a switch is closed, can energy pass through?
Yes because it is a complete circuit.
Name one adaptation that helps a penguin survive in the Arctic?
Results may vary.
What do you call a living thing that makes it own food using energy from the sun?
Producer
When soil is "washed away" along a river bank after a big storm, that is an example of WEATHERING, EROSION, OR DEPOSITION?
Erosion
How does a volcanic eruption change the surface of the earth?
All conductors are made out of THIS material because they allow energy to move THROUGH IT.
Metal
What do you call an area where plants and animals naturally live and grow?
A Habitat
What are the three things that habitats provide to the plants and animals that live there to help them survive?
Food, Water, Shelter
What's the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Renewable resources can be used again and again. Nonrenewable resources are gone once used.
What is one example of a NATURAL RESOURCE and what is one example of a MAN MADE RESOURCE
Results may vary...
If a magnet sticks to an object, we know that the object is made out of... (2 ANSWERS)
Iron OR Steel
What do you call a living thing that eats BOTH plants and meat?
Omnivore
What are the two things that make up an ecosystem?
Living AND Non-Living things